How to become an adaptive city
By Tatiana Gallego-Lizon*
Urbanisation has transformed Asia’s economies. But it has also generated environmental degradation and a rising demand for resources. Now comes the volatile flux...
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...
New water funds for city water supplies
By Ger Bergkamp*
Water continues to rank high on the World Economic Forum’s risk ladder. The water crisis, together with extreme weather events, natural disasters, and...
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...
The truth of inconvenience: why disrupt water management in a time of universal water...
By Miharu Hirano*
On 1 August 2015, Japan's national water day, 32 households in a neighbourhood of Matsue city, near beautiful Lake Shinji, discovered they were...
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...
Why efficiency programmes are the best strategy for water security
By Mary Ann Dickinson
The world is watching with sympathetic alarm as Cape Town’s water crisis deepens.
As of 1 February 2018, fewer than 100 days...
Records can be broken: Lessons from the Millennium Drought
Australia has a long history of frequent droughts and consequently, much of its water management has been geared to coping with drought and its...
Maximising potential for healthy rivers and low-carbon energy
By Michelle Lakly*
As the global population climbs toward 9 billion, rivers will experience tremendous pressure. To provide the necessary resources for our growing communities, more...
Brisbane’s journey to become a water-wise city
Water powers Australia’s New World City, which is home to more than one million people and is one of the fastest growing regions in...
FEATURED STORY
Toronto Water – serving the host city of the World Water...
Toronto Water has transformed the city’s water management. Ahead of IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in the capital of the Canadian province of...
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...
