Industry
January 26, 2017
The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition is a big and complex event that involves dozens of partners and two years of preparation. Every two years a new city plays host to an event that brings together local and global water ...
Climate changeUrbanisation
January 26, 2017
  The IWA Principles for Water-wise cities help city leaders ensure that everyone in their cities has access to safe water and sanitation. One of the aims is to ensure that water is integrated in planning and design in cities...
Society
January 25, 2017
Themed around Resilient Basins for Water Security the Forum provided an opportunity for water resource managers from sectors across river basins to share knowledge and experiences and explore viable pathways for sustainable econom...
January 25, 2017
In 2019, IWA will organize the 6th Water and Development Congress & Exhibition. As in the past, we wish to do this in close cooperation with a local partner. Through this email, I invite you to submit your Statement of Interes...
January 24, 2017
The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), was the global event for water professionals covering the full water cycle in 2016. This report highlights the conclusions, key messages and outcomes...
January 24, 2017
Developing relationships and engaging in conversations help to build knowledge and improve effectiveness to address water management challenges Water managers across the globe, by the nature of our profession, face daily challenge...
January 19, 2017
As the sun sets over the lush fields in the Indian city of Kolkata, it suddenly dawns upon me: this is the circular economy in action. It may be a low-income, low-tech, low-scale setting, but the scene before me is an example of t...
EnvironmentSociety
January 18, 2017
The role of water and wastewater utilities is shifting from a primary focus on resource provision to leading and enabling resource stewardship. This transition requires a greater emphasis on community engagement, industry partners...
January 17, 2017
Water continues to rank high on the World Economic Forum’s risk ladder. The water crisis, together with extreme weather events, natural disasters, and the failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation, forms part of the to...
January 11, 2017
The journey of our water from source to tap is long, and not one we think much about. For most of us, our water starts high in the mountains, hundreds of miles away. From there, water flows across natural and working lands until a...