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How utilities can adapt cap and trade for water security
By Newsha Ajami
In 1990, the US established the world’s first ever pollution trading system, popularised as “cap and trade.”
Governments sought a new way...
Water markets come to town
Why city utilities are turning to new ‘tools of the trade’ to secure future flows
By James Workman
In June 2016, the northern California city of...
Why water should take centre stage in climate discussions
By Maurice Hall
The recent UN IPCC report offers stark warnings about fast-rising temperatures. San Francisco’s Global Climate Action Summit unsurprisingly focused on reducing emissions....
The rise of digital water
How and why digitalisation can revolutionise the 21st century utility. By Kala Vairavamoorthy and Will Sarni.
Global water utilities are about to discover – as...
Why intermittent supplies are no answer to cities hit by drought
Brazil, Cyprus, Australia & South Africa compare stories of drought resilience at the Water Loss 2018 Conference in Cape Town. By Ronnie McKenzie
Nearly a year...
The water you already have is the cheapest and most abundant resource!
By Mona Grieser
Water resource challenges in the Philippines
For many people in the Philippines, water through heavy rains has always been an abundant resource. More...
The Green-Grey Era – or how we are heading towards the integration of Nature-based...
By Caterina Marinetti
Nature-based solutions are already in place and scaling them up is possible
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) applications are many around the world. However, their cases...
Thames Water to invest £12 billion in new infrastructure
Thames Water, the UK's largest water and wastewater company, plans to spend at least £11.7 billion on improving service infrastructure from 2020 until 2025.
The...
A smart approach towards climate change
By Raul Glotzbach
A week after about 179 people were killed in deadly floods in the western part of Japan in July, the country experienced...
The power of mobile apps to drive bottom-up innovation
Todd Myers explains how smartphone-linked applications can help plug leaky systems from outside-in.
Consumer preferences can inspire big innovations. Waters didn’t want to shorten her...
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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...
