Used water is one of the most under-exploited resources we have. Water from industrial or domestic use contains energy, water, organics, phosphates, nitrogen, cellulose, rare earths, and other resources. These have wide applicatio...

Climate change represents one of the many challenges we face today, its disruptive influence on water management is perceived to be one of the many critical risks facing our world: a risk of high likelihood and high impact on huma...

Water systems planning for cities is typically done by engineers and environmental scientists. They are practical people who find solutions to technical problems: providing safe water or adequate sanitation. This approach has serv...

Flood and drought events are becoming more frequent, severe and widespread resulting in destabilization of ecosystems, human livelihoods and supporting infrastructure, as well as substantial economic losses. In Thailand the lesson...

This was the question that I carried with me travelling to 3 out of the 9 countries in which IWA has recently started the Women Professionals in urban water sector project. The intention of the field visit was to further investiga...