The World Water Forum 2024 theme in Bali is “Water for Shared Prosperity”. This interview with Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council (WWC), who explains the theme is inspirational and insightful.

Congratulations to the seven sanitation “champions” who were celebrated at the Water and Development Congress & Exhibition, as part of the International Water Association’s (IWA) Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative. Here are their stories of excellence and innovation to create a circular economy in the critical service sector for underserved populations that use non sewered sanitation.

Outstanding initiative in cross border cooperation by Zimbabwe to ensure drinking water resources for Musina, South Africa. Inspirational!

An excellent informative series describing ISO Standards related to on-site sanitation and faecal sludge treatment. I was pleased to participate as both a presenter and listener/ learner. Each webinar is well worth your time to learn about the particular standard.

Ghana Water Limited launched the Urban-Wash project as part of an initiative started by USAID in 2021. Excited to see the progress in promoting programs and policies in WASH management to address current vulnerabilities.

WASH related health risks are growing due to conflicts, emerging antimicrobial resistance, the re-emergence of Cholera in some areas, and threats from climate change. 75% of the deaths attributed to unsafe WASH occur in the WHO African and South-East Asia regions. 89% of these deaths were from low and lower-middle income countries. Improving WASH access requires immediate and sustainable investment that will save 1.4 million lives/ year.

Inspiring and exciting! Senegal’s Ministry of Water and Sanitation recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support and cooperate with the business incubator initiative by Concree for entrepreneurs and SMEs in the WASH Sector The program is known as “Wash Tech Incub”.

Excited to see the final results of this food waste-to-energy plant started by Pepsico in South Africa!

Outstanding growth forecast for Senegal in 2023 and 2024!

2023- BRS Triple COP- an ambitious and critical initiative to manage global chemical use and hazardous waste disposal, particularly in low-income countries.

Preview what to expect at the “Triple COP”

Great initiative by IWA to engage youth in support of SDG6 globally!