To make water systems smarter and available for all, we need to get MAD
By Gustaf Olsson*
When is a water system smart? At a minimum, if it produces an acceptable product while minimising energy and other resource requirements....
Domestic Insecurity: The next US President inherits a nation with troubled waters
Droughts. Deluge. Hurricanes. Mudslides. Ice Storms. Americans are getting to know extreme hydrological events. Republican’s nominated Donald Trump and Democrats chose Hillary Clinton, but...
Why clean energy is a water conservation strategy
A greener grid that slashes emissions may also be 40% less thirsty, boosting local resilience while meeting international climate and SDG commitments
By Kate Zerrenner*
Recent...
The South African drought teaches us that business as usual is too little, too...
By Kirsten de Vette*
South Africa has been suffering through one of the most severe droughts in living memory. In Cape Town, it is the...
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...
A defining moment for the future of wastewater?
By Pritha Hariram*
As we mark the international year of Wastewater, I’m taken back to my childhood crossing the Adayar Bridge in Chennai, India, in...
Why measure? Introducing the Water Indicator Application
By Paola Espinoza, Raul Glotzbach, and Katherine Cross
Our daily life is full of indicators: from GDP providing an indication of economic health, to grades...
Three steps to solving water scarcity and creating climate resilience
By Ger Bergkamp, IWA Executive Director
The new round of climate change negotiations that took place at the COP22 in Morocco last week brought a new...
The importance of networks
By Karen Delfau*
Water managers across the globe, by the nature of our profession, face daily challenges and draw upon our own knowledge and experience to...
Letting go of the need to know: an important water-wise principle
By Stuart Waters, Managing Director, Twyfords
I have been interested to read the IWA Principles for Water Wise Cities, designed to help leaders deliver safer...
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The AI route from data blindness to data brilliance
Kala Vairavamoorthy explores how Generative AI can empower water utilities in the Global South, using data to unlock new ways of working.
Across much of...
NEWS
UK’s first wastewater monitoring pilot
The UK’s first pilot wastewater monitoring centre has been launched at the University of Bath.
Researchers at the Excellence Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection...
