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Plotting a path to a digital water future
Water utilities face a challenge to make the most of the increasing opportunities offered by digital technologies. Here we review a new report produced...
Expansion for Oman’s flagship industrial constructed wetland
A third phase is just being completed at the Nimr Water Treatment Plant in Oman, expanding what is already the largest industrial constructed wetland...
Urban groundwater – mobilising stakeholders to improve monitoring
With urbanisation on the rise, the future resilience of cities will depend on the efficient and sustainable use of the groundwater reserves beneath them....
Realising the vision of a water sensitive city
Six cities around Australia have developed collaborative visions of what a water sensitive future looks like for them and are now working to implement these....
Building resilient urban water systems for an uncertain future
A changing climate and rapid urbanisation demand a rethink in how we build and run towns and cities. Kala Vairavamoorthy, Nathanial Matthews and Paul Brown...
How utilities can adapt cap and trade for water security
By Newsha Ajami
In 1990, the US established the world’s first ever pollution trading system, popularised as “cap and trade.”
Governments sought a new way...
Water markets come to town
Why city utilities are turning to new ‘tools of the trade’ to secure future flows
By James Workman
In June 2016, the northern California city of...
Why water should take centre stage in climate discussions
By Maurice Hall
The recent UN IPCC report offers stark warnings about fast-rising temperatures. San Francisco’s Global Climate Action Summit unsurprisingly focused on reducing emissions....
The rise of digital water
How and why digitalisation can revolutionise the 21st century utility. By Kala Vairavamoorthy and Will Sarni.
Global water utilities are about to discover – as...
Why intermittent supplies are no answer to cities hit by drought
Brazil, Cyprus, Australia & South Africa compare stories of drought resilience at the Water Loss 2018 Conference in Cape Town. By Ronnie McKenzie
Nearly a year...
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Engineering solutions that put society front and centre
Winner of IWA’s Water and Development Award for Research, Dr Veena Srinivasan explains why it is critical to consider social needs and impacts when...
NEWS
UNU report warns on tipping points if environmental risks not addressed
A new report released by the United Nations University (UNU) has found that drastic changes to fundamental socioecological systems are likely if environmental risks...
