Many of the global challenges such as urbanisation, climate change, increased resource demand and competition between different water users, impact the cities where most of us live. These create water risks for cities including fl...
There are 2.4 billion people without improved sanitation and another 2.1 billion with inadequate sanitation (i.e. wastewater drains directly into surface waters), and despite improvements over the past decades, the unsafe manageme...
Climate Change: A Threat To Attaining Sustainable Development from IWA on Vimeo. Urgent actions need to be taken in order to counter the effects of climate change. Our evironment has been changing right before our eyes and threate...
Micropollutants are present in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. From pharmaceutical products to pesticides to hormone active pills, the removal of these contaminants at wastewater treatment plants pose ...
Master Lecture – Tony Wong – Integrating Nature-Based Solutions for Water in Urban Water Infrastructure. Part 1 from IWA on Vimeo. How to best integrate natural-based solutions with conventional urban water infrastruct...
The #WorldWaterCongress bring new ideas and spreads innovation. Non-sewered sanitation might well be the future, because water is not infinite. Have you thought of a toilet that doesn’t use water? IWA initiated a Special...
IWA and #innovation, day 4 #WorldWaterCongress – Dispersion of innovation is facilitated by IWA as a hub of hubs. Defining problems and solutions requires the involvement of innovators from across sectors, geographies and in...
The Action Agenda for Basin Connected Cities outlines the rationale for urban stakeholders to lead the way in realising their role as water stewards and the different pathways and activities towards achieving integrated water r...
Highlights and themes of the day: Water professionals discussed resilience and innovation with a focus on the Japanese experience. The day ended with the gala ceremony for the Project Innovation Awards – check the winners!
The Reuse Opportunity: Cities seizing the reuse opportunity in circular economy Wastewater is a global problem. Today, around 80% of all wastewater is discharged untreated into rivers, lakes and oceans. It creates health and envir...
