Is there fecal sludge on your salad?
By Marie Rødsten Sagen*
As the sun sets over the lush fields in the Indian city of Kolkata, it suddenly dawns upon me: this is the...
Bring on the floods: how water professionals can help make cities resilient
By Bruce Beck
‘Engineering resilience’. The phrase was coined by an ecologist to signal something inferior, something not wanted — the constancy of timber production...
WASH infrastructure without behaviour change isn’t WASH!
By Regina Souter*
The importance of ensuring everyone has access to sustainable clean water, safe sanitation, and is able to practice safe hygiene (or WASH...
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,...
Demystifying Blockchain for Water Professionals: Part 1
As professionals who work in the multidisciplinary water sector, we need to be aware of what new technologies are available, and how they can...
It is time to listen to emerging water leaders
In September 2015 world leaders adopted an ambitious and challenging agenda for sustainable development: 17 goals and 169 targets to be achieved by 2030...
The case against rainwater harvesting
Equipped with digital media, driven by awareness of climate change, we grow savvy about sustainable solutions. But solving a natural resource issue like water...
A smart approach towards climate change
By Raul Glotzbach
A week after about 179 people were killed in deadly floods in the western part of Japan in July, the country experienced...
Shifting values towards conservation
By Devon Hardy
We live in a world in which everything has an economic value. Our time is measured in opportunity cost, our value to...
The Green-Grey Era – or how we are heading towards the integration of Nature-based...
By Caterina Marinetti
Nature-based solutions are already in place and scaling them up is possible
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) applications are many around the world. However, their cases...
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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...
