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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Leveraging the capacity of the informal water sector workforce
The global shortage of skilled professionals in the water sector is a major industry challenge, particularly in an era of growing water scarcity and increasing demand for water from agriculture, industry and domestic consumption. As utilities move to improve their performance in water service delivery, to meet the demands of both consumers and sustainable development, a fit for purpose workforce ...
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Modelling particle growth of calcium carbonate in a pilot-scale pellet fluidized bed reactor
Pellet fluidized bed reactors have been widely used to soften water. Reports from laboratory-scale research on the particle growth kinetics of calcium carbonate in pellet reactors have been put forward. However, the reports have not been comprehensive as they only consider the influence of supersaturation on the calcium carbonate growth process. The influence of three factors, namely, the ...
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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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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 and Sustainability. A Review of Targets, Tools and Regional Cases
This report reviews some current sustainability targets for the water sector and provides an overview of selected tools and approaches to assist decision-makers improve performance and achieve results ¿ and ultimately, meet development targets. The report reviews three widely known systems of water sustainability targets: the water targets set under the umbrella of the Millennium ...
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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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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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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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Prj 9712 - Underground water decontamination at a Copper Mine Site - Case Study
Starting May 1997, on authorization from BHP Copper (Tucson, Arizona) a BIOREM lab test was performed on underground water from BHP Miami-Globe mining operation (Arizona). Samples consisted of contaminated underground water and some alluvial soil taken in the vicinity of the well. The soil made possible the set-up of two columns as in figure. From water and soil there were selected the ...
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