International Water Association

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

Unleashing the diverse potential of anaerobic digestion

The recent IWA Specialist Group conference in Istanbul showcased the latest advances in use of anaerobic digestion. Kala Vairavamoorthy was struck by the growing...

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...