Last week saw the International Water Association reach a new landmark in the shape of its most successful Water Development Congress & Exhibition to date. Held on 10-14 December 2023 at Rwanda’s iconic Kigali Convention...
The International Water Association (IWA) is delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural Inclusive Urban Sanitation Champions programme, revealed in Kigali during the closing ceremony of the Water and Development Congress &...
The Inclusive Urban Sanitation Initiative aims to produce a series of publications – books, position papers, and discussion papers. The discussion papers present analyses and findings from research and/or reports of projects, an...
In the cover image, left to right: Tom Mollenkopf (IWA President) Dr Doulaye Kone, (Winner for Practice), Dr Veena Srinivasan (Winner for Research), Kala Vairavamoorthy (IWA Executive Director). IWA is pleased to announce that the...
The International Water Association (IWA) is delighted to present the final keynote speaker’s lineup for the Water and Development Congress & Exhibition in Kigali, Rwanda on 10-14 December 2023. Each day the programme will...
The culmination of the IWA and Grundfos Youth Action for SDG 6 Fellowship is this publication, which aims to highlight the important role young people play in the UN 2030 SDG Agenda, focusing on how the water sector can be transfo...
As cities in low- and middle-income countries expand rapidly, sanitation infrastructure struggles to keep pace, with nearly 700 million people still lacking even basic sanitation access
This World Toilet Day, we’re spotlighting innovative and unconventional solutions to accelerate change and achieve universal access to sustainable sanitation services where it is most needed. Off-grid sanitation solutions can be...
Drinking Water and Sanitation services regulators have great responsibility in the realization of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation (DHAS). To what extent are DHAS being incorporated into the regulation of Drinking Water an...
The climate crisis demands urgent action across all sectors to reduce emissions and adapt to changing climatic conditions and sanitation is no exception. While there are no quick fixes, emerging research shows that actively manage...
