Tag: sanitation
New WHO/UNICEF report finds major inequalities in WASH services
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF reveals that major gaps still exist in access to water, sanitation, and hygiene...
Brown gold rush – unleashing sanitation’s rich potential
Realising the potential for waste to be transformed into a resource provides great opportunities to drive sustainable sanitation initiatives. Lyla Mehta, Andrés Hueso González,...
The importance of capacity building
Capacity is an essential factor in the delivery of safe, sustainable Inclusive Urban Sanitation (IUS), without which progress can be hampered and vital efficiencies...
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation: Consolidation of sectoral efforts
Abishek S Narayan, a member of IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation Task Force, reflects on the ‘state of the art’ of the CWIS approach, following...
World Bank report quantifies WASH funding gap
An annual shortfall of between $131.4bn and $140.8bn must be filled if the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for universal access to safe water...
Inclusive urban sanitation – securing dignity for all
IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative seeks to shift the agenda on sanitation in towns and cities around the world. Members of the initiative’s Advisory...
New masters programme launched for sanitation professionals
The unemployed may complain that their ‘career is in the toilet’ but an elite young and highly-skilled workforce could transform that expression into a...
Experts address water’s hidden numbers
Two IWA Specialist Groups met in Livorno, Italy to approach water infrastructure problems through the lens of economics, statistics, finance, and asset management.
The joint...
How will Argentina achieve universal access to water and sanitation?
Argentina sets ambitious targets of providing universal access to water and 75 percent access to sewerage services for its citizens. How can the country...
Water and sanitation companies must be socially responsible
By Marco Antonio Cevallos*
The Public Water and Sanitation Company of Quito, EPMAPS Agua de Quito, has been providing water and sanitation services to Ecuador’s capital...
