Stories written by Manzoor Qadir

Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation

By Guillaume Baggio and Manzoor Qadir
Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, “clean water and sanitation for all.” According to the latest SDGs progress assessment, 2 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water, 3.6 billion lack sanitation services, and 3 billion lack basic hygiene services.

Needed in the Global South: Wastewater Collection for COVID-19 Detection

By Manzoor Qadir
Understanding the scale and intensity of the COVID-19 virus and its emerging variants, predicting the pandemic’s direction, and developing and refining associated management response options are challenges likely to confront public-health officials and national governments worldwide well into the future.

World Drains Away Valuable Energy, Nutrients & Water in Fast-Growing Wastewater Streams

By Manzoor Qadir and Vladimir Smakhtin
Vast amounts of valuable energy, agricultural nutrients, and water could be recovered from the world’s fast-growing volume of municipal wastewater.