The International Water Association (IWA) Sustainable Development Goals Taskforce was formed in 2017 to identify a valuable role for IWA to play in attaining the SDGs. This research recognised three roles: Supporting the development of SDG knowledge amongst members; strengthening the connection members feel to 2030 agenda; promotion and guidance of how IWA members can establish a SDG driven agenda...
International Water Association · IWA Podcast: IWA Young Leadership Award Finalists The IWA Young Leadership Award is granted every two years to an exceptional water professional age 35 or younger who has demonstrated sign...
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.
To mark World Toilet Day (19 November 2020), a new report on how technology can be used to improve sanitation and public health outcomes has been launched by the International Water Association (IWA) and the Toilet Board Coalition...
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 messages: Digitising sanitation and wastewater systems can save lives and prevent the spread of disease. Through the global response to COVID-19, we have seen a new social con...
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...
Without proper sanitation, sewerage and clean water supply, there is no liveable city. Placing water at the core of the city’s urban planning and investments creates a strong foundation for sustainable growth. This is one of the...
In the third episode of the IWA Podcast series on Digital Water the co-author of the IWA Digital Water Whitepaper Peter van Thienen speaks with IWA Strategic Programme Manager Katharine Cross about uncertainties. The IWA Digital ...
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 into the heart of decision processes. While abundance of data and availability of data analytics tools hold a lot of promise, a wide range of challenges are also associate...
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...
