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City District Shrinks Its Impact by Using Water 5 Times Over
Hammerby Sjöstad, in central Stockholm, is integrated urban water management in action. The district, which was intended to be an Olympic Village, once was an old industrial area, but it has been...
View ArticleIn Windhoek, Integrated Urban Water Management is Key to Closing the Water Loop
The city of Windhoek is probably best known for the fact that it is the world pioneer of drinking water reclamation from purified sewage effluent.Windhoek lies in the heart of Namibia, the most arid...
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Integrated Water Management in Cities: Can we get it right this time?
While on its path to becoming the largest city in the Americas, Sao Paulo used its natural capital - water - to generate electricity, fuel industry, and satiate its ever-growing population. Natural...
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For Water and non-Water Wonks: A World Water Day 2013 (not comprehensive)...
Given that World Water Day, March 22, is not even underway in a large part of the world, at the time of this writing, the amount of World Water Day coverage is no small thing. Here is how World Water...
View ArticleQ&A: Engaging with Citizens in India for Improved Water Services
Is there a model to track citizen experience of water services and present it in a ready-to-use manner for decision makers and the public? Would better articulation of citizen preferences encourage...
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5 Reasons Why Just Building Toilets Won’t Improve Urban Sanitation
It’s widely reported that most of the world’s population lives in urban areas. UN-Habitat estimates that 40% of urban dwellers live in slums, and that number is growing by more than 20 million people...
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In Photos: Monitoring Program Identifies Major Bottlenecks in Water and...
A regional initiative that assists governments in identifying funding gaps and prioritizing reforms is helping El Salvador, Honduras and Panama better meet their national goals for water and...
View ArticleGalería fotográfica: Programa de monitoreo identifica principales obstáculos...
MAPAS es una iniciativa regional que ayuda a los Gobiernos a identificar déficits de financiamiento y priorizar reformas, permitiendo a El Salvador, Honduras y Panamá cumplir con sus metas nacionales...
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Fixing Sanitation Service Delivery for the Poor to Meet the Twin Goals
As I blogged a few weeks ago, the proposed WASH Post 2015 goals and targets for sanitation call for universal access to improved sanitation by the year 2030. I described how many governments have...
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Lessons from the Field: Prepaid Water in Urban Africa
Can prepaid systems become an instrument to improve access and quality of water services to poor people in African cities and towns? Or does prepayment deny poor people more access to water? Do prepaid...
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Working in Urban Water? IBNET Can Help.
If you are working on an urban water project, what information do you need? You likely want to know what your project’s water utility knows. How else can you start talking to each other to have a...
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How can growing cities achieve water security for all in a world of scarcity?
Join us Thursday, April 16th 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET Just a few months ago, the World Economic Forum’s 10th Global Risk Report ranked water crises as the top global risk in terms of impact, more than...
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How can we ensure that we build water and climate resilient cities?
The World Bank at World Water Week 2015As population and economic growth bump up against finite—and increasingly degraded—water resources, competition between agricultural, industrial, and municipal...
View ArticleA Tipping Point for Water
Also available in: Español | Français | العربيةThis blog originally appeared on The Huffington Post as part of a series, "What's Working: Sustainable Development Goals." As a sector in world affairs,...
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