Modelling for circular and sustainable options

The IWA Water Resource Recovery Modelling Seminar, held earlier this year, showcased the latest thinking on modelling and its potential to transform water and...

A celebration of ‘bottom-up’

‘Bottoms up!’ is one of the many phrases used around the world to announce a toast. Similar versions include ‘Gan Bei!’, which, translated, literally...

SDG 6 – the mid-term messages

The United Nations’ (UN’s) Mid-term Review of the Water Action Decade: Key messages from the United Nations Regional Commissions report was released at the...

Climate change and urban groundwater – the path to resilience

Climate change is making the management of urban groundwater more critical than ever before. Radu Gogu, Susie Mielby, Jane Dottridge and Stephen Foster highlight...

Bathrooms of the Future: the potential of smart water technology

A research project in Australia has been looking at how smart tech devices can deliver solutions to help manage and reduce water usage. Cameron...

Unlocking the role of water reuse

The 13th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse, held in Chennai, India, in January, saw leading experts in water reclamation and reuse...

Pioneering the path to non-sewered sanitation

With IWA’s first conference on non-sewered sanitation taking place later this year, Jay Bhagwan, chair of the Specialist Group on this topic, highlights the...

Moving from the shadows – Putting leakage management centre stage in...

Leakage is a global problem that risks water security, sustainable supplies and good-quality services. Bill Kingdom outlines the measures that utilities can take to...

Blue Water Factories in China: the future of wastewater treatment

Sustainable wastewater treatment is critical to the circular economy. Xiaodi Hao, Ji Li, Yuanyuan Wu, Ranbin Liu and Ran Cai describe a framework under...

Harnessing electrons – seizing the potential of transferable technology

Suresh Pillai, Andrzej Chmielewski and Jianlong Wang describe how ionising radiation technologies, routinely used for medical disinfection, could be transformative for the water sector.  Traditional...