When is desalination the right choice?
Jonathan Andrews spoke to a select panel to break down some of the more common controversies surrounding desalination, and asks if water scarcity can...
How will the UN measure and monitor the Sustainable Development Goal 6 for Water...
*First interview in Aqua-Statisticians: A five part series
To answer that question, The Source turned to the people behind the numbers at FAO-AQUASTAT, which for...
Vetting and Validation
The Exacting Demands of Precise Water Statistics
*Second in Aqua-Statisticians: A five part series
Marisha Wojciechowska-Shibuya: Walk us through how a specific and significant data point...
Development, Dams and Data Displays
How reliable, verifiable information impacts global decisions
*Third interview in Aqua-Statisticians: A five part series
Marisha Wojciechowska-Shibuya: How has AQUASTAT data shaped public policy-making?
Karen Frenken: AQUASTAT numbers are...
Corroded pipes, eroded trust: the lessons from the failures in Flint
The lead poisoning of residents through the municipal water system in Flint, in Michigan state in the United States, aroused shock, anger and disbelief but...
Oded Distel, Head of New Tech Program, Ministry of Economy, and Director of Foreign...
Oded Distel, Head of New Tech Program, Ministry of Economy, and Director of Foreign Investments and Eco Systems, Invest in Israel
Israel excels in managing water...
Carbon-free water: A US utility reaches its goal
Half of all electricity in California’s water sector is used by utilities, and that adds up to 10 percent of total state usage. To...
How a new prepayment system is connecting piped water to the urban poor
Jonathan Andrews spoke to Grégoire Landel, CEO and Founder of CityTaps–one of the New Cities Foundation‘s Global Urban Innovators–about how his new prepayment service...
Igniting the spark
IWA’s new Emerging Water Leaders Programme will help nurture talented young individuals in the sector. Erika Yarrow-Soden spoke to Glen and Patty Daigger, founding...
Bringing Order from Statistical Overload
Information experts harness rising flood of accessible water data
*Fourth interview in Aqua-Statisticians: A five part series
Marisha Wojciechowska-Shibuya: Given universal access to satellite technology and...
FEATURED STORY
Inside IWA’s DNA: how we adapt and thrive
The recent success of the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is the latest sign that IWA is thriving. Kala Vairavamoorthy explores the reasons...
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...
