October 4, 2021
The call for nominations for the 2021 IWA Development Awards has been extended until 15 October 2021! The awards recognise excellence, leadership and innovation in the water sector, and aim to encourage the sustainable management ...
September 21, 2021
Join IWA at the forthcoming Water Climate Discussion Conference, which takes place on 5, 12 and 19 October 2021. On Day 1, IWA Executive Director Kala Vairavamoorthy will provide an introductory keynote speech about the main water...
September 16, 2021
We are pleased to announce that the call for papers for the upcoming IWA LET Conference will remain open until 30 September 2021. This is the last chance to submit a paper on leading edge water & wastewater technologies. Submi...
Water professionals have a crucial role in the digital transformation of the water sector and whether this will happen in a fair, sustainable, equitable, and integrated manner. In particular, Young Water Professionals (YWPs), as ‘digital natives’ raised in a rapidly digitising world, have a unique view on the role that digitalisation plays in our sector, which will impact how the industry will...
September 13, 2021
Mark your calendars for our industry leading World Water Congress which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 11 – 15 September 2022. The theme of the conference is ‘water for smart liveable cities’ – a model c...
September 10, 2021
IWA is actively seeking out members who would like to be involved in the strategic direction of the Association. We are pleased to announce that the opening of the self-nomination period for the election of IWA’s Strategic Counc...
September 2, 2021
This month IWA’s Daniela Bemfica, Director of Strategic Programmes and Engagement, spoke to the Innovation News Network about IWA’s work and why it is crucial in ensuring water equity and global public health, especially a...
August 26, 2021
The call for nominations is now open for the 2021 IWA Development Awards! The awards recognise excellence, leadership and innovation in the water sector, and aim to encourage the sustainable management of water in low- and middle-...
August 19, 2021
The 2022 World Water Congress & Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark is designed to bring together over 10,000 water professionals from academia, utilities, industry, government, regulators and NGOs and also engage the water-cons...
There are 2.4 billion people without improved sanitation and another 2.1 billion with inadequate sanitation (i.e. wastewater drains directly into surface waters), and despite improvements over the past decades, the unsafe management of fecal waste and wastewater continues to present a major risk to public health and the environment (UN, 2016). There is growing interest in low cost sanitation solut...