This report aims to help water utilities identify and overcome institutional barriers to women’s involvement at all levels in the sector. A more gender-diverse workforce is better for business, particularly one with a customer base as diverse and universal as that served by the water sector. Increased inclusion of women in the water sector presents an obvious opportunity to progress business goa...
August 5, 2016
In the week of 25-29 July 2016, a 5 days’ training workshop on Water, Climate and Resilient Cities for young professionals was facilitated by the International Water Association (IWA) in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. During...
Society
August 4, 2016
IWA Connect is IWA’s thriving network online. It is the place online to find groups of water professionals and experts worldwide. Join to and share, explore, learn, reflect and most importantly connect and network. Being par...
SocietyUrbanisation
August 4, 2016
Keynote speaker at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2016 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The shape of our water future is influenced by world developments and games are central. Primal instinct makes us measure an...
July 21, 2016
21 July 2016, Dar es Salaam – Call for global leaders to act on water scarcity, as water professionals and political leaders meet to discuss how water can achieve national development priorities, the Sustainable Development Goa...
Society and businesses are moving towards a circular economy; a concept that has emerged in response to drawbacks of the conventional ‘take-make-consume and dispose’ model of growth, and the shift towards sustainable development. Underpinning the circular economy is the principle of decoupling economic growth and development from the consumption of finite resources; this requires a transition ...
July 11, 2016
Submit your IWA Award proposals and showcase your work to the World’s Leading Water Professionals. IWA is recognized as the global association of top water professionals. IWA is looking to recognise submissions under the fol...
This expanded second edition of the Compendium provides updated information on sanitation systems and an increased range of technologies in one volume. It will be an important resource for stakeholders in their decision making planning process. Part 1 describes different system configurations for a variety of contexts.Part 2 consists of 57 different technology information sheets, which describe t...
AfricaSociety
June 26, 2016
Water Regulation in Kenya from IWA on Vimeo.
The White Paper, the main outcome of the Science and Technology Process of the 7th World Water Forum, is a praiseworthy result of the World Water Forum processes. The paper has been prepared by prominent water experts working together to deliver coherent and insightful responses on scientific and technological tools promoting solutions for pressing global water challenges. The White Paper accentua...