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 ...
Faecal sludge management in rural India – Case from Dhenkanal, Odisha India has made tremendous gain in eliminating opening defecation in the last five years under its national sanitation programme, Swachh Bharat Mission (Cl...
IWA Launches Cyprus Young Water Professionals Chapter. A new IWA Young Water Professionals (IWA YWP) Chapter has been formed in Cyprus on 11 September 2020. This new IWA YWP chapter in Cyprus is open to all water (related) profess...
The International Water Association announces the newly elected 2020-2022 Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee. This Steering Committee is the representative body of the IWA Young Water Professional who are IWA members aged 3...
The International Water Association (IWA) is very pleased to announce the appointment of new 2020 IWA Fellows and Distinguished Fellows. The individual water professionals are being recognised by their peers for their sustained ou...
We live in a world with ever-changing new normals, technological disruptions, groundbreaking solutions – and countless buzzwords. We can do things today that were unthinkable just a couple of years back. The International Water ...
