From sludge to bioplastic
Increasingly, water utilities are developing new methods to utilise the sludge produced from their treatment processes. Yun He, Rongbing Zhang, Kuixiao Li and Jiawei...
Overcoming the FEAR factor can drive innovation
By Peter Yolles
For decades, water utilities have confronted rising costs and increasingly variable supplies with slow adoption of new technologies, practices, and behaviour. While...
Mobile signals the way for digital opportunities
George Bauer and Akanksha Sharma of the GSMA highlight the water opportunities with mobile communications
“There are several channels through which mobile technology can impact...
COVID-19 and the WASH policy push
Governments around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with WASH and health measures. International actors have been working to make sure these...
Innovation on the water agenda in the UK
Innovation is rising up the water agenda in the UK, including two new competitions launched by Ofwat, the sectorís economic regulator in England and...
Detecting COVID-19 variants in wastewater
The global COVID-19 pandemic escalated quickly, and the challenge has been compounded by the rapid spread of new variants. The Source reviews some of...
Real-time control transforms performance of wastewater system for Danish utility
With Denmark set to host the IWA Congress later this year, utility BlueKolding offers a case study from the country on how digital technology...
MoMoMo – Management of all water, for all, by all
Mooyoung Han describes how a water management philosophy for Korea could revolutionise approaches to tackling the global water crisis.
As we seek to develop water...
Pathways to energy neutrality: a German case study of the Ruhrverband
Germany’s Ruhrverband is taking a pioneering role in sustainable utility operations. Norbert Jardin describes how the co-organiser of next year’s IWA LET conference succeeded...
Advancing action on AMR
Professor Amy Pruden, of Virginia Tech, USA, shares her insights on the latest advances to tackle the ‘slow pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance.
For her keynote...
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...
