MPs from Middle East find innovative solutions to regional water issues WaterLex has supported IPU to organise and present the Second Roundtable for Water and Peace in the Middle East on 6-7 July 2017. Delegates from Palestine, Israel, Egypt,...
Finland: Local and transboundary cooperation for wastewater management There are abundant renewable water resources in Finland, with inland lakes and rivers making up 10% of the country. On the other hand, the Gulf of Finland is part of...
A Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) The course brings together two fields that, until recently, have been separate: human rights and IWRM. These two fields have been brought together as awareness has...
Innovate 4 Water A Matchmaking Forum for Sustainable Development 9th June 2017, Geneva WaterLex participated in this innovative water event, which enabled exchanges between water entrepreneurs, IGOs, NGO’s and investors focussed on safe water and sanitation. Following a day...
Dr Salman M.A. Salman 1st June at the 16th World Water Congress, Cancun, Mexico Dr Salman M.A. Salman, one of our Honorary and Scientific Committee members, together with co-recipient Dr Cecilia Totajada, was recently bestowed with the IWRA highest...
Jordan: Policy effectiveness and increasing treated wastewater reuse Jordan has one of the lowest levels of water availability per capita in the world. The Syrian crisis, the population increase, and the changing precipitation patterns in the region further...
The Dresden Nexus Conference hosted over 425 participants from over 50 countries to discuss how the sustainable use of environmental resources can be made more successful by using linked approaches. The conference focused on multifunctional land-use systems and resources...
South Africa: A human rights-based approach to wastewater management For decades until 1994, public policy and the legal framework in South Africa were based on racial segregation affecting all spheres of life, with the result that up to 20...
2nd Festival de Valores y Derechos Humanos de Panamá WaterLex was invited to attend and present at the festival in Torremolinos, Panama City, on values and human rights, festival de valores y derechos humanos de Panamá. This is the...
Successful examples of policies and legislations for regulating wastewater management The 2017 theme for World Water Day ‘Wastewater’, and the new 2030 Agenda (i.e. Sustainable Development Goal 6.3 Water quality and wastewater) both underline that wastewater management is one...
