Cities must lead transition to circular economy, says water boss

Recovering water, energy, nutrients and other precious materials embedded in wastewater is an opportunity for cities to transition to the circular economy and contribute to improved water security. The call comes from a new report on reuse opportunities by the International Water Association and OFID (the OPEC Fund for International Development).

Titled, The Reuse Opportunity: Cities seizing the reuse opportunity in circular economy, the report says that as cities are drivers of the global economy, they must lead the large-scale action needed to increase wastewater treatment, reuse and recycling.

Kala Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director, IWA

“The global market for wastewater recycling and ...