Principles of persuasion
How the social sciences can help unlock the barriers to adopting new technologies. By Sapna Mulki.
The human capacity for innovation that ensures evolution and...
Water Research in Canada’s Arctic
By Stephanie Gora
For the past year I’ve had the privilege of managing a water research project in one of the most northern communities in...
The water you already have is the cheapest and most abundant resource!
By Mona Grieser
Water resource challenges in the Philippines
For many people in the Philippines, water through heavy rains has always been an abundant resource. More...
The Green-Grey Era – or how we are heading towards the integration of Nature-based...
By Caterina Marinetti
Nature-based solutions are already in place and scaling them up is possible
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) applications are many around the world. However, their cases...
A smart approach towards climate change
By Raul Glotzbach
A week after about 179 people were killed in deadly floods in the western part of Japan in July, the country experienced...
Why slow and steady wins the race when it comes to groundwater sampling
Mike White, Territory Manager at Geotech, part of QED Environmental Systems, shares his thoughts on why he believes the groundwater industry will start to...
Phosphorus recovery and reuse from wastewater
By Prof. Hisao Ohtake
Phosphorus (P) is essential to human life and vital for food production. It is the critical building block of DNA, cell membrane...
What do private companies look for in a performance-based non-revenue water project?
By Jemima Sy
Recent estimates place global annual non-revenue water (NRW), i.e. water produced but not billed because of commercial or physical losses, at 126...
Beyond urban water security: the vulnerability of intermittent water supplies
By Hassan Aboelnga
Many cities today are at risk of running out of water, with water availability now cited as one of the greatest risks...
Shifting values towards conservation
By Devon Hardy
We live in a world in which everything has an economic value. Our time is measured in opportunity cost, our value to...
FEATURED STORY
Inside IWA’s DNA: how we adapt and thrive
The recent success of the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is the latest sign that IWA is thriving. Kala Vairavamoorthy explores the reasons...
NEWS
UNU report warns on tipping points if environmental risks not addressed
A new report released by the United Nations University (UNU) has found that drastic changes to fundamental socioecological systems are likely if environmental risks...
