As the impacts of climate change and urbanization rapidly increase, there is no doubt that the water and wastewater utility of the future will need to be a low energy, low carbon, sustainable and water-wise utility. While there ar...
Many of the world’s leading philanthropic organizations, development banks, government officials, and impact entrepreneurs gathered last month at the United Nations to address the world’s most pressing human challenges. For ...
It still surprises people outside of the water sector when they find out that the human rights to water and sanitation (HRWS) were explicitly recognised by the United Nations General Assembly only in 2010. One would think that a h...
IN MEMORIAM: PHILIP D. GIANTRIS It is with deep regret that we announce the loss of Philip D. Giantris, President of the Valu Add Management Services, and Executive Director of SHUKALB. Philip passed away today, in a hosp...
IN MEMORIAM: Huw Taylor, a Water Microbiology icon, passes away Huw Taylor, one of the most amiable and good-humored persons in our field of health-related water microbiology, has passed away on October 14. He was professor of Mic...
“The Inter-American Development Bank is a Strategic Partner to the IWA Water and Development Congress, where we will showcase our work to advance the water and sanitation agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. We strongl...
At the IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Inter-American Development Bank and FEMSA Foundation will be awarding the winners of the BID-FEMSA Award 2017. The jury has selected s...
Preparations for the technical programme for the IWA World Water Congress in Tokyo 2018 are now underway. More than 1500 authors submitted their work to the congress! On behalf of the IWA Programme Committee, we kindly request you...
The peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean has passed but the storms are not yet over. Hurricane Harvey broke rainfall records in the continental USA with its downpour severely impacting southeast Texas; Hurricane Irma, wa...
