Young scientists awarded for low-cost water purification concept
Two American students have been awarded the 2017 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for constructing a system that detects and purifies bacteria laden water within...
India: New app to test water sources
A new low-cost water testing kit that works with a mobile phone could one day map safe drinking water sources for communities. The app,...
Ecuador: Ecuador set to achieve complete sanitation coverage
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America, has revealed that the improvement and expansion of the potable water system in the parish of San...
International: Pay Drechsel recognised for research on safe wastewater use
Pay Drechsel (pictured above) from the International Water Management Institute has been awarded the IWA Water and Development Award for Research for increasing knowledge...
Researchers turn nitrates into water and air
Engineers at Rice University’s Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Center have found a catalyst that cleans toxic nitrates from drinking water by converting them...
UNICEF to bring safe water to Burundi
Global entertainer, Beyoncé, has teamed up with UNICEF through her BeyGOOD philanthropic arm to launch BEYGOOD4BURUNDI, a multi-year partnership to provide safe water to...
Bolivia: Bolivia to improve water, sanitation and irrigation services
Bolivia will reform its public policies to improve the coverage and management of irrigation, potable water and sanitation services with a US$90 million loan from the Inter-American Development...
Greywater reuse gets safety boost
Treated greywater is safe for irrigation and does not pose a risk for gastrointestinal illness or water-related diseases, researchers at the Zuckerberg Institute for...
Malawi: US$5 million to improve Malawi sanitation programme
The African Development Fund and the OPEC fund for International Development will jointly fund a US$5 million loan to improve water and sanitation services...
West and Central Africa: Finance for sanitation mobilised
A total of 153 senior representatives from government, NGOs and utilities from 24 countries in West and Central Africa met in Dakar, Senegal, to...
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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...
