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Hydria Water visits World Water-Tech Innovation Summit
The 6th annual World Water-Tech Innovation Summit focuses on building resilience and accelerating the adoption of commercially viable technologies to meet the demand for sustainable water and urban infrastructure management. 250 industry leaders will meet in London to explore how we can harness innovation to address the most urgent issues facing the world’s water supply. The summit will be ...
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Transforming water into Smart Data
Almar Water Solutions is working to strategically position itself in the water technology business. Last March, the Company signed an agreement with the digital transformation company DATAKORUM to become a shareholder to provide innovative digital technology solutions to the water sector, complementing its Industry & Technology division. Now together, both companies are bringing ...
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AUS$3.4m to boost local capacity to adapt to climate change
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today announced $3.45 million to help local government and professionals such as engineers and architects better manage the effects of climate change. Senator Wong made the announcement during a speech to the Queensland Media Club. “As well as reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change, the Rudd Government ...
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Aguas San Pedro, a subsidiary of Almar Water Solutions, acquires 100% of Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios Aguas de Colina
The company provides drinking water and sanitation services in the municipal market under a concession in Chile. This operation is aimed at expanding the company’s activities in Chile. Aguas San Pedro S.A., a company that operates services to produce and distribute drinking water, sewage, and wastewater treatment in Chile and a subsidiary of Almar Water Solutions, has ...
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Find solutions at the world`s largest water utility conference, AWWA`s ACE15 registration is open
Attendee registration is now open for the American Water Works Association’s 2015 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE15). The event, which will be co-hosted with the AWWA California/Nevada Section, will be held June 7 – 10, 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. AWWA is the world’s largest water utility organization, and ACE15 is expected to draw more than 12,000 global water professionals ...
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Early registration for AWWA`s Sustainable Water Management Conference is March 7
The American Water Works Association invites attendees to register now for the 2014 Sustainable Water Management Conference to be heheld March 30 – April 2 at The Curtis Hotel in Denver. Members of AWWA can receive a discount by registering for the conference by March 7. A hotel rate has also been established for all conference attendees until the entire hotel block is reserved. The ...
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$59,876 Grant to University of Nebraska-Lincoln
EPA is providing a $59,876 urban waters grant to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Saddle Hills neighborhood’s green infrastructure in metropolitan Omaha, Neb. UNL and partners, including the City of Omaha and the Nebraska Forest Service, will assess green infrastructure practices by creating a water quality assessment database and developing a ...
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AWWA and U.S. Commercial Service lead water trade mission to Peru
The American Water Works Association (AWWA), headquartered in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s U.S. Commercial Service announced today that they are currently leading a delegation of 13 water companies to Peru May 21-24. The companies are visiting various water-related public facilities and sites in Lima and Arequipa to survey infrastructure and management ...
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EPA Provides $950,000 to Improve Water Quality Using Green Infrastructure in 17 Communities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it is providing $950,000 to help 17 communities expand green infrastructure use to improve water quality and protect people’s health and benefit communities. Green infrastructure uses vegetation and soil to manage rainwater where it falls, keeping polluted stormwater from entering sewer systems and waterways in local ...
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EPA provides $950,000 to improve water quality using green infrastructure in 17 communities; $50,000 each awarded to cities of Atlanta, Ga. and Beaufort, S.C.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is providing $950,000 to help 17 communities expand green infrastructure use to improve water quality and protect people’s health and benefit communities. The City of Atlanta, Ga., and the City of Beaufort, S.C., were among those selected for funding, and each received $50,000 grants. Green infrastructure uses vegetation and ...
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$7.5m water project set up for Timor-Leste
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help the Government of Timor-Leste improve water supplies in the capital, Dili. The Dili Urban Water Supply Sector Project will provide good quality water, continuously for 24 hours a day, to approximately 30% of all Dili households, businesses and institutions. Most target beneficiaries come from poor or low income households. Experience shows that easy ...
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3 in 4 Asia-Pacific Nations Facing Water Security Threat - Study
More than 75% of the countries in Asia and the Pacific are experiencing a serious lack of water security, with many of them facing an imminent water crisis unless immediate steps are taken to improve management of water resources, says a new study prepared jointly by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF). “While the Asia-Pacific region has become an economic ...
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EPA recognizes Syracuse and Onondaga county for creating a more sustainable community, including 50 green projects; selects syracuse as a green infrastructure partnership community
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Syracuse, New York has been chosen as one of 10 communities throughout the nation being recognized as a “Green Infrastructure Partner.” Green infrastructure projects use open space and natural areas, such as greenways, wetlands, parks, forests and native plant vegetation, to manage stormwater and reduce flooding. The ...
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Water looms as “the next oil,” warns MIT professor
With US gasoline prices edging toward the recently unimaginable price of US$4 a gallon, consumers are beginning to drive less and energy efficiency is again a hot topic. But the pain caused by high oil prices is nothing like what looms as an even more basic and essential natural commodity — water -- faces dwindling supplies and growing demand. As essential as it is taken for granted, water is The ...
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University of Maryland Named Winner of EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the University of Maryland as a winner of its third annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a design competition created to engage college and university students in reinventing our water infrastructure. Student teams proposed innovative green infrastructure designs to reduce stormwater pollution and develop sustainable communities. Stormwater ...
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EPA provides $50K to help Urban Land Conservancy improve water quality at Denver transit-oriented development
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing $50,000 in technical assistance to develop innovative green infrastructure options for a new transit-oriented housing development near the Blake/38th commuter-rail station in downtown Denver. The Urban Land Conservancy will use the EPA resources to assess and integrate design features that will reduce polluted runoff and protect water ...
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New partnership releases path-breaking guide to stimulate private investment in natural infrastructure nationwide
In the wake of Superstorm Sandy and 2012’s unparalleled extreme weather events, a new groundbreaking green infrastructure financing guide was released today by the NatLab consortium—a path-breaking collaboration between two of the world’s leading environmental organizations, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and The Nature Conservancy, and sustainable asset management ...
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July infringements package: main decisions
In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law. These decisions covering many sectors aim to ensure proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses. The Commission has today taken 419 decisions, including 63 reasoned opinions and 14 ...
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EPA Kicks Off Third-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge to Develop Innovative Approaches to Stormwater Management
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching its third-annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a prize contest that engages college students in developing innovative green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater pollution and build resilience to climate change. Through Campus RainWorks, teams of undergraduate and graduate students, working with a faculty advisor, develop a proposed green ...
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EPA Awards the City of Santa Monica $60,000 to Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resilience to Climate Change
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced approximately $60,000 to help the City of Santa Monica design a stormwater diversion system that will be used to reduce runoff, protect water quality, and replace potable water used to irrigate parkland. “By investing in green infrastructure, Santa Monica is taking another step towards its goal of eliminating the use of ...
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