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...
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...
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...
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...
Advance the New Normal, exploring water-energy-waste partnerships
Suvritha Ramphal, IWA Emerging Water Leader & Programme Officer Royal Danish Embassy South Africa
The “new normal”, as anyone working in the water sector over...
Beyond urban water security: the vulnerability of intermittent water supplies
By Hassan Aboelnga
Many cities today are at risk of running out of water, with water availability now cited as one of the greatest risks...
Water Policy and Regulation, Untapped Opportunities
Economies run on water. According to a study published by UNESCO’s World Water Assessment Programme, “78% of the jobs constituting the global workforce are...
What do private companies look for in a performance-based non-revenue water project?
By Jemima Sy
Recent estimates place global annual non-revenue water (NRW), i.e. water produced but not billed because of commercial or physical losses, at 126...
Integrating Nature into Urban Sanitation Services
By Fabio Masi
Decoupling of biogeochemical cycles: will we be able to face this challenge?
Biogeochemical cycles comprise a sequence of events where chemicals or molecules...
Phosphorus recovery and reuse from wastewater
By Prof. Hisao Ohtake
Phosphorus (P) is essential to human life and vital for food production. It is the critical building block of DNA, cell membrane...
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...
