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US invests $1 billion to tackle PFAS

As part of its on-going mission to tackle emerging contaminants, such as PFAS – also known as ‘forever chemicals’ – the US has announced...

Asian SDGs thwarted by climate hazards, finds ADB-UN report

The impacts of climate change are disrupting countries in the Asia and Pacific region in their efforts to meet their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...

Shift to Renewable Polymers

Watch this 12-minute on-demand webinar, to learn about pioneering customer cases from Cities who are shifting away from conventional fossil-based polymers, toward renewable solutions. Topics...

New study assesses impact of pollution on future water scarcity

A global assessment of future clean water quantity has found that three billion people may face water scarcity in 2050 due to pollution. Researchers of...

Vive la différence

In December, well over 1000 delegates from around the globe came together for IWA’s seventh Water and Development Congress & Exhibition in Kigali, Rwanda....

New research identifies global decline in groundwater

Researchers have analysed the in-situ groundwater-level trends of 170,000 monitoring wells and 1693 aquifer systems in countries that encompass approximately 75% of global groundwater...

Study finds Africans fleeing drought are vulnerable to flood risk

A new study by academics from the University of Bologna in Italy and the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science in Sweden has...

IAEA expedition to study microplastic presence in Antarctica

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched its first scientific research expedition to study microplastic presence in Antarctica, as part of its NUTEC...

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...

Brine – building the blocks to a successful circular economy

Brine valorization is being researched as a potential waste product from desalination that can be used as a concrete accelerator for the 3D printing...