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EEA report finds Europe’s water bodies fall short of water quality...
A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) has found that only one-third of Europe’s surface water qualifies as in good or better...
Digital transformation takes the global water sector by storm
Digital transformation and digital water are concepts that have been present in the water industry for many years – yet it is fair to...
WMO highlights growing threat to water security from extreme weather
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...
Olympic gold for safe and reliable wastewater disinfection
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...
UN-Water launches SDG 6 Progress Reports
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...
UNICEF calls for WASH programmes to improve gender inclusiveness
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...
World Bank report quantifies WASH funding 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...
Service providers and the route to security
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...
Unleashing the diverse potential of anaerobic digestion
The recent IWA Specialist Group conference in Istanbul showcased the latest advances in use of anaerobic digestion. Kala Vairavamoorthy was struck by the growing...
Six years and counting
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...
The power of many
At the time of writing, we are only a few weeks away from IWA’s seminal biennial World Water Congress & Exhibition in Toronto. For...
Financing a water resilient Africa
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...
Urban drainage: ‘If anything exciting happens, we’ve done it wrong!’
Asset management of urban drainage systems is the subject of a new Open Access book released by IWA Publishing. Its editors explain why they...
Expanding professional testing services to small water suppliers
The Water Quality Assurance Fund is a financial tool to support outsourcing of testing. Ranjiv Khush and Caroline Delaire provide an update on work...
Setting a sustainable course for 2050
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...
The role of reuse in industrial water needs
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...
Filling the skills gap
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...
The circular economy transformation of Japan’s food security
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...
Sanitation – It’s a people thing!
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...
Upcoming challenges for large wastewater treatment plants
With the latest IWA Specialist Group conference on the topic in September, Miklos Patziger reviews the current status and coming challenges on the design,...
