Bring on the floods: how water professionals can help make cities resilient
By Bruce Beck
‘Engineering resilience’. The phrase was coined by an ecologist to signal something inferior, something not wanted — the constancy of timber production...
Embracing a holistic approach to urban water
By Jerry Yudelson*
A mega-drought showed California’s cities could reduce water demand by 25 percent, at least temporarily. But as climate change accelerates extreme weather,...
Unlocking and financing climate-resilient, low-carbon emerging cities
By Tom Williams*
Rapid urbanisation is one of the greatest demographic shifts humanity has ever experienced, with the biggest impacts being felt by cities in...
Why cities need to utilise their surrounding landscapes
By Kristina Hill*
Suppose you woke up to discover a deep disturbance to the space/time continuum. Authorities have given 20 to 30 years before relocating you, and...
Connecting urban landscapes with their watersheds
By Katharine Cross*
Rapid urbanisation is one of the defining global trends of our time, with both positive and negative impacts. Increasing concentrations of population create...
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...
How Sierra Leone water utility is setting an example in Africa
By Cheikh Tidiane FALL*
The Guma Valley Water Company of Sierra Leone has become the first water company on the African continent to get an AquaRating certificate,...
Muddied waters: what will a new President do for US infrastructure?
President Obama just prioritised water efficiency, while those seeking his job confront high costs–and higher risks by doing nothing–when facing ageing infrastructure. Laura Turley...
How big is the distributed energy opportunity for water and wastewater utilities?
By Steven Kenway*
Energy costs for water utilities are large, and growing
Energy is a significant cost for many water utilities, and costs are growing as...
Rethinking investment in urban resilience
By Corinne Trommsdorff, Lisa Andrews, Aparna Sridhar*
Cities today face many competing demands. They must ensure enough food and water to sustain growing populations, plan...
FEATURED STORY
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...
NEWS
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...
