We will award prizes of US$1,000 each for the most innovating water and sanitation projects in the Americas. Winners will have a chance to present them at the World Water Forum “You need ideas to wage a war,” goes a popular saying in Spanish. And our region is waging an all-out war against a chronic lack of water, sanitation and solid waste handling. In tune with the proverb, … [Read more...] about Fresh water and sanitation ideas: We award prizes to the best research projects
Aguas residuales
What Japan’s water, sanitation and solid waste experience can teach us
Cars powered by wastewater-treatment byproducts blowing out water steam from their exhaust pipes. Solid waste that is transferred directly from households to the incineration plant through a suction duct. Byproducts from those plants being used to generate electricity and heat, and even to make bricks and build artificial islands. Non-revenue water in the range of only 2% to … [Read more...] about What Japan’s water, sanitation and solid waste experience can teach us
TOWARD A WORLD FREE OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER: BREAKING THE CATCH-22 SITUATION FACED BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
*By Manzoor Qadir, Assistant Director at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Canada. Policies and investments that move from mitigation to prevention make wastewater profitable and safe for public health The use of untreated wastewater in low-income countries faces a ‘Catch 22’ situation: it provides critical benefits to … [Read more...] about TOWARD A WORLD FREE OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER: BREAKING THE CATCH-22 SITUATION FACED BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Urban Wastewater Treatment in Brazil
Challenges and solutions applied for sewage treatment in Brazil *by Marcos von Sperling Brazil is a country with continental dimensions and, as a result, has a large diversity in climatic, economic and cultural characteristics. As for other developing countries, sewage treatment is a major challenge. This is reflected in the difficulties in having a high coverage of sewage … [Read more...] about Urban Wastewater Treatment in Brazil
Changing the Way We “Treat” Wastewater
By Denise Forrest* When we think of wastewater we think of the ways we ‘treat’ it, meaning the types of technology used to reduce the pollution load and the effects of non-treatment of wastewater on sanitation and the environment. All of these are, of course, very important issues. However, it’s not just how we treat it but also how much water we treat. Within the Wider … [Read more...] about Changing the Way We “Treat” Wastewater