International Water Resources Association (IWRA) articles
IWRA has a long history of working on the issue of water quality, a key thematic area in its Strategic Priorities & Actions for 2019-2021.
Following the successful delivery of the SWM case study report, IWRA, K-water and the Asia Water Council (AWC) agreed to initiate a new phase of collaboration from 2020 to December 2023 with the Smart Water Cities project.
The Smart Water Cities project is a three-year project dedicated to t
IWRA recognises ongoing global water security issues as a major challenge, and addresses them in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals in close collaboration with international organisations and key partners.
This chapter presents the history of thinking on water resources and how it has evolved over time. It analyzes paradigms proposed by the international community during the last half century in light of their decisive influence on the content (though not the implementation) of water policies in virtually all developed and developing countries. While paradigms have been an important part of global thinking, at the local level they have represented more of a concept than a reality. This may be w
Cecilia Tortajada