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Zonescan Alpha Wins Another Technology Award
Gutermann and Zonescan win 2. place at technology awards at Aqua 2012 in Trencin, Slovakia Zonescan Alpha has received its second award within one month. At the AQUA 2012 at the Trencin Expo Center in Slovakia, Gutermann was awarded second place in the category "Technology" for its "ZoneScan 820 Water Network Monitoring System". This award is another well deserved recongnition of the ...
By Gutermann AG
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The circular economy of water
Come to Ecomondo and discover the latest technologies and most innovative solutions for the integrated water cycle: from capture to returning it to the environment. Ecomondo will feature conventions, seminars and in-depth studies on regulations. Here are a few previews: Re-use of water in agriculture and sustainable irrigation How to use waste water, new solutions for the re-use of water ...
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EU introduces more efficient monitoring of drinking water for better protection of public health
As a first step following the European Citizens' Initiative Right2Water, new rules adopted by the Commission today provide flexibility to Member States as to how drinking water quality is monitored in around 100 000 water supply zones in Europe. This will allow for more focused, risk-based monitoring, while ensuring full protection of public health. Commissioner Vella said: "High-quality, safe ...
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EU introduces more efficient monitoring of drinking water for better protection of public health
As a first step following the European Citizens' Initiative Right2Water, new rules adopted by the Commission today provide flexibility to Member States as to how drinking water quality is monitored in around 100 000 water supply zones in Europe. This will allow for more focused, risk-based monitoring, while ensuring full protection of public health. Commissioner Vella said: "High-quality, safe ...
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Utilities and Water Companies Turn to Mycometer’s BactiQuant®Water Technology
Water companies and various industries have been increasingly utilizing the BactiQuant®Water method developed by Mycometer to identify bacterial contaminants in water. The BactiQuant®Water is a relatively new patented method that provides water companies and industry with a rapid method to estimate total bacteria in water samples. The method is well suited for HACCP systems and Water ...
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EU helps Pacific islanders improve water resources
The EU is proving its commitment to improving water resources in the Pacific Island countries by signing an agreement with the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC). Water security is becoming a major concern internationally, and the global community — especially the EU — has pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This agreement is a major step towards these ...
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Comparing climate change adaptation strategies across Europe
Despite efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, some degree of climate change is inevitable. A European report compares National Adaptation Strategies (NASs) across Europe. It highlights the need for countries to work together and share knowledge and provides insight for future policy. The EU's Climate Change Adaptation White paper suggests that adaptation measures need to be implemented at ...
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WHO ISSUES REVISED DRINKING WATER GUIDELINES TO HELP PREVENT WATER-RELATED OUTBREAKS AND DISEASE
Untitled Document Marrakech/Geneva - Ensuring drinking water is safe is a challenge in every part of the world, from water piped into people's homes, to rural wells and water provided to refugee camps in an emergency. Contamination of drinking water is too often detected only after a health crisis, when people have fallen ill or died as a result of drinking unsafe water. ...
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Producing clean water from urban sewage streams in India
Recently in India a project started for local treatment of urban sewage streams for healthy reuse (LOTUS HR). This project aims to clean one of the most polluted streams in Delhi. “India is facing its worst water crisis in a decade,” says Tanya Singh of Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra). “Its rapid urbanization keeps on putting more stress on fresh water supply, while ...
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EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Establish Interagency Agreement for Work on West Lake Landfill’s Isolation Barrier
EPA Region 7 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have established an interagency agreement outlining four tasks under which the Corps will provide assistance to EPA as the Agency oversees the approaching construction of an isolation barrier at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo. As outlined in the agreement, which became effective April 15, 2014, those four tasks ...
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IEG: Sustainable wastewater management, at Ecomondo the most innovative and applicable European project for the recovery and reuse of water resources
Rimini, 16th September 2019 - Today, the circular economy applied to the integrated water sector - only calculating the resource’s reuse in agriculture – is able to provide a turnover of 777 million euros and approximately 4000 jobs in Italy (“Circular Economy in Italy”, Duccio Bianchi, Edizioni Ambiente publishers). But its potential is much greater: there again, the 2017 ...
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Utilitalia And Ecomondo, Strategic Agreement Under The Banner Of Ecological Transition
Circular economy, renewable energies, climatic change solutions, smart cities: public utility companies will find international business connections at Ecomondo and Key Energy, Italian Exhibition Group’s shows scheduled in physical form from 26th to 29th October in Rimini (Italy) https://en.ecomondo.com – https://en.keyenergy.it Rimini(Italy), 30th July 2021 – IEG - ...
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National water quality survey in Haiti Uses Aquagenx CBT Kit and mWater Mobile App to ensure access to safe drinking water for Haitian Citizens
Haiti Outreach, a U.S. non-profit organization whose principle work is in Haiti, mapped 13,000+ water points across Haiti using the Aquagenx CBT Kit for E. coli bacteria and the mWater mobile app. In collaboration with World Vision, they used smart phones to collect and share water quality data on water points’ GPS location, functionality and potability, among many other indicators. Haiti ...
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