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Create 400,000 jobs in 2010 – invest in water infrastructure

Investment in Water Infrastructure The Water Infrastructure Network (WIN) a coalition of the nation’s leading construction, engineering, conservation, labor, municipal and manufacturing organizations, firmly believes that a federal investment of $20 B in our nation’s critical water infrastructure is the single most effective means for creating quality jobs with federal funding. Leading ...

Dec. 4, 2009

By National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)

Water Sector Can Attract Private Investment By Improving Efficiency

To help to attract badly needed private investment in water infrastructure globally, regulators and governments need to ensure more efficient use of water and educate the public about the real costs of delivering water, a senior World Bank executive said May 7. “Unless we are able to maximize efficiencies on the supply side and we are willing to have the political stamina to recognize that ...

May 8, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

Cost effective solutions from Kijlstra

Kijlstra, one of Europe’s biggest manufactures of off-site precast drainage products, is helping to provide significant cost reductions on a major water infrastructure project in the regency town of Royal Leamington Spa. Kijlstra is supplying CSO structures and river outfalls together with large valve chamber’s to framework sewerage contractor NMCNomenca, who are constructing a ...

Nov. 23, 2011

By Kijlstra Precast Ltd.

Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

The Green Infrastructure approach refers to the natural or semi-natural systems that provide services for water resources management with equivalent or similar benefits to conventional (built) "grey" water infrastructure. This guide addresses one of the main barriers to widespread adoption of Green Infrastructure (GI) solutions: a general lack of awareness of the solutions and associated cost ...

Jan. 29, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Cal-Neva’s 2008 report on water treatment, desalination and filtration

This year proved to be one of expansion in all areas of the water industry. In the next few paragraphs I will attempt to report to all in this business what we found as we searched the world for new technologies. Let me explain what we do here at Cal-Neva Water Quality Research Institute of California. We scour the globe for emerging technologies that address either water treatment, ...

Jan. 26, 2009

By Mother Lode Reclamation of Africa an NGO 054-833-6481

Public?private partnerships in basic service delivery: impact on the poor, examples from the water sector in India

What is the theory behind Public?Private Partnerships (PPPs)? In this contribution PPPs are defined as private sector involvement, where a public and a private partner share the risks related to the necessary investments. Besides complementarity, the other factors contributing to the success of PPPs will be analysed. Evidence concerning India will be used to assess which factors played a role and ...

Jul. 15, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

York Region’s Water and Wastewater Guidelines and Standards: Consensus Building – the Key to Success!

ABSTRACTPrior to August 2006, the Regional Municipality of York’s Water and Wastewater Branch was operating with an existing set of Design Guidelines and Standards which were in need of updating. These guidelines and standards were also not being consistently applied to all of the Region’s water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The Region recognized the need to improve the Design ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Climate-readiness, competition and sustainability: an analysis of the legal and regulatory frameworks for providing water services in Sydney

This paper examines whether key legislative and regulatory frameworks for the provision of water services in Sydney, Australia, successfully support the complex task of planning and managing urban water systems to balance water security, cost and sustainability considerations. The challenges of managing urban water systems under a changing and uncertain climate became starkly apparent during ...

Feb. 6, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Obama provides economic stimulus money for important water projects

California and indeed the entire western region of the United States, face chronic issues with respect to water use management. As reported in a December 2008 article on this site, California faces special problems intensified by cycles of drought; additionally, budget shortfalls are compounding the problems by limiting what the State can accomplish. Some relief may be in sight, though; in April ...

Jun. 26, 2009

By H2bid, Inc.

Is strategic asset management applicable to small and medium utilities?

Urban water infrastructures provide essential services to modern societies and represent a major portion of the value of municipal physical assets. Managing these assets rationally is therefore fundamental for the sustainability of the services and to the economy of societies. “Asset Management” (AM) is a modern term for an old practice—assets have always been managed. In recent ...

