August is Water Quality Month, which is dedicated to highlighting the importance of water quality and raising awareness of steps that can be taken to improve it. In this Q&A, Dr Samuela Guida spoke to H2O Global News about IWA...
The Lhasa Najin Water Treatment Plant (WTP) was built in 2017 at total cost of 1.38 billion CNY (approximately 213 million USD) and has been designed to treat an average flow of 480,000 m3/day. Located in the Tibetan Plateau in th...
Future City Flow was implemented to visualize and communicate the effects of measures undertaken and to identify target values as part of a 10 years plan, and how these could be effectively realized, within a reasonable timeframe ...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the International Water Association (IWA) and the GEO AquaWatch initiative. IWA is the leading network and global knowledge hub for all water professionals and anyone com...
Managing ageing infrastructure and large networks of water systems are big challenges facing water companies all over the world. In 2021, a study led by a team at United Nations University identified ageing water infrastructure as...
Utilities, as large producers of GHG emissions, have a big role to play in the green transition and have an opportunity to act as trail blazers for other sectors. The IWA Climate Smart Utilities Initiative is calling for contribut...
In the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, some face masks used to control the spread of the virus as personal protective equipment (PPE) have become an emerging threat to water, aquatic life and the environment.
Helmut Kroiss IWA President 2014-2016 and Professor Emeritus at Vienna University of Technology, has been awarded the Prechtl Medal for his commitment to river basin management in the Danube catchment area as well as his commitmen...
Despite water covering 70% of the Earth’s surface, water is a lot less abundant than it seems, especially in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. Poverty, compounded with rapid population growth and rural-urban migration, have render...
Meet the team of expert panellists taking part in a high-level water policy panel on the future of regulation & water policy for climate mitigation and adaptation, part of the closing plenary of IWA’s Virtual 6th Internation...
