Sponge cities: can China’s model go global?
China’s ambitions–for its so-called ‘sponge’ cities–to slow, sink and store runoff exemplify a universal struggle of urban planners united with water professionals against a...
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...
Voices that will shape the future
IWA’s Young Water Professionals are an impressive congregation with the drive and determination to meet the challenges of the global water crises. Inês Breda...
Simple SDG6 solutions? Think again
Kala Vairavamoorthy explains how systems thinking can help us tackle complex water problems and avoid unintended consequences.
I recently attended IWA’s Hydroinformatics conference in Bucharest...
Time for utilities to embrace decentralisation
Decentralised infrastructure can contribute to resilience – and water and wastewater utilities should engage with this potential, Dr Lynn Broaddus told The Source.
Applications for...
Decarbonisation pathways – the water sector responds to the climate challenge
Krishna R Pagilla and Zhiyong Jason Ren, editors of a new book on the potential for decarbonisation in the water industry, explain why they...
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...
South Africa’s lead on mainstreaming non-sewered sanitation
South Africa’s efforts to scale-up access to sanitation through non-sewered approaches looks beyond technology to the enabling of a new sanitation services market, writes...
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...
How the water sector helps to map drug abuse
Wastewater researchers are assisting drug enforcement officials to reveal patterns of illicit activity flushed from neighbourhood toilets but is this a role the water...
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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...
