Tag: sustainability
Six years and counting
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The United Nations (UN) 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing for Development at a Crossroads (FSDR 2024), a joint product of...
Setting a sustainable course for 2050
The American Water Works Association is advancing its Water 2050 initiative. Greg Kail describes the inspiration behind it and steps involved.
In 2022, the American...
The circular economy transformation of Japan’s food security
An overreliance on imported fertilisers put Japan’s food security at potential risk. Saburo Matsui explains how the country’s sanitation strategy is supporting its goals...
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...
Community management of drinking water and sanitation in rural Chile
By Guillermo Saavedra*
In Chile, approximately 1,700 community organisations supply water to 13 percent of the Chilean population in rural areas. They are non-profit organisations...
Indian students win industry water prize
A national team of students from India have won the Xylem Water Prize 2017. Presented at the 14th annual International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO)...
Maximising financing for achieving the SDG ambition on water
By Guangzhe Chen*
Since 1990 an additional 2.1 billion people worldwide gained access to improved sanitation and, 91 percent of the global population now use improved...
Water security urgent priority in Middle East and North Africa, says...
The inadequate supply of water and sanitation is costing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region around US$21 billion per year in economic...
