The Government of Malawi is undertaking the National Water Development Program (NWDP) which aims to build on the achievements made under the previous projects, and will be supported jointly by development partners under the Sector Wide Approach process. NWDP is designed to assist in the implementation of the Government’s water and sanitation policies. In this […]

The project aims at increasing income and stability of agricultural production (i.e. decreasing poverty and risk) through water-efficient practices, where rational by including small-scale irrigation. A tool is being developed for small-scale farmers that allows optimizing farming operations (in terms of income and water productivity), considering both options under rainfed and small-scale irrigated cropping. Besides […]

ACQWA is a large-scale integrating project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union. It involves 35 international partners and a budget of EURO 6.5 million. Within this project HWRM-ETH is investigating the future of water resources in alpine regions around the world (the Swiss and Italian Alps, the central Andes of Chile […]

The principle aim of a water access, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project is to create conditions under which risk of waterborne disease transmission are minimised. However, providing a community or school with safe water that improves health conditions is not a matter of simply installing a new, clean source. It is also necessary that communities […]

The focus of the analytical effort in the CIW Study was to identify, inventory, and categorize the risks as perceived by the countries as they contemplate engaging in regional cooperation over international waters. The case study offers the opportunity for a systematic analysis of perceived risks. In turn, such an analysis also provides the opportunity […]

Ivory Coast: quality drinking water for Addah Village The residents of Addah Village in rural Ivory Coast have been waiting for access to clean drinking water for many years. The project consists in the installation of a drinking water treatment plant NVAqua® with a capacity of 100m3/day to treat insalubrious water from a well. The […]

Construction of new drinking water treatment plant in Muttenz (Switzerland), treatment phases: advanced oxidation, adsorption (PAC) and ultrafiltration. Beside common treatment goals, the most relevant group of substances to be eliminated are micro-pollutants. Maximum capacity of water production is 16,000 m3/d. City of Muttenz, 2011 – 2014.

The dry toilet project done together with Urban Think Tank’s artist in residency program Caracas Case represent the synthesis of working to bring together infrastructure with design. With the dry toilet, the precious water available in the barrio is not flushed away, sewage and sanitation difficulties are avoided, urban agriculture is bolstered, resilience to environmental […]

Background: The frequency of extreme weather events associated with climate change, particularly floods, has increased in West Africa. Floods can negatively affect water quality by causing faecal pathogens contamination in riverine cities in West Africa and by changing ecological conditions for vectors of some water related disease (malaria, schistosomiasis). There is a paucity of data […]