Water and sanitation companies must be socially responsible
By Marco Antonio Cevallos*
The Public Water and Sanitation Company of Quito, EPMAPS Agua de Quito, has been providing water and sanitation services to Ecuador’s capital...
Making the human rights to water and sanitation a reality
The IWA has developed a manual for practitioners to explain what service providers, municipalities and other sector professionals need to do in order to realise...
Unpacking “public participation”
By Miharu Hirano*
A few years ago I saw the CEO of an Australian water utility talk about managing water supply in a period of...
Can rainwater harvesting transform cities into water-wise cities?
By Mooyoung Han and Lisa Andrews*
Rainwater harvesting and management is nothing new. In fact, this technique has been used for thousands of years in...
From Grey to Blue: How Architecture Plays a Role in a Water-Wise World
A typical design sequence may be described as “architects make space, engineers add water.” Architectural designers handed over the task of configuring the water...
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...
Collaboration is key to seizing the reuse opportunity of wastewater
By Lisa Andrews*
Infrequent or a lack of potable water supply has made wastewater reuse and recovery a method of choice for many across the...
Protecting our water sources brings a wealth of benefits
By Andrea Erickson*
The journey of our water from source to tap is long, and not one we think much about. For most of us,...
Rethinking investment in urban resilience
By Corinne Trommsdorff, Lisa Andrews, Aparna Sridhar*
Cities today face many competing demands. They must ensure enough food and water to sustain growing populations, plan...
Blockchain: the final drop in the wave of digital water disruption – Part 2
By Emma Weisbord
In Part 1 of this series, the fundamentals of blockchain were explained to provide a basis of understanding of this new technology...
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...
