On 11 June, in Stroppiana (in the northern Italy province of Vercelli), the convention “Le terre d’Acqua” (Lands of Water), hosted by the Marazzato Foundation and moderated by ...
From 29 September to 2 October 2026, Rome will host the first Euro-Mediterranean Water Forum. Organised by the One Water Committee with the support of CIHEAM in Bari, in collaboration with the Union...
Water infrastructure, renewable energy and circular economy projects are becoming increasingly central to the long-term strategies of Italian public utilities. Against this backdrop, Gruppo CAP has ...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water For years, the price of sewage sludge was a margi...
Three hundred kilometres upstream from the dam that no longer exists, on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, biologist Vadym Maniuk walks across the parched, crunching ground. Beneath his feet, millions ...
Based in Linz, Austria, Fishcon has designed a new generation of passes for fish and aquatic organisms, called Fishcon Lock or 2-Chamber Organism Bypass. The technology is based on a patented hydrau...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water Italy is the European country that consumes the m...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water Brussels – On 26 March 2026, the European C...
“Network” is a key word for our time, but few networks are as deeply rooted in the territory as irrigation systems. Until now, however, the thousands of kilometres of canals, embankments...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water Europe’s water crisis is no longer a warnin...
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The recent wave of strikes in the Third Gulf War ...
“Investing in sustainable solutions is the most effective way to combat ocean plastic pollution. Charitable initiatives alone are not enough. We must put capitalism at the service of a cleaner...
The Court of Justice of the European Union has declared inadmissible a set of appeals filed by companies and associations in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors against the extended producer re...
Last year, around five thousand people were displaced by the rising water level of Lake Naivasha, 50 kilometres from Nairobi. Similarly happened on Lakes Nakuru and Lake Baringo, located further nor...
From the end of World War II, the United Nations and Bretton Woods Institutions dominated the world water order. They facilitated funding for water infrastructure, and they defined norms, institutio...
Four hundred and forty billion euros. That is the cost that European society risks incurring by 2050 if the current levels of contamination from PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals”, ...
There were algae, carp, sturgeon, and other fish, fishing boats and canning factories. Along the shores of the Aral Sea, on the border between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, a vibrant community once liv...
Ensuring high-quality drinking water is one of the most pressing challenges for public health and environmental sustainability. But what does guaranteeing "safe" water mean? Until a few years ago, r...
In 2026, water will be the testing ground for transition. No longer a sectoral issue, but rather an invisible infrastructure that holds together climate, production, cities, agriculture and social s...
In September, Ethiopia unveiled the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), hailing it as a “generational victory”. Standing before the dam's cascading waters, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ...