March 23, 2020
COVID-19 and ‘Chasing for Water’: Let’s revisit the Everyday Experiences of Water Access in Poor Urban Spaces.   “……in most parts of our world, people struggle to get regular clean drinking water let alone get...
March 20, 2020
Water is at the heart of the climate crisis Climate change poses huge challenges for the water sector as water will become scarcer, more unpredictable, more polluted or all of the above. Our work is crucial to secure adequate adap...
March 18, 2020
Climate Change: A Threat To Attaining Sustainable Development Growing up, I was very familiar with streams and wetlands as my family and I lived in an agricultural research area. My favourite delicacy as a child was taro, which gr...
March 6, 2020
“We cannot solve our problem with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein We’ve all heard about thinking out of the box… But it’s easier said than done. A few days ago I was pushed outside my box...
February 20, 2020
Meet the IWA experts and membership at the 20th AfWA International Congress & Exhibition in Kampala, Uganda | 24-27 February 2020 … and join us at our IWA booth C12 in the Exhibition: see the booth programme. Young Water...
February 13, 2020
It seems that everywhere you go in the Water Industry somebody is talking about Digital Transformation. 5 minutes ago, it was Water 4.0, and 10 minutes ago (it seems) it was “Smart Water”. These are all very well used buzz wor...
December 20, 2019
IWA has published 45 blogs throughout 2019 and they have altogether garnered an impressive 25K views. We are grateful for the contributions from our bloggers and for our readers. Thanks to you, the IWA blog has become a reference ...
December 17, 2019
World Water Camp 2020 is a week of unique educational experiences for a group of 50 students from around the world. Life as we know it today, could not have developed without water. Water. The elixir of life. Who would have though...
December 16, 2019
After many years of attending IWA events, my involvement at IWA’s 6th Water and Development Congress in Colombo, Sri Lanka  two weeks ago took a different turn. Being part of the Organising Committee of the Emerging Water L...
The urbanisation trend is an undeniable fact worldwide in large and small cities all over the globe. Water supply and sanitation are two of the most fundamental pillars for the sustainability of city inhabitants. Many cities in Ce...