The media coverage listed below relate to content published for World Water Day 2017.
ENS-Newswire.com: World Water Day Appreciates Precious Wastewater
Thinking like a business can help make waste management financially attractive and environmentally sustainable.
BBC Bangla Radio: Pit latrine maintenance can be a community health problem
In an interview with BBC Bangla Radio, Rizwan Ahmed says pit latrine maintenance can be a community health problem.
DW.com: From noxious sludge to clean water
To mark World Water Day we look at a solution that could improve health in Bangladesh by safely recycling waste.
NPR.org: So what do you do with the Poo in a pit latrine?
Bangladesh has done a great job of getting more toilets to more people. Now it needs to figure out how to empty them.
FT.com: Reimagining wastewater economics – a breakthrough in Bangladesh
A proposed scheme would spread payments and make waste collection safe and profitable.
Plos.org: New poop removal system could revolutionize sanitation
A new study by IWMI and partners has found a way to make costs of fecal sludge removal more affordable for poor households.
Brokering knowledge for sustainability
Enabling gender and youth inclusion
Co-developing innovation bundles
Strengthening and sustaining the enabling environment
Enhancing capacity for system transformation
Fostering scaling partnerships
Cultivating scaling preparedness
Population pressure and increasing water competition in a changing climate require us to take stock of the availability and use of water across scales. Water availability not only influences farmers’ commercial prospects but also irrigation-related enterprises and agri-businesses. Greater water scarcity could jeopardize irrigation and agricultural markets while excessive water use can lead to declining ecosystems, water quality and soil health. IWMI advises development partners and the public and private sectors on all aspects of water resource availability and use through a variety of advanced modeling and remote-sensing products and tools, including 
The ability of farmers to engage in or expand irrigation depends on the prevailing socioeconomic, ecological and political contexts, which are often complex, non-linear and changeable. Overcoming systemic barriers to farmer-led irrigation development while taking advantage of existing opportunities 
A lack of affordable credit, particularly for women and resource-poor farmers, is one of the main barriers to expanding farmer-led irrigation in low- and middle-income countries. But 
Scaling farmer-led irrigation requires strengthening human capacity and knowledge exchange among all actors and stakeholders involved. IWMI takes an action research approach, working with national and international research institutions, governments, extension agents and public and private organizations to co-develop the scaling ecosystem and strengthen capacity to drive scaling networks and collective action. We support the