International Water Association

Tag: wastewater

ASCE report calls for increased investment in resilience

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure gives an overall rating of grade C. Since 1998, the ASCE has...

Driving the standards of world-class wastewater treatment

The China Concept Wastewater Resource Facility received the prestigious Grand Innovation Award at IWA’s Project Innovation Awards Gala event in Toronto, Canada. We asked...

Water’s balancing act

Two articles in this edition highlight some of the complexities the water community faces in its efforts to balance multiple interests and factors. One is...

Industrial Water Forum 2024 Innovations and collaborations for a sustainable future

The recent Industrial Water Forum, which took place at IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in Toronto, Canada, brought together more than 120 professionals...

Seizing the agricultural opportunities for reused wastewater

Despo Fatta-Kassinos outlines the role that wastewater reuse can have in supporting agriculture – benefiting water, food and energy security. Water scarcity is becoming a...

Environmental virology and the role of particle association

Danmeng Shuai, Tiong Gim Aw, Yun Shen, Joan B Rose and John Scott Meschke present state-of-the-art thinking on assessing virus association with particles and...

How the water sector helps to map drug abuse

Wastewater researchers are assisting drug enforcement officials to reveal patterns of illicit activity flushed from neighbourhood toilets but is this a role the water...

Genifuel to pilot biofuel processing technology in Vancouver

Genifuel Corporation, a US water technology firm that specialises in turning wet organic wastes into renewable fuels, will pilot a new system that converts...

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...

Aqaba recovering energy from wastewater

The only coastal city of what may be the world’s most water scarce country has prioritised “Zero Discharge”, cleaning up the air by cleaning...