River Management News
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Wicked water problems: Facing challenges, finding solutions
Transforming water security is essential for a safe, just, and sustainable future. However, water risks are increasing due to climate impacts, threatening the world’s commitment to ‘leave no one behind.’ We spoke with Mark Smith, Director General of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), about why water security is a defining challenge for development, and how ...
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World Water Day 2024. All we are saying is give water stewardship a chance
EVER since Ronald Reagan, western monetary orthodoxy has been driven by a theory called supply-side economics. A core belief (thank you Investopedia!) that production drives economic growth more than demand. In other words, the more you encourage consumers to buy things they didn’t even know they wanted the better. Half a century on, the fatal flaw in this world view is becoming clear. ...
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The best time to plan for drought is when it’s raining
The State of Global Water Resources Report 2022 says the hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance. The world’s weather has gone wild. Cold snaps, heat waves, dry spells, floods, and drought, all at one time exceptional occurrences, are now the norm. The planet is fluctuating between extremes as anomalies in weather conditions push the climate out of its groove. Natural disasters are ...
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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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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
Sitting at the Kelani River delta on the west coast of Sri Lanka, set amidst a backdrop of shiny hotels, red-tiled colonial era-buildings and street markets, Colombo appears to be your typical Asian metropolis. But interspersed amongst the city’s built environment sit 19 kilometers of wetlands. Colombo’s urban wetlands make the city ...
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Addressing Water Insecurity in Southeast Asia: Causes & Solutions
A United Nations report indicates that around 2 billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water. One of the regions faring the worst is Southeast Asia. Research suggests that 110 million people are facing water insecurity in Southeast Asia despite progress in the regions water sector. Singapore, for instance, is often considered a positive example of what’s possible. The ...
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Water Management Lessons from the City of Rotterdam
More than two-thirds of the biggest and most densely populated cities in the world are coastal delta cities, or find themselves perched precariously along estuaries, making them particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels. The city of Rotterdam is one such destination, with almost 80 per cent of the metropolis below sea level. As such, it’s particularly vulnerable to the effects of global ...
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Worldwide Water Wars ‘On the Rise’
Water resources underpin absolutely every aspect of society and, without it, the world as we know it would come to a grinding halt. Given how essential water is to sustain life, it’s equally essential to do all we can to protect supplies, but growing pressure is now being put on the world’s rivers, lakes, streams and aquifers in the form of population growth, water mismanagement, ...
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The ten challenges of water management in Southeast Asia
Water management in Southeast Asia poses multiple challenges which are related to its geography, climate, population growth and economic development. For example, the significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions and the consequent rise in temperatures in recent decades means that the region is highly vulnerable to climate change. Moreover, Southeast Asia plays host to 60% of the world ...
By Idrica
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LG Sonic Partners with President Nayib Bukele’s Government to Safeguard the Lempa River Basin
LG Sonic, a pioneering leader in algae control water, is thrilled to announce the successful implementation of innovative algae control systems in collaboration with the Government of President Nayib Bukele. This project aims to ensure the quality of water in the Lempa River, marking a significant leap forward in water quality improvement for the entire Central American region. Rubén ...
By LG Sonic
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Podcast: How Europe’s Dirtiest River Emscher Was Revived
The river Emscher in Western Germany has a turbulent history. Within one century, it turned from a leisurely meandering stream to Europe’s dirtiest river and, most recently, to a restored recreation area. In this episode of OTT CAST, we discuss the history and the challenges of the double transformation that the Emscher went through. Our guest is Dr. Stephan Treuke of the ...
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Hoskin Scientific is pleased to announce today that it has acquired Durham Instruments.
Based in Pickering, Ontario, Durham Instruments (“Durham”) is a leading supplier of test & measurement instrumentation, data acquisition and control systems. The business offers custom system measurement solutions, including hardware and software integration and on-site technical service. More information is available at https://disensors.com/. “We are pleased to welcome ...
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CCTV Reported EXPEC-3050 Handled VOCs Gas Analyzer Helps Improve Air Quality
Ecological civilization has become an indispensable part of urban construction.In order to prevent industrial processes from polluting the air in key regions, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment recently launched a special assistance program for cities such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and its surrounding areas, the Fenwei Plain, the Yangtze River Delta, and the urban agglomeration in the ...
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Discover Your Local Water Gaps Using the World Water Map
Knowledge is power, as the old adage goes, and when it comes to living more sustainably it can be very useful indeed for both individuals and businesses alike to see what issues face their local communities so they can decide where best to focus their eco-friendly efforts first. Of course, one of the most pressing climate change-related problems for us all, no matter where in the world you live, ...
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U.S. Invests $251 Million to Expand Infrastructure to Support CO2 Transport and Storage Infrastructure
As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy this week (May 17) announced $251 million to support 12 selected projects across seven states that will bolster the nation's carbon management capabilities. The projects, funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will expand carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation and storage infrastructure to ...
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The company Cadagua awards the acquisition of a BM-EVO multipurpose respirometry system to Surcis
The company Cadagua selected the company Surcis, S.L. for the supply of a BM-EVO Multipurpose Respirometry System to serve several municipal wastewater treatment plants. This operation is carried out by direct negotiation with Surcis and following the recent O&M contract of Cadagua by Canal de Isabel II (Madrid) on the operation and maintenance of 16 WWTPs corresponding to the Guadarrama ...
By SURCIS, S.L.
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FPI Contributes to the Regulation of River Outfalls in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area with Remarkable Results
On September 24, 2022, a report related to the demonstration of the effectiveness of river outfall regulation in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area was aired on CCTV's Morning News. The report mentioned that 30 automatic water quality monitoring stations had been deployed, and 724 water environment problems had been disposed of as of September 2022, with a disposal rate of 99.3%. The Ministry of ...
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LG Sonic Buoys Deployed in Tampa’s Hillsborough River to Combat Blue-Green Algae
City of Tampa, Florida, has introduced a new method of algae control in the Hillsborough River by installing two innovative LG Sonic MPC-Buoys. These state-of-the-art buoys are designed to reduce blue-green algae growth by utilizing ultrasonic sound waves. The ultrasonic sound waves block algae’s access to sunlight and nutrients, causing the algae to sink to the bottom and die off ...
By LG Sonic
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UK Rivers Branded A National Disgrace
Waterways around the UK have been branded a “national disgrace” by the chief executive of the Wildlife Trusts, with various rivers in England now at particular risk from pollution such as plastics, human and farmyard sewage, industrial and household chemicals, pesticides and fertiliser. ...
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A Steep Gorge and Variable Water Levels Test Aqua TROLL 500 Installation
A Steep Gorge and Variable Water Levels Test Aqua TROLL 500 Installation Creation of a new bridge in Kaitoke Regional Park outside Wellington, New Zealand, necessitated a durable remote monitoring solution that could track the effects of construction on several parameters in the Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River. Adroit Environmental selected In-Situ’s Aqua TROLL 500 Multiparameter Sonde for the ...
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