Capacity development support Against a backdrop of the water sector facing the need to attract young talent to help find and implement solutions across a diverse set of issues, IWA’s Young Water Professionals Congress programme ...

Essential foundations needed for successful water utilities Water utilities around the world vary in how they are set up, especially in terms of public or private sector ownership, but they all share management issues on which imp...

The challenges of scaling-up water recycling More extensive use of managed recycling of water offers one of the most promising opportunities for coping with ever-growing pressures on water resources, but there are significant chal...

Countries may need to double existing capacity or risk undermining attainment of universal access to clean water and sanitation Shortages of human resources in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector will undermine the pro...

Water’s key but complex role in development and health With water professionals gathered in Lisbon to exchange experiences on providing water and sanitation around the world, keynote speaker Hans Rosling of the Gapminder Founda...

During the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition (Lisbon, 21 -26 September), over 5000 of the world’s leading water professionals from over 90 countries will meet to debate and plan for the future of water management. The Ha...