Every year, the NewIBNET community grows in strength, diversity, and shared purpose. During our recent live event, we officially welcomed the 2025 Data Pioneers - the utilities, associations, and regulators - who completed their 2024 data submission and joined NewIBNET as full members. Their commitment to transparency and continuous improvement continues to shape a vibrant global benchmarking community.

“Gathering data and comparing them on a really global level is a great way to learn”, commented Fjolla Lasku of the Gjakova WWT Plant in Kosovo, watching the crowd in the reception area of the world´s most important sector meeting, the IAW Water Congress 2024 in Toronto, Canada.

As the IWA World Water Congress unfolds in Toronto from August 11-15, 2024, one of the distinguished participants from Southeast Asia is Engr. Taqsem A Khan, the Managing Director and CEO of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dhaka WASA). Engr. Khan's participation in the joint IWA and NewIBNET Initiative highlights his commitment to enhancing water services through innovative practices and benchmarking. 

The simplest way for an informative webinar on the pains and gains of benchmarking in water and wastewater utilities: Invite the five awardees of the IWA/NewIBNET 2023 Initiative and ask them about their honest opinion as utility professionals. Read now about the personal insights from a user perspective about our benchmarking tool and connection platform that were shared at the Webinar “Being a Utility Data Champion at the IWA Congress in Kigali – What it meant for us and looking ahead to Toronto!” on Feb 19th.   

The beta version of the highly anticipated New IBNET was launched at the World Bank Water Week on February 28, 2023. The platform, which is designed to help water utilities track and manage their operations, has been eagerly awaited by industry experts and stakeholders.