The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of water and sanitation in safeguarding human security.
- Blog
- Global WatersCelebrate World Water Day 2021: Confronting Climate Uncertainty Head on in the Philippines
- Global Waters ArticleImagine a river basin — the rivers, tributaries, creeks, and wetlands that gather water and deliver it to the sea — as the vital network that all things, living and nonliving, are connected to and dependent upon.
- WebinarThis webinar will examine the value of water (from both the perspective of the challenges faced in the region and what the Resilient Waters Program is doing to address these challenges) at the transboundary, national, and community levels.
- AnnouncementThis facilitated panel discussion explores some of the solutions we can bring as development professionals who spend time on towns, cities, and the built environment and the nexus of water and energy.
- SummaryThe Water for Africa through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS) Program reflects the U.S.
- Global WatersThe Infrastructure Upgrade, Reimagined
- Case StudiesIn the last decade, the City of Cape Town faced an unprecedented drought, culminating in 2018, when reservoirs fell to threateningly low levels that sparked predictions of “Day Zero”—the day when Cape Town would have to begin rationing water.
- Photo EssayOur world is becoming more urban, and USAID is helping partner countries adapt to this rapid change.
- ConferenceThe 1st IWA Non-Sewered Sanitation (NSS) specialist group conference is being hosted in Pretoria, South Africa, in partnership with the Water Research Commission and the University of Pretoria.