Clinton & Trump on “Current” Affairs
A Presidential prognosis on how each frames rivers and water in the global development agenda
By Laura Turley
Water and development professionals may wonder What U.S....
Charting trends for an uncertain water future
By Hong Li*
The water sector finds itself facing unprecedented challenges. The World Economic Forum has placed water at the top of its global risks...
Water science and technology, multiplying research through collaborations
By Hong Li*
The water crisis remains one of the top five global risks, according to the recently published World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2017....
Wastewater, one of the greatest untapped opportunities for sustainable development in India
By Sushmita Mandal*
As a fast growing economy, urbanising at an even faster rate, India is already water stressed. The severe drought of 2016, which affected...
Framing a multi-stakeholder approach to water security
By Declan Hearne and Pablo Orams*
What role do corporate actors have in tackling water security issues and working towards the global development agenda more...
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...
Managing wastewater as part of an integrated approach to WASH
By Sinead Lehane*
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030 requires...
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...
Research on the frontiers of urban ecology
From the IWA journals Water Science & Technology and Water Policy:
Forging linkages: How to scale up urban projects from below
Cities want to recycle water and...
Water quality from space: ‘A giant leap’ for public and environmental health
By Katherine Cross*
Satellites have a long history, with the American writer, Edward Everett Hale, writing speculative fiction containing the first known depiction of an...
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...
