Catalysing Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Through Regulating Service Providers This article is part of a series for World Toilet Day highlighting issues within the WHO-UNICEF State of the World’s Sanitation report.
The International Water Association (IWA) and Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) have come together to present a fresh vision of a public health ecosystem that extracts new value from wastewater. The paper echoes the following key messa...
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 ...
Jean Luc Bertrand-Krajewski has been a member of the IWA for over 25 years. He credits the organisation for his development in academia. He describes his journey in this interview. Join the world of the leading water professionals...
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...
In a pathbreaking article in 1965, Abel Wolman, arguably among the most significant US water engineers of the 20th century, coined the phrase “The Metabolism of Cities”, and set forth the theme that cities, like organisms, cou...
I have recently attended a workshop with water professionals. The participants from around the world, represented different sectors from our profession, from environmental protection to the water resources management, as well as p...
Uncertainty in planning, designing and modelling of urban water infrastructure. Uncertainty is an often unnoticed aspect of everyday life. The progressing digitalisation of the water industry brings more and more data and models i...
In recent times, tremendous pressure has been exerted on freshwater resources due to natural and anthropogenic activities globally. Several major coastal cities are seriously facing the water crisis, in recent years, Cape Town in ...
