Webinar: Stormwater overflows – what can cities do to adapt?
Register to this live webinar to learn what cities and water utilities can do to adapt to urban stormwater overflows, responding to extreme weather...
Streamline Water Network Modeling: Work within the systems you already use
As a water engineer or water modeler, you know a hydraulic model enables you to evaluate the design of a system before it is...
Redefining water infrastructure to build back better
COVID-19 recovery presents the water sector with an opportunity. Kala Vairavamoorthy looks at the how, who and where of ‘building back better’, and the...
Non-sewered sanitation – the SDG6 accelerator
With the world seeking a push on sanitation, as part of the drive towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), non-sewered sanitation has...
Detecting COVID-19 variants in wastewater
The global COVID-19 pandemic escalated quickly, and the challenge has been compounded by the rapid spread of new variants. The Source reviews some of...
The cooperation key to sustainable industrial water use
Industries of all types are making progress on sustainability, but stakeholders – including water managers – must work together to drive change. By Cheryl...
IWA and the global water opportunity
The late US President John F Kennedy is quoted as saying that, “when written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters....
The compelling case for drought action
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s special report on drought contributes on several levels – perhaps not all entirely intended.
The water sector knows...
The service benefits of strategic asset management
Faced with a need to optimise investment, strategic asset management can help utilities achieve greater flexibility in their services. Jac van Tuijn spoke to...
Colombia’s emerging regulatory framework for inclusive sanitation access
Colombia’s water sector regulator, CRA, is implementing a differentiated approach to secure inclusive access to sanitation in urban areas. The Source hears from its...
Changing times for urban non-sewered sanitation
Current professional interest in non-sewered sanitation builds on efforts over recent decades. Linda Strande reflects on the transformation of the agenda for urban areas.
In...
Thailand’s progress with novel non-sewered sanitation solutions
Thai industrial group SCG has been working to evolve its range of non-sewered sanitation options, writes Attawut Kumkrong.
With many places in the world facing...
South Africa’s lead on mainstreaming non-sewered sanitation
South Africa’s efforts to scale-up access to sanitation through non-sewered approaches looks beyond technology to the enabling of a new sanitation services market, writes...
Webinar: Why combine biological and chemical wastewater treatment?
While acknowledging the invaluable role that biological processes play in wastewater treatment, chemical treatment brings some significant, measurable benefits when it comes to energy...
The role for sensors in nature-based stormwater control
With nature-based stormwater systems gaining greater acceptance, the need for long-term maintenance grows. Jac van Tuijn hears from Frédéric Cherqui about the potential role...
World-first claim for Chinese modular wetland
A large-scale installation of a modular constructed wetland sewage treatment system has been completed in Nanjing, China, in what the constructed wetland specialists involved...
The need for a ‘Next Path’ on water
Professor David Sedlak shared his views on the opportunities ahead for a new approach to water in his keynote presentation to the recent IWA...
The systemic switch for surviving drought
By Keith Hayward
Highlighting drought as an “existential threat to many parts of the world”, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in its ‘GAR...
DNA test to support global atlas of freshwater life
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and NatureMetrics are to work in partnership to create a global atlas assessing the state of...
Handbook: About water treatment
Get your free PDF copy now – the ABC of water treatment. Kemira has updated and republished the esteemed and much used guide to...
