International Water Association

https://iwa-network.org/
Water underpins every aspect of human and environmental existence. The severe water challenges facing the world today require an unprecedented global response. IWA members are situated in 140 countries worldwide, forming the largest international network of water professionals working towards a water wise world.

Innovative, solutions- and service- oriented, we work across a range of areas that contribute to the progression of water management worldwide. Transformation cannot take place on its own in a vacuum. Rather the ideas for solutions to these challenges will be fomented and rigorously debated among the IWA’s institutions and membership.

The International Water Association is an open, yet ordered platform in which both innovators and adopters of new technologies and approaches can generate creative friction. It is a place for diffusion, benchmarking and evidence.


Spread across IWA’s membership in more than 140 countries, the IWA Communities reflect the breadth and depth of the water sector globally.

Specialist Groups are an exceptionally effective means of international networking, sharing information and skills, and making good professional and business contacts. Task Groups are formed in order to perform a defined task, such as producing IWA Scientific and Technical Reports, Manuals of Best Practice or Position Papers. Governing Members are IWA’s representatives in their respective countries and, through their membership in the Governing Assembly, are responsible for setting the Association’s broad policy. Young Water Professionals are the next generation of water professionals who will design, develop and implement future solutions to global water challenges.