Five cities to test new water resilience framework
To help cities better prepare for and respond to shocks and stresses to their water system, professional services firm Arup and The Rockefeller Foundation are set to launch...
New partnership to link water priorities with cities
C40 Cities and the International Water Association (IWA) are joining efforts to connect water professionals and city officials to better support, promote and enable...
Ireland: Homeless in Cork lack water access, says UN
Two UN experts on the human rights to water and sanitation and adequate housing have expressed concern over the increasing number of homeless people in Cork and their...
World Bank review of utility reforms
The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group has released a synthesis review of findings and lessons from World Bank-supported utility reforms in the energy and...
Four cities to pilot water gamification models
Four cities are developing a user-driven Digital Social Platform (DSP) to share knowledge and experience of water related issues such as scarcity, security, quality,...
United States: Big Sky, Montana wins tap water prize
The American Water Works Association has named Big Sky, Montana, as the winner of the ‘best of the best’ tap water taste test. Second...
Pune looks to become world’s first smart sanitation city
The Toilet Board Coalition and Pune Municipal Corporation have announced a new collaboration towards making Pune, India, the world's first smart sanitation city.
The Toilet Board...
Europe: Suez heads up new urban resilience project
In May, Suez, with other partners, launched the €8 million RESCCUE urban resilience project that will develop and implement resilience strategies that extend beyond urban drainage systems to...
Embracing water as an asset
At the International Water Association’s ‘Embrace the Water’ conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, Helle Søholt, CEO of Gehl, highlighted how water can benefit public life...
City of Trenton sets out plan to improve water quality
The state Department of Environmental Protection of the US state of New Jersey has reached an agreement to address its ageing infrastructure with City...
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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...
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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...
