Committee on Water (CW)
A stronger engineering voice on the water scene.
Overview
The WFEO Water Committee brings together all engineering disciplines to have a stronger voice on the water scene, to become more relevant in global water decisions, and to remind society and politicians of the importance of engineering’s contribution to the goals and targets of SDG 6.
- Host
- Engineering Institute of Spain (IIE), 2024–2027
- Chair
- Ignacio González-Castelao
- Contact
- stc-water (at) wfeo.org
Vision and mission
Water security is essential to achieve SDG 6, and resilience to climate change requires engineering to provide knowledge and technology, leading water governance and its efficient use.
What the committee does
- Contributes to SDG 6 and its targets through participation in UN-Water task force groups.
- Takes part in the international forums where water policy is conceived.
- Prepares engineering positions and statements, and contributes to UN-Water documents such as the yearly World Water Development Report.
Chair
Ignacio González-Castelao
A Master Civil Engineer skilled in the water cycle and environmental issues, he has worked in Spanish private and public engineering organisations in the water sector and in road and railway infrastructure, and is Deputy to the CEO of Aguas de las Cuencas Mediterráneas. He represents the Engineering Institute of Spain at UPADI, and completed his term as Chairman of the World Council of Civil Engineers’ Standing Committee on Water in 2018.
The production profile carries the chair’s photograph and CV as WFEO publishes them; this concept shows no portraits.
SDGs
The work of the Committee on Water relates to these UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Clean water and sanitation
Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
Partnerships for the goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development.
Recent activities
Members area
Committee members sign in once, through the Members Portal, to reach the committee’s working documents, member list and meeting papers. Today this is a separate members section with its own login.
Illustrative What a signed-in committee member sees is described on the Members Portal page.
Source: wfeo.org/committee-on-water, wfeo.org/committee-on-water-sdgs, read 13 October 2026.