The full (economic, social and ecological) value of ecosystem services is often ignored or underestimated. As with the intangibly valuable, this is much a case of not appreciating the benefits that ecosystem services bring to our well-being until they are lost — when they are degraded, if not overwhelmed. For they are not readily appreciated, nor easily understood. This Paper attempts to illumin...
In order to recognize the importance of interdisciplinary research at the interface of microbial ecology and water/wastewater treatment the IWA/ISME Bio Cluster has created the ISME/IWA Bio Cluster Award. This prestigious prize r...
United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand November 23rd, 2015 The Asia-Pacific region has recently experienced some of the most damaging weather- and climate-related disasters, with alarming consequences for human welfar...
FLOOD AND DROUGHT SYMPOSIUM United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand November 23rd, 2015 The Asia-Pacific region has recently experienced some of the most damaging weather- and climate-related disasters, with alarming c...
Due to the tragic events that occured last night in Paris, and the corresponding security measures currently in place in France, we have decided to cancel the IWA Odours and Air Emissions specialty conference originally scheduled ...
Water innovators scoop International Water Association’s 2015 Water and Development Awards Mamadou Dia recognised for his critical work transforming the Senegalese water sector Pay Drechsel recognised for his research on safe wa...
Pay Drechsel’s research has played an important role in developing options for safe wastewater use in countries where treatment capacities are low and informal wastewater use is a common feature of irrigated urban and peri-urban...
The Hague, 05.10.15 – Water security, both availability and quality, is one of the most critical issues the world is confronted with today. Increased water scarcity is affecting every corner of the globe; left unchecked it i...
Delivering wastewater treatment to 500 million people Dr. Qiu Baoxing has made outstanding contributions to manage and improve water pollution and water environmental governance in the face of China’s rapid urbanisation and indu...
Mamadou Dia has played a key key role in transforming the water sector in Senegal to be a leader in Africa. Amongst his many notable achievements he is awarded the IWA Development Award for Practice for increasing access to water...
