Tag: wastewater
Professor Joan Rose wins the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize
Renowned scientist and the winner of IWA’s Global Water Award, Professor Joan Rose, has been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2026 for...
Get set for LET 2026
Pedro J. J. Alvarez tells The Source what delegates can expect from the 20th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies.
The 20th...
China’s path to carbon neutral wastewater treatment
Xiaodi Hao, Wenbo Yu, Liting Hao and Rabin Liu describe how China is using thermal energy applications in its bid to achieve carbon neutral...
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...










