Mai
2020
Recognizing wastewater as a valuable resource
The Nexus Seminar "The Second Life of Water: Harnessing Trade-offs and Synergies", organized by UNU-FLORES, highlighted the relevance of water reuse in the circular economy globally with a focus on agriculture, ...
Mai
2020
Urban village gets living sponge space
Urban villages have very few green spaces, being therefore vulnerable to floods. Gangxia Village (China), for example, was constantly affected by the problem, especially during the long, wet season. To address this ...
Mai
2020
Pure Water Group expands its businesses
To reinforce its international services, Pure Water Group has recently established two new entities. In addition to the head office in the Netherlands, the company now also operates from Spain and the United ...
Mai
2020
Make wastewater drinkable again
Using Houston as a model, Rice University researchers have developed a plan that could reduce the need for surface water (from rivers, reservoirs or wells) by 28% by recycling wastewater to make it drinkable once ...
Apr
2020
EU Council adopted new rules for water reuse for agricultural irrigation
The EU is taking new measures to reduce the risk of shortages of water for irrigating crops. On 7th April the Council adopted by written procedure a regulation which will facilitate the use of treated urban wastewater ...
Apr
2020
JPI-Oceans funds six microplastic research projects
Recently RESPONSE, a project focusing on the fate and biological effects of microplastics and nanoplastics in marine ecosystems, was awarded funding. Five other projects officially started in ...
Apr
2020
Digital Optical Sensor for water and wastewater engineering
With its optical fluorescence quenching technology and digital signal processing functionality, the JUMO digiLine O-DO S10 ensures long-term stability when measuring oxygen and temperature. Possible application areas ...
Apr
2020
Designing and modelling the sewer systems of the future
A lot is being done concerning water use reduction. However, saving water is likely to negatively impact the flow of sewage: the water flows decrease, but the waste that has to be transported remains the same. How to ...
Apr
2020
Project TO-SYN-FUEL aims to turn sewage sludge into fuels and hydrogen
The European project started in May 2017. It develops and accesses the integration of advanced waste conversion technologies into pre-commercial scale plants that can transform sewage sludge into green hydrogen and ...
Apr
2020
Partnership towards a more sustainable health care
On April 3, 2020 Getinge (Goteborg, Sweden) announced a partnership with the international organization WaterAid. Their joint effort aims at contributing in the important work to ensure availability and sustainable ...
Apr
2020
New Vice President Membrane Solutions for Mann+Hummel
The company's management board announced that, effective April 2020, Marco Nava has been appointed new Vice President Membrane Solutions with Mann+Hummel and Managing Director of the global membrane and module ...
Mrz
2020
Dr John Cherry receives Stockholm Water Prize 2020
Dr John Cherry is awarded the Stockholm Water Prize 2020 for research that has raised awareness of the growing threats against the world’s groundwater. He has established a new field of research which has led to a ...
Mrz
2020
World Bank calls for smarter wastewater management
The World Bank released their report “From Waste to Resource” to mark the World Water Day. This report emphasizes reuse and resource recovery as essential part of a smart wastewater ...
Mrz
2020
UN Water Report 2020: Hydrological changes induced by climate change
Water resources are already under severe pressure in many regions of the world – and climate change will add challenges to them. This is outlined in the UN World Water Development Report 2020 “Water and Climate ...
Mrz
2020
Satellite-based algorithm calculates crop water use with high precision
The growing threat of drought and rising water demand have made accurate forecasts of crop water use critical for farmland water management and sustainability. A new high-resolution mapping framework called BESS-STAIR ...
Mrz
2020
Membrion raises $6 million to commercialize breakthrough membrane technology
The Seattle based manufacturer of low cost ion exchange membranes will use the funding to develop a manufacturing facility. The membranes to be fabricated there shall primarily serve the multi-billion dollar water ...
Mrz
2020
Wastewater treatment for reuse in a fruit-processing company
Enjoy an exclusive view on the different treatment steps of a sophisticated wastewater treatment plant in the Zamora valley in Michoacán, Mexico. The wastewater of a company producing jelly, strawberries, mango and ...
Mrz
2020
A new cycle process for removing antibiotics from wastewater
Antibiotics in water are dangerous even in very low concentrations, because they facilitate the propagation and spreading of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers of RWTH Aachen and Ghent University invented a ...
Mrz
2020
Water purification: device mimics natural process
The mangrove tree survives in its subtropical habitat by efficiently converting the salty water of its environment into fresh water. Now, a team of researchers from Yale University has developed a water-purifying device ...
Mrz
2020
Waterwise conference 2020 in UK: Climate emergency and water efficiency
From March 17 to 18, the conference will be hosted by Waterwise, a not-for-profit UK NGO focused on reducing water consumption. The title of the conference that will take place in London follows the declaration of a ...
Mrz
2020
British Water launches micropollutants technical group
A collaborative technical focus group has been set up by British Water to find new ways to reduce levels of micropollutants in wastewater. The group, which comprises British Water members, had its first meeting in ...
Mrz
2020
Irrigation system equipped with special hose clamps
Norma Group, a global player in engineered joining technology, is supporting the water supply of an Australian sandalwood plantation with its COBRA clamps. The special aspect: the product was originally developed for ...
Feb
2020
“Solar dome” promises sustainable desalination
The company Neom has teamed up with U.K.-based Solar Water Plc. to build the first ever "solar dome" desalination plants in Neom, located in northwest Saudi Arabia. The pilot project promises to revolutionize the water ...
Feb
2020
GCC is the world’s biggest producers of desalinated water
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a political and economic alliance between Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman, is leading the world in desalination, according to data published ...
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