Tag: sanitation
Framing a multi-stakeholder approach to water security
By Declan Hearne and Pablo Orams*
What role do corporate actors have in tackling water security issues and working towards the global development agenda more...
Argentina expanding availability of water and sanitation
By Tom Williams*
In 1999 Argentina was one year into a recession, which would develop into the ‘Argentine great depression’ that ended in 2002. 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...
There has never been a better time to be a water...
By Tom Williams*
Never before has water been so high on the global political agenda; never before has water expertise been in such high demand....
Wastewater, one of the greatest untapped opportunities for sustainable development in...
By Sushmita Mandal*
As a fast growing economy, urbanising at an even faster rate, India is already water stressed. The severe drought of 2016, which affected...
How the Rainbow Nation dried up
Can South Africa regain its adaptive capacity after suffering its biggest ever drought?
By Tony Turton*
South Africa holds a unique place in the international water...
Is there fecal sludge on your salad?
By Marie Rødsten Sagen*
As the sun sets over the lush fields in the Indian city of Kolkata, it suddenly dawns upon me: this is the...
City leaders are key to solving sanitation challenge
New research from WaterAid has identified that strong leadership is the key to success for tackling the ever-growing sanitation challenge caused by uncontrolled urbanisation...
