China’s sustainable Concept wastewater treatment plant progress
An expert committee has led development of an advanced sustainable wastewater treatment plant concept. Han-Qing Yu, Hongchen Wang and Jun Chen report on progress,...
Unlocking the biological heart of sewage treatment
Biological processes have long provided the living heart of sewage treatment. Keith Hayward spoke to co-editors of the second edition of Biological Wastewater Treatment,...
The role of innovation in European policy implementation
The EU’s ambitious policies present bright prospects for the continent’s water technology sector. Keith Hayward spoke to Dr Wim van Vierssen, Vice-President Innovation for...
A call for coherence in water innovation
Does the need for innovation in the water sector imply a need for a certain type of innovation? Keith Hayward heard from Professor Cees...
Innovation on the water agenda in the UK
Innovation is rising up the water agenda in the UK, including two new competitions launched by Ofwat, the sectorís economic regulator in England and...
Sensors shed light on combined sewer overflows
Combined sewer overflows are a challenge in urban water management. Work in Berlin and Sofia is harnessing digital technologies so that utilities can better...
Mobile DMA testing supports Ontario’s water loss management
Water loss management practices are not yet widespread in North America, but continue to take hold, and the connection between water loss and energy...
Adapting the urban model for rural supply
At the end of 2019, the government of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, a region of southwest Georgia in the Southern Caucasus, and a...
Webinar: The future of water – plenty or peril?
What will the future of water management look like? How will the post-COVID societies recover? Will citizens become more aware and activate around clean...
Supporting innovators – the inspirers of change
Needs around water and wider issues such as sustainability and climate change demand innovation – including, but not limited to, technology. Sudhir Murthy and...
PUB’s global search for game-changing ideas
Singapore’s water utility recently selected the first solutions under its Global Innovation Challenge, and is planning its next round, writes Gurdev Singh.
For PUB, Singapore’s...
Improving utility innovation uptake in the US
The Water Research Foundation has launched a new strategy that is set to boost practical demonstration of innovative technologies at the utility level. Keith...
Boosting Brazil’s water innovation ecosystem
Whether solutions are highly innovative or not, they get connected to end needs through an ecosystem of actors, all of whom need to play...
IWA leads the way on access to water knowledge
The move to full Open Access for all IWA journals this year represents a huge contribution to the sector, particularly for developing countries. By...
The path to better valuing of water
By Keith Hayward
The focus of this year’s UN World Water Development Report, the eighth in what has become a series of annual, thematic reports,...
The many values of water
As this year’s World Water Development Report makes abundantly clear, it does not really make sense to think of the value of water. There...
Handing over with IWA having reached new heights
After more or less five years as President of IWA, this is my final article for The Source in that role.
As I reflect on...
Study warning on ageing of large dams
An analysis carried out by the United Nations University has highlighted concerns around the ageing of the many thousands of large dams around the...
Conservation groups raise concern over freshwater fish
Thousands of freshwater fish species are heading towards extinction, with freshwater biodiversity declining at twice the rate of that in oceans or forests, according...
Climate concerns for bathing water quality
The latest progress report on Europe’s bathing waters from the European Environment Agency highlighted issues of future concern alongside general progress on bathing water...
