global water shortages News
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Pumpmakers launches world’s first platform for DIY Solar Pumps
PUMPMAKERS(www.pumpmakers.com) from Austria have launched the PUMPMAKERS PLATFORM, a virtual marketplace that helps people help themselves by providing individuals, local companies,NGO'sand volunteers with free access to the easy-to-use Do-It-Yourself Solar Pump and a global network to implement projectsfor everyone where there is a need of water.This helps reduce the global water shortage, ...
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Goulds Water Technology announces Q2 2017 training schedule featuring new e-Learning course about wastewater pumps
Water professionals are encouraged to enroll in Goulds Water Technology’s (GWT) new wastewater e-Learning course that highlights the advantages, disadvantages, features and applications of wastewater pumps and accessories. It also includes instruction on how to properly select a wastewater pump, taking into consideration flow, system capacity, total dynamic head and other crucial ...
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Water industry must adapt to inevitable climate damage
The Government and water industry must start adapting now to the damage already done by greenhouse gas emissions. That was the stark warning delivered by the chairman of the environment agency as the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) opened its annual conference on Tuesday. Sir John Harman called for the forthcoming Climate Change Bill to look at the need to ...
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Dow Water & Process Solutions Awarded “Desalination Plant of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence
Dow Water & Process Solutions was awarded “Desalination Plant of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) for its seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) facility in Kurnell, Australia. The award was presented by former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Anan, during the Global Water Awards ceremony on April 18 in Berlin, Germany. Dow Water & Process Solutions was ...
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Digitising Dust Management – ATMOS Global™ Launches World’s First Global Centre for Dust Forecasting in Mining
ATMOS Global™ (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants™) launches world’s first Centre for Global and Site Specific Dust Impact Forecasting, Management and Control™ to offer to the mining industry on a global scale a next-generation digital approach to avoid or minimise the incidence ...
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American water summit gears up to tackle the USA`s water industry crisis
As chronic drought conditions turn critical across the US, water leaders must urgently create solutions to the twin bugbears of water scarcity and funding shortages. Global Water Intelligence and American Water Intelligence are providing the crucible; leaders and experts from all sectors meet next month at the American Water Summit to search for answers and determine a way forward. Hosted by ...
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ATMOS Global New ´Center for Global and Site Specific Dust Impact Forecasting, Management & Control´ Launches in the Asia-Pacific, North America, South America and Europe
ATMOS Global™ (ATMOS Global Pty Ltd - Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ™) new 'Center for Global and Site Specific Dust Impact Forecasting, Management and Control ™' launches in the Asia-Pacific, North America, South America and Europe to offer on a global scale a next-generation digital approach to avoiding or ...
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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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Beyond a drop of water
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. celebrates its 70th anniversary. Since its founding in 1949, Kurita has been contributing to the development of industries and society by consistently operating in two areas of “water and the environment.” While innovative solutions are required for global issues, such as the shortage of water resources and energy demand, we believe that a sustainable ...
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A. Water
At the Kurita Group, our mission is to help human society and the natural environment coexist in prosperous harmony through water, by widely applying the technologies we have cultivated in water treatment. We will think about what we can do to solve social problems, such as water resource shortages and global warming, in pursuit of value that only the Kurita Group can provide. Finding answers ...
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New ISO 14046 Water Footprinting Standard Released
ISO have recently released a new Water Footprint Standard (ISO 14046) to communicate the importance of evaluating water management and supply. With water being a highly scarce global resource due to drought, water shortages, climate change, contamination and pollution; ISO 14046 promotes efficient measurement to create better management of water. ISO 14046 is a new international standard that ...
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Aqwise developing advanced biological treatment system for drinking water nitrate contamination
Aqwise, provider of advanced solutions for wastewater treatment, has signed a cooperation agreement with 'Mekorot', Israel's national water company, for field-testing an advanced biological treatment technology for Nitrate contamination in drinking water. The agreement was signed in the framework of WaTechTM, Mekorot’s entrepreneurship, investments and partnership center for water technologies. ...
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Calculating recharge of groundwater more precisely
An international team of researchers has demonstrated that key processes in models used for the global assessment of water resources for climate change are currently missing. This could mean climate change impact models are wrong in some parts of the world and cannot yet be used to guide water management. The study, published today [Tuesday 28 February] in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
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Agriculture and food security at heart of climate change action
The world must rapidly move to scale up actions and ambitions on climate change FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told delegates at the United Nations Climate Change conference (COP22) in Morocco today. Speaking at the high-level action day on agriculture and food security, Graziano da Silva noted that climate change impacts on agriculture - including crops, livestock, forestry, ...
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World Water Day: Understanding water risk
It’s rare for water to make waves at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of business leaders and finance ministers. But the most recent Davos summit was an exception. A new eye-opening report ranked water supply among the top five global risks in terms of impact– on par with systemic financial failure and fiscal imbalances. As we mark World Water Day, the alarming ...
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Meeting tomorrow’s challenges: start with science
In a fiscally responsible budget that emphasizes cost containment, management efficiencies and program savings, the President's proposed $1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in fiscal year 2011 reflects his commitment to use science as the basis for natural resource management decisions. 'Science is a cornerstone for sound decision making,' said Marcia McNutt, USGS director. ...
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