Water, wastewater and context-relevant solutions
Water, wastewater and context-relevant solutions

Best practices in water, wastewater, and on-site water management at multiple scales

Water quality : chemistry, virus monitoring, emerging contaminants
Water quality : chemistry, virus monitoring, emerging contaminants

Best practices in water quality monitoring for human health, ecosystem health: surface water, drinking water, groundwater, rainwater, and wastewater (discharge).

Bioassessment and ecosystem value of water and rivers
Bioassessment and ecosystem value of water and rivers

Recognising the biodiversity of waterways and catchments, protecting ecosystem values and services for current and future generations of humans and more-than-humans.

Equitable governance, decision-making, rules, policies for water and rivers
Equitable governance, decision-making, rules, policies for water and rivers

Collaborating to support inclusive and adaptive water governance to support gender equality, social inclusion, and disability inclusion for sustainable outcomes.

Understanding, preserving, and promoting cultural water values
Understanding, preserving, and promoting cultural water values

Understanding the cultural relationships to water – the value of water within religion, indigenous practices, and community rituals and intergenerational practices.

The human right to water and sanitation
The human right to water and sanitation

Guaranteeing that water is sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically acceptable, and affordable.

Water, transport infrastructure, and ecosystem impacts of hardscape
Water, transport infrastructure, and ecosystem impacts of hardscape

Urban runoff opportunities and challenges within a catchment.

Urban water : combined and separate systems
Urban water : combined and separate systems

Water sensitive urban design for water sensitive cities in combined and separate wastewater and stormwater city infrastructure.

Water and energy demand and climate change
Water and energy demand and climate change

Reconciling growing demand for water and energy – and the interconnectedness of these resources in an age of climate change.

Water chemistry, science-based landscape water management
Water chemistry, science-based landscape water management

Understanding and applying best practices in catchment management at the micro and macro scales taking into account landscape conditions, geomorphology, soil conditions, and human and environmental requirements to thrive.

Intergenerational equity and water justice
Intergenerational equity and water justice

Water management and governance that takes into account present and future generations, working towards safe, affordable, reliable, sufficient water for human and ecosystem needs.

Water as a non-renewable global asset and commons
Water as a non-renewable global asset and commons

Water is more than a resource, it is a global asset for human and more-than-human existence, and it what makes our planet habitable within our solar system.

About the IWC Network

The International WaterCentre (Alumni) Network is a global community of practice that promotes and supports the implementation of Integrated Water Management

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The International WaterCentre Alumni Network (IWCAN) is a company limited by guarantee and is the official Alumni association of the International WaterCentre. Its core membership is composed of current students and graduates of, including:

  • Master of Integrated Water Management (MIWM)
  • Graduate Certificate in IWM (Water Planning)
  • Water Leadership Program (WLP)
  • Short course training

IWCAN joins Mekong Think Tank : 25 organisations collaborating for equitable water, energy & climate security

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The International WaterCentre Network is pleased to join 24 other organisations, led by SUMERNET – SEI, working in the Lower Mekong Basin, as Steering Committee and Advisory members of the Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network. The overarching objective of this 3-year program is to contribute to improved and …

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10 years of the International WaterCentre (Alumni) Network

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Frederick Bouckaert, PhDPresident of the board of directors IWCAN is a Community of Practice of International Water Centre alumni, consisting of a global network of water professionals, with strong representation also within Australia. It has gained considerable expertise in coordinating and co-creating knowledge through its professional activities consisting of the kini initiative, …

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Letter from the Executive Director: 2023 and the ‘Strategic Reset’ of the International WaterCentre Network

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Karen DELFAU, Executive Director I was recently asked to reflect on the following question: What is it about IWCAN and what motivation have I had to keep involved for over 10 years? When the idea of an alumni organisation first came up, it was in a meeting with Peter Oliver …

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