The theme for World Water Day 2018 is ‘Nature for Water’ – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face. Even today in the 21st century WHO have raised awareness today that only 1 in 4 people in low-income countries have handwashing facilities with soap & water at home. The United Nations have noted that 2 billion people drink unsafe water every day.

With Sustainable Cities and Water Management two key themes in our MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability, we are taking a closer look at these issues.

Because globally our urban populations are growing we have to explore how water can be better managed so that everyone in a city has access to clean water.

This challenge is being specifically addressed by Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP). Their goal is to “enable cities to operate more sustainably, alleviating the negative impacts of urbanisation so that all their residents – including the poorest – have access to safe water services.” To celebrate World Water Day Rosemary Campbell, Head of Water (WSUP) explores the connection between sustainable cities, urbanisation and the water challenge.

The Humanitarian Engineering Programme is proudly celebrating World Water Day.

Read the full article by Rosemary Campbell HERE

Find out about MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability HERE

Explore our Sustainable Cities and Infrastructures for Emergencies module HERE

Discover more about out Water and Environmental Management module HERE