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 ...
Report author: Oliver Grievson, Technical Lead at Z-Tech Control Systems The concept of the Digital Transformation, especially in the Water Industry, includes a broad range of techniques and methods that can be used to allow the i...
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...
The IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee held an online discussion with the IWA Young Water Professionals on 11 November 2020. This gave attendees an opportunity to meet peers and exchange ideas on topics rele...
The International Water Association (IWA) Sustainable Development Goals Taskforce was formed in 2017 to identify a valuable role for IWA to play in attaining the SDGs. This research recognised three roles: Supporting the developme...
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...
