Water Champion Salma Sadikha: When Water Connection Barriers Disappear
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Social Development Specialist Salma Sadikha believes that the pro-poor initiative of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has opened the eyes of the utility to the fact that the urban poor population can be connected to the system, can contribute to capital costs through connection fees, and can help minimize losses—all that's needed is to make water affordable to them.
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Water Champion Wouter Lincklaen Arriens: Building Bridges over Troubled Water
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) urged countries to use the next 15 years to cut by half the number of people without clean water and basic sanitation services. Six years down the line, some countries just aren't getting there. And worse, water problems of all kinds are escalating—from shortages to pollution to wetlands degradation and more.
Water Champion Ramon B. Alikpala: Striving for a Stronger and More Cohesive Water Sector
The Philippines' water sector apex body, the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), is among the more advanced in Asia. But NWRB Executive Director Ramon Alikpala is first to admit that the going will get tougher as NWRB strives to implement controversial reforms to improve water management in the country. Will NWRB be up to the task?
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Water Champion Irfan Shahzad: Using the Pen to Right Water Concerns
Pakistani journalist, essayist, researcher and editor Irfan Shahzad is breaking the media silence over water issues and bringing headlines that reach beyond the current controversy to cover the back-seat issues deeply affecting the readers