International Water Association

Why the water sector must embrace disruptive innovation – before it’s too late

By Kala Vairavamoorthy Eight years ago, the legendary founder of Intel Corporation, Andrew S. Grove, published a book that could have been written explicitly for...

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...

Indah Water Konsortium and the path to sustainability and long-term value

Malaysia’s national sewerage company, Indah Water Konsortium, won the IWA Professional Development Award 2021, in recognition of an important aspect of utility management. Joseph...

ADB’s collaborative contracts for O&M

The Asian Development Bank is drafting an innovative contract framework to support sustainable and secure water systems for people in the Asia and Pacific...

Aiding the flow of the digital water transformation

To contribute to sector progress with digitalisation, the Global Water Research Coalition has released a report drawing on cases from around the world. The...

Portugal enables the human rights to water and sanitation by design

By Carolina Latorre Policies are blueprints through which we transform vision into reality. So when the sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG6) incorporated the human rights to safe...

African prospects for performance-based non-revenue water contracts

Performance-based contracts offer the potential to help African water utilities tackle non-revenue water. Jessica Ertel, Roland Liemberger and Ignacio Peña review prospects, and highlight one of...

Trading agriculture’s most valuable asset

How private equity and water markets are forging new links between farm and city By Martin Doyle   Vince Vasquez spends an inordinate amount of time crisscrossing...

Destination Daegu: LET 2023

The forthcoming edition of IWA’s Leading Edge Conference in Korea will shine a light on water innovation, at what will be the 20th anniversary...

The three scales of water innovation

Inspired by the animal kingdom, Sudhir Murthy explains how to integrate infrastructure with digital solutions.   Many go through life neither knowing nor caring where their...

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Toronto Water – serving the host city of the World Water...

Toronto Water has transformed the city’s water management. Ahead of IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in the capital of the Canadian province of...

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UNU report warns on tipping points if environmental risks not addressed

A new report released by the United Nations University (UNU) has found that drastic changes to fundamental socioecological systems are likely if environmental risks...