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National water governance: A bigger deal than drought?

By: Dr Sandile Hadebe and Mr Jon McCosh on 16th May 2018

A decade ago, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in South Africa was facing difficulties in offering basic services. Unmaintained ageing infrastructure was causing problems, with pipes either bursting or leaking severely. The country was already experiencing a water supply deficit from... Read more »

Categories: Africa Agriculture Blog Drought Resilience Water services

Reflections on the English Coastal Challenge Summit 2018

By: Natasha Bradshaw on 8th May 2018

Three coastal networks gathered at Europe House in London in April to explore common-ground and joint opportunities. The Coastal Challenge Summit was inspired by the emergence of many enthusiastic people working in and around coastal communities and the coastal... Read more »

Categories: Blog Coast University of the West of England

IWSN contributes to ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Rajasthan, India

By: Mark Everard on 30th Apr 2018

Earlier this month, the NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) held a Chintan Shivir (‘debating workshop’) at its ashram (headquarters) in Bheekampura, a village in the Alwar District of the arid/semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan. Regular readers of IWSN blogposts... Read more »

Categories: Blog Ecosystems Groundwater India Resilience University of the West of England

Could Mexico export desalinated water to the U.S.?

By: Nicolás Pineda Pablos on 26th Apr 2018

Could countries ever import and export desalinated water? This is the question raised by Stephen Mumme, Jamie McEvoy, Nicolas Pineda and Margaret Wilder in their recent article (‘Shipping water across the U.S.-Mexico border: international governance dimensions of desalination for... Read more »

Categories: Blog Mexico River basins South America Transboundary University of Arizona

What is limiting the performance of River Basin Councils in Mexico?

By: Erik M. Parra on 19th Apr 2018

River basin councils emerged in Mexico in 1992 following the passing of the National Water Law. They are conceived as spaces of coordination between the different levels of government, users and organised society, with the objective of reaching agreements... Read more »

Categories: Blog Mexico River basins South America University of Arizona

What I learned about communicating science at the 2018 World Water Forum

By: Busani Masiri on 18th Apr 2018

The theme of this year’s World Water Forum – which takes place every three years, and is organised by the World Water Council – was ‘sharing water’. One of the aims of the Forum is to raise awareness with... Read more »

Categories: Blog Monash South Africa PhD

IWSN research recognised in UN World Water Development Report 2018

By: Mark Everard on 12th Apr 2018

A paper written by an International Water Security Network researcher has been cited in a new report – the UN World Water Development Report 2018 – published by UN Water. This annual flagship report on water issues was launched... Read more »

Categories: Blog Ecosystems India University of the West of England

A new planning paradigm for Guaymallén, Argentina

By: Paula Mussetta on 4th Apr 2018

Guaymallén is a municipality in the Metropolitan Area of Mendoza, Argentina, which is known for being one of the main sites for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables for the internal and external market. In recent years, the city... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Argentina Blog Climate change adaptation Ecosystems Flooding South America

What city managers can learn from the management of water in conservation areas

By: Bimo Nkhata on 19th Mar 2018

Conservation areas such as the Kruger National Park in South Africa possess attributes akin to the properties of modern cities. Both tend to be managed as closed systems without due regard to the external forces that shape their function... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Drought Monash South Africa

New project to research ‘green infrastructure for water security policy’

By: Richard Meissner on 14th Mar 2018

Water security is an important issue as well as an all-encompassing notion in the socio-economic development of communities, cities, provinces and countries. Achieving water security at these levels is a complex undertaking involving a number of stakeholders and management... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Green infrastructure Monash South Africa

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