Healing the wounds of conflict through water diplomacy
An audacious roadmap for the Jordan River involves a new US$4.6 billion master plan to bring peace, understanding– and treatment plants–to the most contested...
How the Rainbow Nation dried up
Can South Africa regain its adaptive capacity after suffering its biggest ever drought?
By Tony Turton*
South Africa holds a unique place in the international water...
A new path to peace: the Red Sea-Dead Sea conveyance
As Jordan, Israel and Palestine move forward with the Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project–the first major peace process project since the 1994 Peace...
Decoding the DNA of wastewater
Per Nielsen’s research is unlocking the identity of microbial life in activated sludge and shows that understanding the functions of different bacteria can greatly optimise the...
High and dry: How legalisation of cannabis is impacting local water security
Beyond the arguments over medical benefits, cash crops, and cross-border ‘drug wars’, Montgomery Simus explains how the global footprint of cannabis trafficking is rapidly diversifying, complicating the...
Under pressure: the failure of utilities to tackle water loss
By James Workman
Shortly after arriving in the Philippines in his role as project manager with water consultants Miya, Roland Liemberger took an unnecessary risk that...
An untapped resource: why the industry must target female professionals
According to new research by the International Water Association, the shortage of skilled labour in water can be addressed by a more diverse policy of...
The value of 24/7 water
Five hundred million people in South Asia still do not have access to a permanent water supply. James Workman highlights how three Indian cities...
Resource recovery: the challenge of finding a market for your product
Pressure from worldwide population growth is placing increasing demand on phosphorus supply and production but resources are not limitless and no synthetic substitute exists....
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...
FEATURED STORY
Track, trace and target – the water sector and emerging viruses
New viruses continue to emerge and spread. Joan B Rose, Rosina Girones, Marta Rusiñol Arantegui, Veronica Beatriz Rajal, Ramiro Poma, Maronel Steyn, Bettina Genthe,...
NEWS
UN study calls for action on antimicrobial resistance
A new study by the UN calls for action on pollution that it says is causing millions of deaths annually due to resistance to...
