The latest annual report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlights global water stress. The authors of State of Global Water Resources, report that...

Brought to you by Kemira During the 2024 summer season, from April to September, the effluent from the wastewater treatment plant in Valenton near Paris...

The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6) launched its 2024 series of SDG 6 indicator progress reports, with summary briefs. The launch...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a new report on the integration of gender transformative strategies within WASH programmes. Titled, Stocktaking and gap...

An annual shortfall of between $131.4bn and $140.8bn must be filled if the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for universal access to safe water...

The World Bank’s report on water sector funding (see News) provides important insights. There are no surprises in learning that the world faces a...

The recent IWA Specialist Group conference in Istanbul showcased the latest advances in use of anaerobic digestion. Kala Vairavamoorthy was struck by the growing...

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The United Nations (UN) 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing for Development at a Crossroads (FSDR 2024), a joint product of...

At the time of writing, we are only a few weeks away from IWA’s seminal biennial World Water Congress & Exhibition in Toronto. For...

Osward M Chanda describes the challenges and mechanisms for achieving climate resilient water and sanitation for the people of Africa. “Climate change manifests as spatial...

Asset management of urban drainage systems is the subject of a new Open Access book released by IWA Publishing. Its editors explain why they...

The Water Quality Assurance Fund is a financial tool to support outsourcing of testing. Ranjiv Khush and Caroline Delaire provide an update on work...

The American Water Works Association is advancing its Water 2050 initiative. Greg Kail describes the inspiration behind it and steps involved. In 2022, the American...

With an IWA conference on water in industry coming up in September, Yongjun Zhang reviews some of the key points around industrial wastewater reuse. The...

Greater priority should be given to building a sustainable, skilled water and sanitation workforce, argues Kirsten de Vette. It is widely agreed that it will...

An overreliance on imported fertilisers put Japan’s food security at potential risk. Saburo Matsui explains how the country’s sanitation strategy is supporting its goals...

Srinivas Chary, a member of IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation Task Force, and co-chair of the subgroup on capacity building and training, discusses the drive...

With the latest IWA Specialist Group conference on the topic in September, Miklos Patziger reviews the current status and coming challenges on the design,...

Toronto, Canada, is soon to host IWA’s 2024 World Water Congress & Exhibition (WWCE) – an event that promises to bring together the world’s...

Brought to you by Kemira Phosphorus has a crucial role in food production and fertilizer manufacturing but in wastewater it is a nuisance, leading to...