May 16, 2023
Call for nominations extended to 22 May! The IWA Specialist Group on Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering (MEWE) is calling for nominations for the Ardern-Lockett Award 2023, IWA MEWE Early and Mid Career Researcher Awards 202...
March 4, 2023
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March, highlighting the achievements of women worldwide while also calling for greater gender equality. One critical area where gender disparities are still prevalent is in t...
Women and water and strongly intertwined in rural communities. The empowerment of women, of new and local voices, and of new ideas, has immense potential to improve how water systems in small, rural, or developing settings are man...
February 24, 2023
Date: Wednesday, 22 March 2023​ Time: 11:00-12:15 EST (Eastern Standard Time)​ Location: UN Headquarters, Side Event Room B​ Registration: Event open only to UN Water Conference registered delegates​ Background The 2022 Su...
November 11, 2022
I have travelled across multiple continents looking at (and using) toilets for my work with the SaniPath team.  Our team uses public health principles to understand how poor sanitation may result in increased risks of exposure to...
October 12, 2022
Global Handwashing Day is an annual advocacy day on 15 October dedicated to advocating for handwashing as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. This year, the theme is ‘Unite for Universa...
January 6, 2022
Throughout the pandemic, the water sector has played its regular vital role in ensuring essential services keep running. It has also helped through the emerging area of wastewater surveillance, with the pandemic providing an enorm...
November 18, 2021
Despite recent progress, we’re still facing a global sanitation crisis. According to WHO/UNICEF currently almost half of the global population (46%) still does not have access to safely managed sanitation services. Reaching SDG ...
October 21, 2021
We are pleased to announce that the full programme of the Emerging Water Leaders Forum (9-11 November 2021) is now available! This edition is centred around a very significant question: How are young professionals leading the wat...
October 14, 2021
To mark Global Handwashing Day on 15 October, Léo Heller, former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, writes about the human right to handwashing and the role of public policy.