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Water Crisis: Mexico City Facing Day Zero Threat
Back in 2018, Cape Town hit global headlines for being the first city in the world to approach Day Zero, the day in which it would run out of water, with the crisis driven by increasing demand and inadequate supply. While the situation was ultimately avoided, the threats still remain – and it’s no longer just Cape Town that’s at increased risk of demand outstripping supply, ...
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Advancing Sustainability with Room Alert Environment Monitoring Solutions
In recent years, sustainability has emerged as a cornerstone of corporate responsibility. As organizations strive to minimize their environmental footprint and comply with increasingly stringent regulations, innovative solutions are essential. Room Alert’s advanced environmental monitoring capabilities offer a multifaceted approach to sustainability, encompassing proactive maintenance, ...
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Thames Water Leakage Rates to Climb Over the Next 2 Years
One of the biggest issues facing the UK in terms of the water crisis is the nation’s leakage rates. Much of the pipe network was built during the Victorian era and, as such, it’s really starting to show its age, unable to withstand the pressure of a growing population and more extreme, more regular weather events like flooding. Figures from industry watchdog Ofwat show that ...
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‘Water, United’: Connecting key players to accelerate water action across the Colorado River Basin
New initiative aims to link multinationals, tech companies and water utilities to help solve water challenges Follows existing Microsoft-FIDO collaboration across three cities globally. A new initiative aiming to unite multinationals, innovative tech companies, and water utilities has been announced in the US. Microsoft, PepsiCo, FIDO Tech, Oldcastle ...
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Recommendations Announced That Will Improve UK’s Water Future
Over the last few years, more and more people have become aware there is a global water crisis, and the UK needs to do more to protect its water health for future generations. According to the World Wildlife Fund, 1.1 billion people around the world do not have access to water. Even more frighteningly, 2.7 billion struggle to find water for at least one month a year. It is not just a problem ...
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Idrica and Xylem provide an engineering service to detect water leaks in Qatar’s distribution networks
Leaks are responsible for the loss of thousands of liters of water per year in Qatar. In this country, this situation has negative consequences for the economy and increases water losses. Qatar’s main environmental problems include limited natural freshwater resources resulting in a growing reliance on large-scale desalination facilities. Sixty-one percent of Qatar’s available water ...
By Idrica
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Gutermann Unveils Its New Cutting-Edge Zonescan AI Logger
On 4th December 2023, coinciding with the 5th World Water Loss Day, Gutermann announces the market introduction of its latest leak detecting, correlating noise logger “ZONESCAN AI”, an enhanced version of its widely acclaimed IoT noise logger “ZONESCAN NB-IoT” with remarkable features that set ZONESCAN AI ...
By Gutermann AG
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Water bill validation casts a spotlight on a £50000 water leak
Water audit consultants H2O Building Services were commissioned to complete a water bill validation exercise to determine whether any savings could be made on a Leisure Park based in Northumberland. Taking into account the number of pitches, the water audit team at H2O concluded there was a significant overspend on the water consumption and costs in consideration of the site facilities. So in ...
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Preserving U.S. History with Room Alert
Room Alert is advanced & secure environment monitoring that provides peace of mind by protecting people, property, and productivity. Most recently, Room Alert has become a trusted guardian of historical monuments and constructions, exemplified by its role in helping to preserve the iconic Montauk Point Lighthouse, one of the oldest lighthouses in the U.S. Historical landmarks like the ...
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Water Metering Poised to Become Compulsory In England
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has just published the results of its Second National Infrastructure Assessment, a five-yearly review detailing a programme of transformation for England’s energy, transport and other key networks over the coming 30 years, finding that making infrastructure improvements is achievable and affordable if the appropriate policies are implemented now. ...
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Leading water’s AI (r)evolution
In a resource-constrained world, water companies are already using AI to target the biggest and most wasteful leaks for repair. Leaks are just the just the first step on the road to ending water scarcity. AI is taking intelligence-led decision-making to the next level. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) mean that the technology will ultimately play a role in all elements of the water use ...
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What Are the Causes of the Global Water Crisis?
When government leaders met at the UN 2023 Water Conference earlier this year, it was the first time countries seemed to agree there is a global water crisis that needs to be addressed. In March, the first UN water conference in a generation took place in New York, uniting communities all over the world with the belief that action needs to be taken to protect the most important natural resource ...
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Resolving Water Crisis ‘As Important As Reaching Net Zero’
Resolving the water crisis is as essential to the world as reaching net zero carbon emissions and reducing the impact of climate change. This is according to the British Standards Institute (BSI) together with Waterwise, which released a report to mark World Water Week (August 20th to 24th). The study, which included analysis on the water shortage difficulties countries around the world ...
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Have you Been Inspired By World Water Week?
This year’s World Water Week has just come to close, taking place in Stockholm (and online) between August 20th and 24th, focusing on identifying innovative solutions to tackle the water crisis head on and ensure that we can continue to thrive in an increasingly unstable and water-scarce world. The event itself has been taking place each year since 1991, where leading organisations and a ...
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Mobiltex Releases the Gcrtech Pfl1 | Next Generation Portable Pressure/Flow Data Logger
MOBILTEX [an XPV Water Partners company] has launched our latest innovation for the Water Utilities industry, the GCRTech PFL1 Portable Pressure/Flow Data Logger. Based on the field-proven design of the GCRTech PTRI/TRI data logger, MOBILTEX has further enhanced the device to deliver a more robust, reliable and effective solution for field capture of critical pressure and flow data for water ...
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SUEZ and Schneider Electric join forces to accelerate digital services for the water sector
Digital solutions transform aging infrastructure and drive smart investments across the full water cycle SUEZ, leader in digital and circular solutions in waste and water services, and Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, are joining forces to accelerate the deployment of digital solutions for energy efficiency, resource ...
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Oldcastle Infrastructure announces smart water tech leak detection partnership with FIDO Tech
Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, and a leader in innovative infrastructure solutions, today announced its entry into the smart water market through a strategic partnership with FIDO Tech, a UK-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology solutions provider, to deliver unparalleled leak detection and broader water management and conservation solutions in the United States. The United ...
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Room Alert Helps Protect Employees From Heat Illness While Maintaining DOL and OSHA Compliance
AVTECH Software (AVTECH), the leading provider of Room Alert environment monitors, sensors, and software, announces that its products are helping protect employees from heat-related illness while maintaining Department of Labor and OSHA compliance under recently announced guidance from The White House. Now celebrating its 35th year in business, AVTECH manufactures Room Alert, the world’s ...
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Gutermann wins largest leak tech project in Continental Europe
Gutermann AG, a Switzerland-based global leader in advanced leak detection technologies, has been awarded by Acquedotto Pugliese (AQP) a contract worth nearly EUR 15 million for the supply of leak detection and monitoring technology for the Regions of Apulia and Basilicata in southern Italy. As part of the contract, Gutermann will provide more than 20,000 ZONESCAN NB-IoT correlating noise loggers ...
By Gutermann AG
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Severe Water Stress Predicted For 7 England Regions By 2030
Despite the fact that the UK has a famously damp climate, it too will be affected by the water crisis, which is fast tightening its grip on countries all over the world, with water resources rapidly dwindling in the face of climate change, pollution, water mismanagement, population growth, urbanisation and more frequent extreme weather events. It was initially thought that water shortages would ...
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