Water’s role in the loss and damage climate debate
The climate change political agenda has been focused mainly on mitigation and adaptation, without addressing the extent to which impacts are felt by developing...
Intelligence-driven supply performance
Alessandro Bettin explains the benefits of a data-driven water management system, especially in helping manage or avoid intermittent water supply.
The management of a...
The water-energy nexus – a toolkit for innovation
Laurent Bellet, Corinne Trommsdorff and Alex Alix, editors of a new book aiming to help the water sector reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases,...
Reducing emissions – China’s plan to go green
Xiaodi Hao, Ranbin Liu, Yu Wenbo and Shuang Li describe how new guidelines are helping China meet its ambitions for carbon reduction.
As an important...
Water and… health
The vital nature of water is evident in the frequency with which we deploy the word ‘and’ when talking about it. This is the...
The US agenda on global water security
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State have launched the 2022-2027 US Global Water Strategy to...
The wisdom of taxi drivers
Many years ago, I was in Perth, Western Australia, on business. Perth has often been described as the ‘canary in the coalmine’ when it...
Advancing African water sector action on gender diversity
The winner of the IWA 2022 Gender and Diversity Award, Annabell Waititu, tells Erika Yarrow-Soden how Big Five Africa is helping water companies in...
A roadmap for transforming cities
Australia’s Urban WaterGuide provides a blueprint for future-proofing cities. Tony Wong, Jamie Ewert, and Katharine Cross show how its philosophy of integrated water management...
Energy-efficient wastewater treatment
Brought to you by Kemira
The amount of energy consumed in wastewater treatment plants across the world is estimated at 1-3% of global energy output....
Introducing IWA’s Connect Plus networking and knowledge platform
The International Water Association’s new membership platform, Connect Plus, went live on 17 January. A suite of exciting features, including powerful networking tools and...
75 years and counting – IWA’s rich and influential history
With the history of IWA and its predecessors now stretching back 75 years, the time was right to document that history and the influential...
Webinar: How to reduce energy consumption in wastewater treatment
Brought to you by Kemira
In this webinar, you will learn how municipal wastewater treatment plants can use innovative technology to optimize energy-intensive processes, while...
Tapping into tradition: water insights from down the centuries
Our current engineering mindset may not fully equip us to deal with the water challenges ahead. Ancient and indigenous values and practices resonate with...
But wait…there’s more
It was a long time coming, but it was certainly worth the wait. Our Copenhagen World Water Congress & Exhibition was everything I had...
Left stranded – how water can impact the assets of major...
A new report produced by CDP in collaboration with Planet Tracker, High and Dry: How Water Issues Are Stranding Assets, presents research highlighting how...
Denmark delivers: a huge success in Copenhagen
Erika Yarrow-Soden gives a view on some of the highlights of what has been heralded as IWA’s most successful Congress & Exhibition to date.
With...
Eyes in the sky
Claudia Giardino talks to Erika Yarrow-Soden about the developments in Earth Observation technology that are benefiting water professionals.
Recognising the importance of digitalisation for the...
The Nigerian sanitation economy: possibilities and challenges
Peter Cookey and Mayowa Abiodun consider the potential for sanitation to improve health, the environment and the economy in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Sanitation Economy could...
Bergen – A city that celebrates its water challenges
Magnar Sekse, the director of Bergen Water, talks to Erika Yarrow-Soden about the world-leading work that has brought climate resilience to this Norwegian city.
Magnar...
