International Water Association

Tag: sanitation

Sierra Leone’s 2035 WASH strategy

Mohamed Bah describes how Sierra Leone is creating a 10-year pathway to achieve secure and safe WASH services. With abundant resources, Sierra Leone is considered...

On the rise – container-based sanitation

Isabella Montgomery highlights the opportunities container-based sanitation can provide - delivering both on inclusion and climate resilience. Starting as a niche innovation, container-based sanitation (CBS)...

Have we forgotten why we do sanitation?

As labels, concepts and service models continue to emerge, Kala Vairavamoorthy argues that the sanitation sector must not lose sight of the fundamental purpose...

Beyond sewers: Empowering utilities for non-sewered sanitation services

IWA has been running Quarterly Sanitation Dialogues through its Inclusive Urban Sanitation Initiative to advance learning and accelerate progress in sanitation. Florence Laker reports...

A future-focused feeling

As President of IWA, I know I am in an extremely fortunate position, of being able to help guide the progress of our amazing...

ASPIRE – driving innovation

Marion Savill reports on the recent 10th IWA ASPIRE Conference, held in New Zealand. We were thrilled to welcome a record 2253 delegates and exhibitors,...

Integrating action on the climate agenda

IWA’s Water and Development Congress & Exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand, was staged under the theme of ‘Water, sanitation, and innovation – pathways to progress...

Zhengzhou’s sewage shift to green and low-carbon development

With China focusing increasingly on the value of recycled water, Yunfei Tan highlights an innovative sewage treatment model that is tackling water scarcity, reducing...

Innovation put to the test

Field testing reveals critical insights for adoption and commercialisation of non-sewered sanitation systems. Sonia Grego, lead author of a new book on the subject,...

Leaving no-one behind

With women and girls disproportionately affected by poor water and sanitation services, Professor Juliet Willetts, winner of IWA’s Gender Diversity in Water Award, discusses...