New urban network and research hub unveiled
A consortium of 14 academic institutions and key partners across the US aims to address the challenges that threaten urban water systems by forming...
Cities sign up to ‘My water pledge’
The Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation is encouraging city mayors to engage in a friendly competition to see which community can best inspire their residents to...
United Kingdom: Thames Water remove ‘fatberg’ in time for Christmas
Thames Water engineers unwrapped a monster fatberg which had threatened to ruin Christmas on Leather Lane, Clerkenwell, in London. The mass of congealed fat,...
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...
Water services under growing pressure in cities, says OECD
City water authorities will struggle to cope with the pressures of population growth and climate change without better coordination with central governments and water-intensive industries, according...
Start-ups win funding to deploy in water-scarce cities
Three start-ups tackling urban water challenges with technology and an entrepreneurial approach have been recognised by the Imagine H2O Urban Drinking Water Challenge 2018 for their...
Cities must lead transition to circular economy, says IWA report
Recovering water, energy, nutrients and other precious materials embedded in wastewater is an opportunity for cities to transition to the circular economy and contribute...
Five cities chosen to develop water resilience framework
Cities from five continents have been selected to contribute to the development of a global framework for water resilience. The City Water Resilience Framework,...
Great Lakes mayors warn funding cuts will hit restoration efforts
Outgoing Chair of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River Cities Initiative, Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal, has shared his disappointment about funding cuts...
Arup and IWA to accelerate transition towards water-wise cities
The International Water Association (IWA) and engineering and consulting firm, Arup, will work together to assist city leaders change the way water is managed...
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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...
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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...
