Tag: wastewater
To make water systems smarter and available for all, we need...
By Gustaf Olsson*
When is a water system smart? At a minimum, if it produces an acceptable product while minimising energy and other resource requirements....
UN doubles estimate of those lacking access to WASH services
WHO and UNICEF raise the bar in a new SDG report which focuses on the quality of water services. By Richard Johnston & Tom Slaymaker*
UN...
Pipe manufacturers set to cash in on US water market, says...
Pipe and hardware companies are poised to benefit from heightening concerns about US municipal water infrastructure with US$300 billion of forecasted capital expenditures over...
Urban China turns sewage into power
Why Asian cities are adopting and scaling sludge-to-energy systems. By Aditi Sahay
Each year China’s cities must absorb 10 million people, who excrete an extra 1.5...
Can the Year of Wastewater catalyse action in Albania?
By Arlinda Ibrahimllari*
As a young wastewater engineer at the Water Supply and Sewerage Company in Korça, the largest city in southeast Albania, I was given...
Unleashing Tehran’s ‘water renaissance’
If the capital of Iran can combine ancient systems of water governance–qanat–with modern information technology, it could drought-proof the capital and protect its citizens...
A drop of pop into public communication by water professionals
By Miharu Hirano*
Public participation, as customer engagement, user involvement, accountability or transparency, is a concept increasingly discussed among water professionals. It aims to strengthening...
Managing wastewater as part of an integrated approach to WASH
By Sinead Lehane*
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030 requires...
The South African drought teaches us that business as usual is...
By Kirsten de Vette*
South Africa has been suffering through one of the most severe droughts in living memory. In Cape Town, it is the...
A defining moment for the future of wastewater?
By Pritha Hariram*
As we mark the international year of Wastewater, I’m taken back to my childhood crossing the Adayar Bridge in Chennai, India, in...
