International Water Association

Rising to the challenge of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation

Charles B. Niwagaba and Priscillah Oluoch of IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation Task Force discuss capacity building to support Citywide Inclusive Sanitation. Charles B. Niwagaba, Associate...

Net zero – desalination’s transition story

Ratul Das, of power and desalination company ACWA Power, gave a keynote at IWA’s Leading Edge Technologies conference earlier this year. Here he shares...

Celebrating the global best in water project innovation

Outstanding global examples of the latest in project excellence, from research concept through to application at scale, were celebrated on 13 August, at IWA’s...

Options and optimism for a Third Age of Water

Noted water expert Peter Gleick gave the keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in Toronto, Canada, in...

Digital transformation takes the global water sector by storm

Digital transformation and digital water are concepts that have been present in the water industry for many years – yet it is fair to...

Unleashing the diverse potential of anaerobic digestion

The recent IWA Specialist Group conference in Istanbul showcased the latest advances in use of anaerobic digestion. Kala Vairavamoorthy was struck by the growing...

Financing a water resilient Africa

Osward M Chanda describes the challenges and mechanisms for achieving climate resilient water and sanitation for the people of Africa. “Climate change manifests as spatial...

Urban drainage: ‘If anything exciting happens, we’ve done it wrong!’

Asset management of urban drainage systems is the subject of a new Open Access book released by IWA Publishing. Its editors explain why they...

Expanding professional testing services to small water suppliers

The Water Quality Assurance Fund is a financial tool to support outsourcing of testing. Ranjiv Khush and Caroline Delaire provide an update on work...

Setting a sustainable course for 2050

The American Water Works Association is advancing its Water 2050 initiative. Greg Kail describes the inspiration behind it and steps involved. In 2022, the American...

FEATURED STORY

Countdown to Bangkok

The 2025 IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition is approaching fast and will help advance options for low- and middle-income countries. Erika Yarrow-Soden...

NEWS

UK’s first wastewater monitoring pilot

The UK’s first pilot wastewater monitoring centre has been launched at the University of Bath.  Researchers at the Excellence Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection...