Water is an essential, yet finite resource. The increasing population and rapid urbanization exert an ever-increasing stress on the water resources. This poses a serious threat when it comes to ensuring water security for the futu...
Water stress in different regions of India has made people to accept Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalinated water as an alternate solution to alleviate drought. However, the following myths and misconceptions still exists amo...
Using storm water solutions to create a better city. Examples from Copenhagen Last month Copenhagen was the host of the C40 Mayors summit. Here more than 1000 mayors, city planners etc. from the world’s most ambitious g...
Technology for the recovery of energy from wastes – Achieving Self-sustenance in Sewage Treatment Plant The successful operation of a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) not only lies in achieving the desired standards but a...
Water stress and constraint is a growing challenge and concern for many countries in the world. We have already witnessed and realised the effects of climate variability, extreme events and rapid population growth which has made...
By 2015 most of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean had reached the Millenium Development Goals, however, according to the more ambitious targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, the region is still far from secu...
Diane D'Arras – The Future from IWA on Vimeo. President of the International Water Association, Diane D’Arras, outlines the main actors and axes that can determine the water-wise status of a city. She states that ...
Drainage channels built in early years in Hong Kong were designed primarily for flood protection purpose with less considerations on environmental protection or ecological conservation. To address the impacts of global climate cha...
What are Nature-based Solutions (NBS) and do we understand them? There are multiple definitions of NBS but I will use the definition given by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): NBS are defined as “actions...
Nominations Deadline Extended to 15 August 2019 Do you know of an innovation in water that has led to demonstrable impact? Nominate it now for the IWA Development Awards 2019. Due to the many requests for an extension, the dea...
