Water scarcity is one of the most pervasive challenges facing communities around the world. A recent study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science found that 71 percent of the world’s population experience d...
Arriving in Bangalore I was greeted by a warm sunny day and clear blue skies. It was a very different welcome from the smoky haze extending around Mumbai’s mass sprawl that greeted me where I first landed in India. It doesn’t ...
Young water professionals are often coined ‘leaders of the future’, but this notion is inadequate. Young water professionals want their voices heard now and to be involved in the decision making of today. For this to occur, we...
A key aspect of turning the ‘Water Crisis’ into an opportunity is increasing the robustness, resilience and adaptive capacities of our water systems. This is achieved through investments in man-made and natural infrastructure ...
Where are we? Zambia has made great strides in water and sanitation services, but there are still significant challenges to making access available to all. The National Coverage for water and sewerage is 83.5 per cent and 60.4 per...
Rivers are the arteries of our planet. They have played an essential role in the development of humanity since the dawn of human history. Human settlements have, out of necessity, been built close to bodies of water, which is why ...
Assuring a reliable water supply to homes and businesses depends not only of processes, systems, technology and equipment. Critically, they also depend upon the reliability of water professionals at all levels within the water sec...
Inspiring a water wise world to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. To address challenges and make progress in achieving universal access to water and sanitation, the water sector need...
In conjunction with the White House Water Summit, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett today announced that the International Water Association (IWA) is establishing its North American Regional Office at the Global Water Center in Milwau...
Professor Joan Rose, the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University and IWA Distinguished Fellow, was today named the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. The award was made for her tireless contributions t...