November 18, 2015
City and utility leaders who embrace both natural and engineered water infrastructure will not only meet future water demand; they will reshape our planet’s landscape for the better. In less than 20 years from now, nearly three-...
November 18, 2015
We live in a changing world that is quickly becoming water scarce. Fresh water is critical for human wellbeing, as well as for healthy ecosystems and sustainable economies. Yet water scarcity is increasingly a global reality and w...
November 4, 2015
Planners often depict a city as a human body. Transportation, communication, rivers and sewer systems become arteries and veins pulsing through the city; parks and open spaces become urban lungs detoxifying the air they breathe. B...
October 15, 2015
River basins are the lifeblood of nations. From the earliest civilisations they have strongly influenced human settlement and growth. Their degradation is a danger to sustainable water resources that provide domestic water supply,...
October 7, 2015
How much does the urban water cycle contribute to the carbon emissions of a country? Typically countries report on emissions from water and wastewater utilities and numbers vary from 3 to 7% of total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions...
October 5, 2015
The rapidly growing population of cities will further exacerbate the already existing severe impacts of untreated used water on public health and environment. However, in many regions the management of waste water, respectively us...
July 9, 2015
New scientific findings indicate that investing in watershed conservation is cost-effective for one in four cities worldwide A new analysis of more than 2,000 drinking sources (rivers, forests and other ecosystems from which water...
July 2, 2015
Recently in Kampala I met the Deputy Executive Director of the Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA), and her environment and public health team to discuss our Memorandum of Understanding. Waiting for the meeting to begin, I scann...
May 20, 2015
Non-revenue water is one of the lowest hanging fruits in order to improve the efficiency of water utilities around the world. Especially the water losses in the distribution systems are obvious when analysing data from water utili...
May 8, 2015
Current water management offers examples of how we can foster responsibilities, capture opportunities and deliver new water solutions. To truly achieve a sustainable water future, however, utilities need to innovate beyond curre...