US professor wins 2016 Stockholm Water Prize
Joan Rose has been named the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for her contributions to public health, by assessing risks to humans from water and...
Two US companies win 2016 China BlueTech Awards
Industrial wastewater specialist, OriginClear, and stormwater company, PaveDrain have won the first ever China BlueTech Awards. The innovation shown by the two US companies...
Sydney Professor to join IWA’s Strategic Council
Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney, has been elected by his peers to...
Human rights champion claims IWA Global Water Award 2016
Catarina de Albuquerque of Portugal has been named the winner of the 2016 IWA Global Water Award. The award recognises the role she has...
World Wildlife Fund announces 2015 Russell E. Train Fellowship winners
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has announced the recipients of The 2015 Russell E. Train Fellowship. As part of the Russell E. Train Education for...
Career site for water professionals comes of age
For several years, Josh Newton has been managing an informal listserv that lets the restless water professional–or those who want to become one–know where the...
Members of High-Level Panel on Water revealed
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, and Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President, have announced the appointment of 10 Heads of State and Government,...
IHG to partner with Water Footprint Network on water stewardship programme
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), a global hotel company, has announced the appointment of global wateruse experts, the Water Footprint Network, to develop a worldwide...
First manual on human rights-based approach to IWRM launched
The UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI, Cap-Net, Redica and WaterLex, have launched a manual that brings together two fields that, until recently, have...
International Water Association announces new President
The International Water Association has announced Diane d’Arras as the new President of the association. Diane has been an active member of the IWA...
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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...
