Jul
2020
Iraq: Lack of water results in displacement
A new report published by the Dutch research institute Deltares and the International Organization of Migration (IOM) focuses on understanding variations in the quality and quantity of water in Iraq. Deltares and IOM ...
Jul
2020
The social consequences of water tariffs
Tariffs for water supply and sanitation services matter from economic, financial, social and environmental perspectives. However, they may shift access to water and sanitation for disadvantaged social groups. The new ...
Jul
2020
“Pregnancy test for water”
A new platform technology can assess water safety and quality with just a single drop and a few minutes. Likened to a pregnancy test, the handheld platform uses one sample to provide an easy-to-read positive or negative ...
Jul
2020
Webinar “Systems Tools for Water Service Delivery in Low-Resource Settings”
This webinar, organized by E4C, presents a research program that seeks to develop an accessible and useful tool that practitioners can use to inform policy and practice for water service delivery. Current progress on ...
Jul
2020
Collaboration towards innovation in water resource security
Two leading organizations in the water industry are collaborating on webinars to demonstrate global innovation taking place in the field of water resources ...
Jun
2020
Project to provide sustainable water supplies to over 50,000 people
Over 50,000 people in Mozambique are benefiting from a project that has significantly improved the quality and reliability of their water supply. Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), a long-standing partner for ...
Jun
2020
Aquascope: shedding light on underwater life
Since spring 2018, the newly developed underwater camera Aquascope has been recording a wide variety of plankton species in Lake Greifen. These sensitive organisms can thus, for the first time, be observed undisturbed ...
Jun
2020
Aquacultures severely threaten seagrass meadows
Seagrass meadows are being increasingly stressed by untreated wastewater discharged into the sea, says a study published by researchers from Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen (DE). For the first ...
Jun
2020
Unconventional water resources: essential to overcome scarcity
Sustainable development is directly linked to the availability of water. For many countries the exploitation of unconventional water resources becomes more and more important. The UN-Water Analytical Brief ...
Jun
2020
Arsenic contamination in groundwater: millions of people potentially affected
Arsenic is present in minute quantities in most rock materials and therefore it is likely to accumulate in aquifers. Joel Podgorski and Michael Berg from the Swiss water research institute EAWAG now show that up to 220 ...
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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