water export Articles
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Virtual water embodied in the export from various provinces of China using multi-regional input–output analysis
China is a large exporter and consumer of water embodied in export products. In addition, there is much trade among regions within China, and exports from various provinces consume not only local water but national non-local water. However, former calculations of the water consumption embodied in the exports of various provinces do not reflect the sources of the water consumption. Previous ...
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What really drives water vulnerability
Whether people have the water they need depends on how much water there is and how much demand there is for it, right? Wrong. According to a recent study published in Environmental Research Letters, governance, not pure supply and demand, is the most prevalent factor determining “water vulnerability” — the degree to which access to water is susceptible to disruption — in ...
By Ensia
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Wet dreams – dry realities: lost opportunities for an Australian presence in the global water services industry
Urban water provision, traditionally a local activity, has since the 1990s been drawn into the orbit of global capital accumulation. The largest private water companies that are internationally active are several vertically integrated French and the UK firms. This article discusses reasons for this dominance and contrasts the situation with Australia where the domestic water services industry has ...
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AGIP KCO - H2S elimination
CETCO was approached by AGIP KCO and asked to propose a treatment package capable of Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) removal from aqueous fluid returns from well flow back and stimulation activities. These activities were planned for new well perforation flow backs and acid stimulations in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Kazakhstan. Here, production wells typically produce gas with extremely high ...
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Agricultural water conservation and efficiency in California: a special focus on the Delta
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a critical resource. Almost half of the water used for California’s agriculture comes from rivers that once flowed to the Delta and more than half of Californians rely on water conveyed through the Delta for at least some of their water supply. The Delta also provides habitat for 700 native plant and animal species. This important region is now in a serious, ...
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Population and water in the Middle East: the challenge and opportunity for law
Although it is commonplace today to argue that population growth drives many or most environmental problems, Jane Jacobs has questioned the prevailing view, noting that the empirical evidence for it is actually rather slim. This article presents a case study of the pressures that population places on water in the Middle East, concluding that the countries of the region suffer from inappropriate ...
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Are current phosphorus risk indicators useful to predict the quality of surface waters in Southern Manitoba, Canada?
Received for publication April 6, 2008. Many phosphorus (P) risk indicators have been developed to assess the risk of P loss from agricultural land to surface water. Most of these indicators are designed for land and climates where rainfall-induced erosion of particulate P from sloping landscapes is the main process of P transport. No indicators have been validated in the Canadian Prairies, where ...
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Israel leads world in water recycling
Roughly 90 percent of the wastewater generated in Israel is reused, making it the leading nation in water recycling, according to an article in The Tower Magazine. It cited a report from Israel’s water authority. Although the precise amount varies, the nation is clearly the leader in water reuse. Spain recycles 20 percent of its wastewater, making it the second largest nation for water ...
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UK Green water treatment technology scores all over the world
Fluid Dynamics is one of the UK’s export success stories. Specialising in preventing scaling caused by hard water without the use of chemicals Fluid Dynamics exports over 85% of its production. Chosen for Florida’s “Green House project “ in the USA .. as the preferred water treatment for the Argentine Central Bank , and also the City Mall in Jordan Fluid Dynamics ...
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Pipe location for tracking down theft of water in Peru - Case Sttudy
Water makes you important Water is nowadays such a precious commodity that some countries which in fact already have too little drinking water for their own demands are selling rights to water sources to international companies or are even exporting water they desperately need themselves. The better the water supply functions in a country, the lower the risk of a drinking water shortage will ...
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Food Grade Glass Lined Steel Potable water Tanks
Our glass-lined steel potable water tanks are food-grade, its engineering design meets or exceed to AWWA, FDA, LFGB, ISO and most international standards to ensure safe storage of potable water. Glass-lined steel potable water stored by our potable water tank is safe for human consumption. Our glass-lined steel potable water tanks range from a capacity of 20 steres up to 20,000 stores. What is ...
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The New Economy of Water: The Risks and Benefits of Globalization and Privatization of Fresh Water
Executive Overview New voices are beginning to be heard in the debate over water, and new ideas – good and bad – considered. Among the most powerful and controversial of these new ideas is that water should be considered an “economic good” – subject to the rules and power of markets, multinational corporations, and international trading regimes. In the last decade, this idea has been put into ...
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‘Kyoto cost’ of various production and recycling processes
‘Kyoto cost' of various production and recycling processes: An interesting take on the the total CO2 emissions released during the lifetime of various containers used in the manufacturing and delivery of bottled water and other fluid products typically consumed in North America and Europe. Despite a change in government and a Conservative pre-election pledge to opt out of the Kyoto ...
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SnowPure Water Technologies Honored with Prestigious Export Award
March 21, 2018–NASBITE International Celebrates Exporting Excellence by Honoring U.S. Firms with Prestigious Export Award, including SnowPure Water Technologies in California — Today, NASBITE International honored 31 U.S. companies that export goods and services during the 2018 National Small Business Exporter Summit in Baltimore, Maryland. Companies representing 24 states, were ...
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QUA’s FEDI Chosen for LNG Refinery
Project Background Sabine Pass, a large LNG refnery in the United States, required a membrane desalination solution to cater to its extensive process water needs in order to produce a large amount of liquefed natural gas for export. The water is used for injection for compressor turbines for methane, propane and ethylene, wash water for gas turbines and other utility make-up uses. The feed ...
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Combined consideration for decentralised non-potable water supply from local groundwater and nutrient load reduction in urban drainage
Integrated analysis of land use change and its effect on catchment water balance allows the selection of appropriate water and land management options for new urban developments to minimise the environmental impacts of urbanisation. A process-based coupled surface water-groundwater model was developed for Southern River catchment (Perth, Western Australia) to investigate the effect of urban ...
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Non Chemical Hardwater Scale Prevention System Specified worldwide
Scaling caused by hard water is a major cause of energy wastage as well as providing maintenance problems. Fluid Dynamics is the leading supplier of environment friendly solutions to the problems of hard water scale numbering many of the world’s leading companies among its customer s. Kelloggs, Unilever, Kimberley Clark to name but a few. Increasingly Fluid Dynamics scale preventers are ...
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WWEMA Window: Tackling today`s top challenges
On September 24, 2013, the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) held its annual President’s Council at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. This is an informative one-day event where top executives of WWEMA-member companies get together to share and discuss industry trends, national and international economic news, and upcoming regulatory issues. This ...
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Bio-Microbics Inc. wins--- exporter of the year award
Bio-Microbics Inc., Shawnee, Kan., has received a 2009 Exporter of the Year award from ThinkGlobal Inc., publisher of Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Commerce Department in the Environmental category. The company manufactures economical and ecological wastewater and storm water treatment systems for light commercial and residential onsite markets, ...
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Groundwater monitoring and assessment with ESdat environmental data management software and its use in groundwater remediation plans
Groundwater investigations, contaminated/industrial sites, landfill and regulatory compliance are all ideal areas for environmental consultants and site managers, specializing in groundwater monitoring and assessment, to use environmental data management software. A successful groundwater remediation plan, used to facilitate the removal of pollution or contaminants from groundwater, sediment or ...
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