water scarcity News
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Video: GWT Sustainable Water Solutions tackles Water Scarcity Challenges around the World
GWT just released a new corporate video highlighting the water scarcity challenges we face across the world, and how GWT with local channel partners and clients are working together to provide innovative, sustainable solution to address these water challenges. WATCH THE VIDEO ...
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Lloyd’s report highlights water scarcity threat
Increased demand for food and water resulting from population growth, climate change, and higher per capita water requirements resulting from increased living standards are threatening the already limited ...
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US$100m loan signed for water pipeline from Disi to Amman
The EIB signed a loan of 100 million USD with the Jordanian government to finance the construction of a water pipeline which will bring 100 million m3 of water a year from Disi (in the south of the country) to Amman. This project will help address water scarcity in Jordan. The loan was signed on 17th May 2009 by EIB Vice-President Philippe de Fontaine Vive in the presence of King Abdallah II. ...
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Stockholm Water Front - A Forum For Global Water Issues
Water scarcity will affect an increasing number of people in the coming decades. Global water demand is expected to increase by 55 per cent by 2050, due to growing demands from the manufacturing industry, electricity generation and households. Theses days our arsenal lacks some essential tools for handling water scarcity. We need to consider new tools as well as develop existing ones. In this ...
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Water, climate change and sustainable development
At the Climate Change Committee's Fourth Thematic session on Tuesday, MEPs and experts discussed the complex links between global warming and the world's water. Water scarcity, climate change and sustainable development, it was agreed, are issues which are closely linked and cannot be successfully tackled in isolation. 'Water is one of the sources of climate change, but it is also an indicator of ...
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Water Crisis Draws Federal Attention
Vice President Kamala Harris' recent speech regarding the worsening water crisis in the United States and elsewhere is welcomed to those of us fighting this growing threat. However, the action plan laid out by the announcement will need to quickly increase in focus and intensity to be effective in the face of growing aridification, water scarcity, and unmet WASH goals. The desire to fight this ...
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Ecolab and Trucost Expand Water Risk Monetizer to Include Revenue at Risk Assessment
The Water Risk Monetizer, industry’s first publicly available financial modeling tool that enables businesses to factor current and future water risks into decision making, now provides users with insights into how water scarcity impacts revenue. The tool’s new assessment helps water-dependent businesses better understand the full value of water to their operations and identify ...
By Trucost Plc
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Mobile Water Services: "Planning for the Unexpected" : how business security can be at fail if water treatment fails
Date: 08 December Time: 11:00 AM - GMT+8 The unexpected happens: plant failures, changes in water quality, water scarcity and other unexpected incidents. Although your risk planning can be exhaustive, there are some events that cannot be avoided, but can be planned for. Florent Puybaret, Veolia Mobile Water Services Director in APAC, will discuss the topic of business continuity and a ...
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Gore exhorts UN climate conference to act now
'The Earth has a rising fever,' Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore told delegates at the United Nations climate change conference today. The former U.S. vice president said that the need to address climate change is urgent because its impacts already are affecting the present generation. Melting glaciers, water scarcity, floods, and greater frequency and intensity of storms and droughts are ...
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Today is World Water Day!
Every day, water scarcity drives more and more companies to develop green policies regarding water utilization. Although it is a big improvement for the environment is not exempt from challenges for the RO/UF systems. Kurita and its new biofilm control agent, Kuriverter IK-110, assurance the good performance of the membranes, reducing CIP and restoring and maintaining the permeate flow. ...
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Water scarcity, a global problem.
Water availability has been taken for granted for a long period, but now its immediate implications on economy, politics, food production and even lifestyle are obvious. Water availability has been taken for granted for a long period, but now its immediate implications on economy, politics, food production and even lifestyle are obvious. Water scarcity is an environmental problem that ...
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The SDGs can change the paradigm on water in Africa
Seizing water opportunities at Africa Water Week The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate agreement provides an unprecedented opportunity to tackle the major water issues facing Africa today and in the near future. To seize this opportunity, we need to find new synergies and coordinate our intervention efforts. This can best be done by focusing on the fundamental ...
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LCA experts quantis join water scarcity, risks & footprints summit, 29-30 April 2010 in London
London Business Conferences are delighted to announce new sponsors Quantis will be joining the forthcoming Corporate Water Scarcity Risk Management Summit taking place in London this April 29-30. Quantis provides world-leading expertise in the area of life cycle assessment (LCA) including carbon footprinting and water footprinting of products, services and companies and are therefore uniquely ...
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WRE Director featured in World Water
Paul Jeffrey, the Chair of the WRE Board of Director was feature in the July/August issue of World Water magazine. Paul spoke about the new EU regulation to mitigate water scarcity and its potential impact. This regulation allows for wider application of treated municipal wastewater for reuse. Paul mentions how “only two percent of the wastewater treated in Europe is reused, well ...
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World Water Development Report 2018 launched during the 8th World Water Forum
The United Nations World Water Development Report, Nature-based Solutions for Water, launched during the 8th World Water Forum, and in conjunction to the World Water Day, demonstrates how nature‐based solutions (NBS) are key to address many of the world’s water challenges in line with sustainable development. According to the report “By 2025, 1.8 billion people are expected to ...
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What is Water Scarcity and How Can Businesses & Municipalities Handle It!
What is water scarcity? If you need water for whatever reason, and you can’t walk ten feet and turn a handle to get a glass or more of clean, fresh water, then you are probably dealing with water scarcity. There’s evidence of this epidemic all over the world, even in industrialized countries. There are two types of water scarcity: physical and economic. Either people don’t ...
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Aquatech roundtable discussion
Watch the panel discussion video at Aquatech Amsterdam 2019 about upcoming water challenges such as water scarcity and the crucial role for industrial water recycling. Learn how Kurita sees industrial challenges changing with regards to water. How to effectively utilise limited water resources is one of the most pressing issues nowadays. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle are the keys! Water Reclamation ...
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Water scarcity and droughts in the EU
In adopting an own-initiative report on water scarcity and droughts in the European Union, MEPs urge the Commission and Member States to acknowledge that deforestation and unrestrained urban development are contributing to growing water scarcity. The House calls on the Member States and the authorities concerned to pay heed to water-related considerations in their land-use planning. The report ...
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TNU Highlights the Importance of Recycling Tyres to Save Water
TNU issued a press release to mark World Water Day on March 22, a date that seeks to raise awareness about the water crisis that our planet is suffering and that has led to droughts around the world. In addition, it also aims to remind us of the need for millions of people to access drinking water. Between 2,000 and 3,000 million people suffer from water scarcity in the world, a problem that will ...
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New Report: growing water scarcity in US is `hidden` financial risk for investors owning utility bonds
Growing water scarcity in many parts of the United States is a hidden financial risk for investors who buy the water and electric utility bonds that finance much of the country's vast water and power infrastructure, according to a first-ever report on the issue released today by Ceres and Water Asset Management. The report, The Ripple Effect: Water Risk in the Municipal Bond Market, evaluates ...
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