Water’s Bolivarian revolution
Latin America’s contractual approach is helping to secure urban water supplies in the region. By James Workman
Two centuries ago, an orphan just back from European studies set...
How businesses can secure clean, safe water
What is the single most important measure that government officials in local, state and national water agencies should take to ensure large and small businesses...
The vital role of wastewater managers in climate action
How utilities can recover and reuse potent greenhouse gases from across the wastewater sector. By James Workman
When we talk of “emissions” we tend to...
Frackanomics: Why markets ensure oil and water can mix
By Timothy Fitzgerald*
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it is commonly known, is a divisive and controversial issue, in large part because of its perceived effects...
US households under pressure from rising water bills
How cities are trying creative new approaches to link human rights and secure revenue. By Emily Green
Some of America’s post-industrial “rustbelt” cities are trying...
Urban China turns sewage into power
Why Asian cities are adopting and scaling sludge-to-energy systems. By Aditi Sahay
Each year China’s cities must absorb 10 million people, who excrete an extra 1.5...
How Trump’s water policy and budget cuts could harm his own assets
By Emily Green
Some fear the Trump Presidency may benefit his private assets over the public good but when it comes to his water policy,...
Masdar: a paradigm for resource management?
Nick Michell spoke to leading water experts about Masdar’s attempt to become a green hydro city
"As one of the most recent attempts at billion-dollar hydro-eco-utopia, what...
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...
Unleashing Tehran’s ‘water renaissance’
If the capital of Iran can combine ancient systems of water governance–qanat–with modern information technology, it could drought-proof the capital and protect its citizens...
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...
