International Water Association

International Water Association (IWA)
Founded 1999
Type Professional association
Focus Sustainable water management
Location
Origins IWSA, IAWQ
Area served
 Worldwide
Method Conferences, publications, interest groups, task forces, forums
Key people
 Ger Bergkamp (Executive Director)
Website http://www.iwa-network.org/

The International Water Association (IWA) is a self-governing non-profit organization that aims to cover all facets of the water cycle. The body is headquartered in London, with a global secretariat based in The Hague and offices in Beijing, Bucharest, Milwaukee, Nairobi and Singapore.

History

IWA has its roots in the International Water Supply Association (IWSA), established in 1947, and the International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ), which originally formed as the International Association for Water Pollution Research in 1965. The two groups merged in 1999 to form IWA.

Scope

The group's mission is to serve as a worldwide network for water professionals and to advance standards and best practices in sustainable water management. The association has four member types: individual, student, corporate, and governing members. There are about 10,000 individual and 500 corporate members, with governing members in approximately 80 countries.

IWA annually hosts more than 40 specialist conferences and workshops on various aspects of water management. Annual events co-ordinated by the IWA include World Water Monitoring Day, which aims to build public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world.

Programs

There are five programs at IWA:

  1. Basins of the future [1](water security)
  2. Cities of the future[2] (urban metabolism,sustainable city)
  3. Urban sanitation [3](wastewater management)
  4. Water, climate and energy[4] and
  5. Water supply services.

AquaRating

AquaRating [5] is the world's first rating agency for the water sector.[6] The agency has been jointly developed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the IWA. The rating system has already been piloted in thirteen utilities in nine countries in Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean. A worldwide market introduction is planned during 2015.

Subsidiaries

IWA Publishing, the wholly owned subsidiary of the International Water Association (IWA), provides information services on all aspects of water, wastewater and related environmental fields.

The publishing programme includes Water21 (the IWA membership magazine) and a broad range of journals, books, research reports, manuals of best practice, and online services.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iwa-network.org/projects2/basins-of-the-future
  2. ↑ http://www.iwa-network.org/projects2/cities-of-the-future
  3. ↑ http://www.iwa-network.org/projects2/urban-sanitation
  4. ↑ http://www.iwa-network.org/projects2/water-climate-and-energy
  5. ↑ AquaRating website
  6. ↑ "IDB and IWA set up AquaRating, the world’s first rating agency for the water sector" IDB News Release: Retrieved on 2015-03-03

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