water reporting Articles
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2 - Welsh Case study (Significant MNF reduction in Cardiff DMA) Case Study
In 2015, Welsh Water reported approximately 25% NRW in its operations. The leak detection methodology used to fight leaks was the traditional boots on the ground, which is known to be non-cost-effective as it is labor intensive and takes time to be completed in medium-large sized ...
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UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water 2014
The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water report is produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of UN-Water. It provides a global update on the policy frameworks, institutional arrangements, human resource base, and international and national finance streams in support of sanitation and drinking water. It is a substantive input into the activities ...
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UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water 2012
The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water report is produced every two years by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of UN-Water. It provides a global update on the policy frameworks, institutional arrangements, human resource base, and international and national finance streams in support of sanitation and drinking water. It is a substantive input into ...
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Sand & Gravel Manufacturing Industry Wastewater Treatment
The facility discharges to a marine sanctuary that has very strict discharge requirements. The facility is looking at an effective solution to reduce the effluent water turbidity. The discharge is at a rate of 30 gpm and is often out of compliance with solids in the water reported in the form of turbidity. Treatibility: The samples were tested using the Floccin J. The initial pH was 7.0 and the ...
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Assessment of current and emerging practice in corporate water reporting
Recognizing the urgency with respect to addressing the emerging global water crisis, the UN Secretary-General, in partnership with a number of international business leaders, launched in July 2007 a new initiative – The CEO Water Mandate – under the auspices of the UN Global Compact. The initiative was developed with the understanding that the private sector, through the production of goods and ...
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Influence of bromide on the performance of the amphipod Hyalella azteca in reconstituted waters
Poor performance of the amphipod Hyalella azteca has been observed in exposures using reconstituted waters. Previous studies have reported success in H. azteca water‐only exposures with the addition of relatively high concentrations of bromide. The present study evaluated the influence of lower environmentally representative concentrations of bromide on the response of H. azteca in 42‐d ...
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Scale Interactions in Water: GAO Report on Deepwater Horizon
The challenge is to articulate the conditions under which scale imposed constraints are systematic and to develop models that compensate or standardize scale-based variation. Following this point of view, different model structures would be needed to accurately represent the phenomenon at different scales. For instance, studies of water demands at the national or sub-national scale would need ...
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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 ...
By Ensia
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OECD Report – Water Governance in OECD Countries: A Multilevel Approach
Water Governance in OECD Countries: A Multilevel Approach addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy implementation and identifies good practices for coordinating water policy across ministries, between levels of government, and across local actors at subnational level. Based on a methodological framework, it assesses the main “coordination gaps” in terms of ...
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Download Your Copy of the Water Industry Report
At the recent World Water-Tech North America summit, leading water experts and utility CEOs gathered to discuss global water challenges, strategies for fostering innovation and the principal factors that influence investment decisions. If you do business in the water sector, this is the only report you need to gain first-hand insight into the key drivers and barriers to accelerating adoption of ...
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Specially invited opinions and research report of the International Water Law Project: global perspectives on the entry into force of the UN Watercourses Convention 2014: part two
From the Editor-in-Chief, Dr Jerome Delli Priscoli: This is the second part of a research report on opinions of prominent international water lawyers from each continent on the potential impacts of the 1997 UN Convention on the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. The first part of the report was published in Water Policy 16(6). ...
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Hidden oasis: water conservation and efficiency in Las Vegas
Two of the West’s preeminent water organizations report Las Vegas Valley is sitting on an oasis of water and money savings. In their new report, the Pacific Institute and Western Resource Advocates find up to 40% of water could be saved in some sectors through improvements to indoor and outdoor water efficiency. They also found that through improving indoor water efficiency in particular, Las ...
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Regional water intelligence report: the Nile Basin and the Southern Sudan referendum
The Water Governance Facility published a new Regional Water Intelligence Report, providing updates on the political economy of transboundary water resource issues, management and developments in the Nile basin, assessing different scenarios in relation to the South Sudan independence referendum. The report looks at the socio-economic aspects of water management and highlight the links between ...
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Summaries of the Latest Water Reports for an Overview of the Current Status of Water and Future Challenges
Similar to the question about a falling tree in the forest, do problems in the world still exist if people never hear about them? Well, clearly they do, there is no argument there to make. However, will anything ever be done about those problems if no one hears about them? Not very likely! Some places in the world may find it hard to believe, but water is an issue. No, there is nothing ...
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Newspaper coverage of water issues in China from 1950 to 2000
Mass media are important sources of information about water issues that significantly influence civil life. This paper presents a content analysis approach to contextualize the water issues reporting of the People's Daily. The intent of our approach is to uncover the reporting pattern of water issues and the relationship between government policies and their news reports. Using the ...
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The exposure buildup factor formulation in a slab and rectangle geometry by the LTSN method
In this paper, we report a formulation for the exposure buildup factor by solving the one-dimensional photon transport equation in a heterogeneous slab by the LTSN method, assuming the Klein-Nishina scattering kernel as the scattering differential cross-section as well as the multigroup model in the wavelength variable. We present numerical simulations and comparisons with available results in ...
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Spatial inequality in water access and water use in South Africa
The importance of measuring inequalities in sustainable development is reflected in the requirement to disaggregate national data for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this paper, piped water access, water use and water stress are mapped and reported at national, provincial, district, municipal, town and ward levels, and urban and rural areas. The results show that although 45% of ...
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Water diaries: a participatory approach to generating gender disaggregated intra-household water use data
Effective domestic water sector management and policy development requires quantitative and qualitative intra-household water use data. However, there are currently limited methods, and efforts, to collect such data. This paper outlines the Water Diary, a participatory research method to generate intra-household water use data. Combining self-reported individual water use and ...
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Project - EyeROV Solution for Ship Hull Inspection
The innovative invention provides EyeROV with an edge in high turbid environments Project Overview In 2020, Maersk approached EyeROV looking for a holistic inspection solution for their ship Maersk Avon. The ship was anchored in a high turbid environment with poor visibility that limited close inspection of the hull. To meet the unique challenges of this project, EyeROV developed a Visibility ...
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Ultrapure Water: World Markets Report
Provides continually updated analyses and forecasts of ultrapure water systems and a number of specific components and consumables such as resins for power, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and other industries. Click here for ...
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