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...
Connecting urban landscapes with their watersheds
By Katharine Cross*
Rapid urbanisation is one of the defining global trends of our time, with both positive and negative impacts. Increasing concentrations of population create...
Can the Year of Wastewater catalyse action in Albania?
By Arlinda Ibrahimllari*
As a young wastewater engineer at the Water Supply and Sewerage Company in Korça, the largest city in southeast Albania, I was given...
How cities translate water’s language
By James Workman
''Well-designed ancient Incan water systems may help modern Lima cope with climate change''
Buenos Aires, Lima, São Paulo, Bogotá, Caracas. Latin America is...
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....
The new science, technology and practice driving the SDGs
By Hong Li, Ger Bergkamp and Glen Daigger*
The rapid development of the science and technology related to water will have profound impacts on the...
The wisdom of planning for a Water Wise Kenya
By Sarah Tibatemwa*
The current drought ravaging parts of Eastern Africa and the subsequent famine triggered largely by failed rains is enough proof that water...
Can heavenly words calm secular tempers in disputes over water?
By James Workman
The ancients knew water could be synonymous with conflict. So as scarcity elevated risks of thirst, hunger, and political instability, they began to engineer...
AquaRating: transforming the water and sanitation sector
By Corinne Cathala*
For all of us who have been working in water for the last 15 years or more, 2015 was year 1, the...
A drop of pop into public communication by water professionals
By Miharu Hirano*
Public participation, as customer engagement, user involvement, accountability or transparency, is a concept increasingly discussed among water professionals. It aims to strengthening...
FEATURED STORY
Engineering solutions that put society front and centre
Winner of IWA’s Water and Development Award for Research, Dr Veena Srinivasan explains why it is critical to consider social needs and impacts when...
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...
