IWA’s upcoming World Water Congress & Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been moved forward to September 2022. The decision to postpone was taken due to the ongoing pandemic, and general uncertainty around live events an...
The Covid-19 pandemic we have faced this year has brought new challenges to the water sector. There is an even greater need to improve water quality and safety, with existing treatment processes now under the microscope. Positivel...
The global water industry today is facing multiple challenges, including leakages, contamination and managing limited resources. These challenges are not limited to developing countries. For instance, Melbourne, Australia, recentl...
[For French version, please scroll down / Pour la version française, veuillez faire défiler vers le bas] One experience that lives with me to this day was the flooding we encountered during my time as a student in Maroua, north ...
Science and engineering help us understand the world and change it for the better. For example, advancements in drinking water, from germ theory and handwashing to filtration and chlorine disinfection, have substantially reduced d...
Ah, to be young and carefree! The youth are full of creative energy and dynamic ambition. Being young is a time for endless possibilities. But it is also a time of creeping self-doubt and frustration — a sense that one is not ma...
Unpredictability has been a trend in 2020, with COVID-19 being one of the greatest challenges in a generation. However, we must not forget the ongoing threat of climate change which is connected to a myriad of events such as the t...
In Copenhagen, Denmark, the local utility company Frederiksberg Forsyning has invested in intelligent pumps and advanced pump control with Grundfos DDD – Demand Driven Distribution – to reduce water leakage and energy ...
During the last year of my MSc degree in water and environmental engineering, I had the opportunity to do an internship in research and development on the optimisation of nitrification and denitrification in wastewater treatment p...
To be able to plan and prepare for future problematic events whether it is pandemics, floods or infrastructure disruptions, is essential for the water sector to maintain service. Looking at the Caribbean and the US Eastern Seabo...