Nov. 12, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Democracy, decision-making, and sustainable development: dam-construction as an example

Decisions concerning policies and projects related to water infrastructure such as the construction of dams can be prepared in many ways. They can be left to the intuition and interests of market actors or be made the subject of systematic studies at the level of national governments, in state agencies, and even universities. Here, the latter idea of systematic analysis is emphasised. Traditional ...

Jul. 5, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Forests Serve as Freshwater Infrastructure

Restoring watershed headwaters is examined as a water storage strategy A global realization is dawning about the pressing need for more freshwater storage infrastructure to support growing populations in our time of climate change. Faced with the astronomical costs of constructing such infrastructure, however, water management is beginning to look at existing natural features that can serve the ...

Sep. 10, 2018

By Fluence Corporation

Forests Serve as Freshwater Infrastructure

Mountain meadows and forests play an important role in capturing and slowly releasing precipitation. Restoring watershed headwaters is examined as a water storage strategy A global realization is dawning about the pressing need for more freshwater storage infrastructure to support growing populations in our time of climate change. Faced with the astronomical costs of constructing such ...

Sep. 10, 2018

By Fluence Corporation

8 charts and maps show why drought will be a growing challenge in the U.S.

The American West continues to struggle with an historic, years-long drought, with the latest area to be hit — the Pacific Northwest — garnering recent headlines. But is drought in the United States all that unusual? A report from The Hamilton Project released in late 2014 examines the history of drought across the U.S. and the economics of water in the country. As the report ...

Jul. 23, 2015

By Ensia

Azerbaijan National Water Supply and Sanitation Project

The water supply and sewer system in Azerbaijan is characterized by old, damaged and largely dysfunctional infrastructure and is financial constrained and poorly operated. This results in the level and the quality of the water supply and wastewater treatment (WWT) services especially in small towns being significantly degraded. Water shortage and the use of dirty water for drinking have ...

Sep. 3, 2013

By Huckbody Environmental

Senate proposes funding increases for EPA, interior in Fiscal 2014 appropriations bill

Senate Democrats Aug. 1 released a $30.2 billion draft appropriations bill that would increase funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by approximately $105 million, or 1.25 percent, compared to the pre-sequester fiscal year 2013 enacted level. Overall, the draft bill includes a total of $8.48 billion in funding for EPA. The bill would maintain funding for the clean water and drinking ...

Aug. 2, 2013

By Bloomberg BNA

Is strategic asset management applicable to small and medium utilities?

Urban water infrastructures provide essential services to modern societies and represent a major portion of the value of municipal physical assets. Managing these assets rationally is therefore fundamental for the sustainability of the services and to the economy of societies. “Asset Management” (AM) is a modern term for an old practice—assets have always been managed. In recent years, ...

Oct. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

China construction machinery industry in 2013 in macroeconomic stabilization and recovery

Derived by analysis of the construction machinery industry in 2012, twenty-five per cent of loss-making enterprises, this is not the news of construction machinery. Accompanied by the process of urbanization in China to further promote the infrastructure construction in China will be further developed, water conservancy construction, railway infrastructure, protection of housing projects are also ...

Feb. 25, 2013

By Jiangxi Yiyuan Industrial Co., Ltd

Special Report: Water Resources Bill Draws Interest From Cities, Utilities, Industries

The forces driving the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (H.R. 3080) can be seen in the large array of cities, counties, utilities and industries hoping to see the bill become law. At least 496 nonprofit organizations, companies, state and local governments and other entities have disclosed their lobbying efforts on WRRDA, set for floor action in the House Oct. 23. The number ...

Oct. 23, 2013

By Bloomberg BNA

Pakistan Facing Deadly Water Contamination

Drought, overdraft of aquifers, and water contamination all contribute to an ever-increasing water crisis in Pakistan. 40% of deaths in country are attributed to critical pollution problem An estimated 40% of all deaths in Pakistan are caused by ingesting contaminated water — water filled with industrial waste, arsenic, diseases, and sewage. As recently as the late 1990s, ...

Jan. 11, 2019

By Fluence Corporation

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