The water sector is faced with many challenges, whether managing the impacts of climate change; sustainably financing the enormous infrastructure needs of coming decades; finding solutions to water pollution; or moving the water s...
Gunter Pauli’s Entrepreneurial Journey, from Guru of Biodegradability to Advocacy of Sustainability It wasn’t enough merely to make and sell biodegradable soap to tree-hugging consumers. No. Gunter Pauli was a young man...
The Principles for Water-Wise Cities outlines a framework to assist urban leaders and professionals to develop and implement their vision for sustainable urban water and resilient planning and design in their cities. Join the jour...
The resilience of cities is complex and relies on many components working together. The ability to recover and thrive after a shock or a slow change, relies on the capacity to adapt and react with four interrelated components: the...
We are poised at a moment in history. The demand for water and sanitation services is greater than it has ever been. The role of water in improving human lives has never been more important. And all countries have recently agreed ...
The Hague, Netherlands (15 September 2016) – Catarina de Albuquerque of Portugal has been named the winner of the 2016 IWA Global Water Award. The award recognises the exceptional role she has played as the driving force behind ...
In an era of increasing water scarcity, coupled with continued population and industrial growth, climate change and environmental degradation, we need to conserve water, as well as creating new sources of high quality water to sus...
The failure of water services is dramatic, affects thousands of people and businesses, has financial implications and is likely to hit the local, if not the national, headlines. As the saying goes, reputations take a lifetime to b...
The IWA Principles for Water Wise Cities aim to provide the necessary frameworks and principles to assist urban leaders to develop and implement their vision for sustainable urban water, and resilient planning and design in their ...
Climate change is water change. Increasing global temperatures and changing weather patterns are directly impacting flood risks, and the availability and quality of source waters. While the water sector has to cope with the impact...
