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SUEZ signs contract for wastewater treatment with Maynilad to clean Manila Bay and improve residents’ quality of life
In a landmark collaboration following a competitive bidding process, SUEZ and Maynilad, the Philippines’ largest private water concessionaire, are joining forces to spearhead a transformative wastewater treatment project. This venture, under the auspices of the Philippine Government, aims to dramatically reduce water pollution in Manila Bay. This project will be instrumental in protecting ...
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Goa State Pollution Control Board Acts on Tyres
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSCPB) in line with India’s EPR scheme, has instructed all tyre producewrs, recyclers and retreaders to register their operations with the GSCPB. GSPCB issued a notice recently advising all operators that they required consent to function from the Board under Section 25/26 of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution Act 1974, and under Section ...
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Modern tools and ancient smarts
Across the eastern Mediterranean region, farmers and other water managers are battling the harsh effects of climate change. Whether in the high plateaus of northeast Lebanon, the valleys of the West Bank, near the gurgling springs of Wadi Seer in Jordan, or deep in the low-lying heart of Egypt’s Nile Delta, they must cope with warmer, more extreme weather patterns. While many of their ...
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Spotlight On: Water Risk In Global Supply Chains
Water systems around the world are becoming increasingly fragile, burdened as they are by the combined pressures of climate change, population growth, urbanisation, pollution, water mismanagement and more frequent extreme weather events like flooding and drought. Figures from the United Nations show that water demand around the world is expected to rise by up to 30 per cent by the year 2050, ...
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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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Water Crisis: Mexico City Facing Day Zero Threat
Back in 2018, Cape Town hit global headlines for being the first city in the world to approach Day Zero, the day in which it would run out of water, with the crisis driven by increasing demand and inadequate supply. While the situation was ultimately avoided, the threats still remain – and it’s no longer just Cape Town that’s at increased risk of demand outstripping supply, ...
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2024: Bold, technological action on water efficiency urgently needed
Water efficiency is becoming more important by the day. Efficiency is essential to sustainability and survival in a scenario characterized by water scarcity, water pollution, sustainable management and climate change. It is precisely climate change, which manifests itself through increasingly frequent extreme events around the world. In this sense, data from the “Global Drought ...
By Idrica
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Hot Topic: Water Quality in the UK
While water quantity has long been hitting the headlines as one of the main issues of the water crisis, with extreme weather events like droughts and flooding taking centre stage over the last few years, water quality on the other hand has been flying under the radar somewhat… until now that is. Keeping rivers, lakes and streams healthy is an absolute must to sustain life on earth, but it ...
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How An Overspill Contaminated A Rare Chalk Stream
The most inescapable story of the last few years for many water consultants wanting to get the best water supply deal for their customers has been the increasingly controversial policies surrounding storm overflow discharge. These policies, now the subject of a lengthy Environment Agency investigation, have led to many water sources becoming polluted, and one of the most recent and controversial ...
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UK Government In Water Industry Bonus Culture Crackdown
As the global water crisis deepens all around us, it is perhaps unsurprising that the significant bonuses being paid out to water company chief executives each year is now hitting the headlines with increasing regularity. In the UK, we’re facing challenges such as pollution, water leaks, ageing infrastructure, rising bills and illegal sewage discharges, but despite all this recent Labour ...
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Recommendations Announced That Will Improve UK’s Water Future
Over the last few years, more and more people have become aware there is a global water crisis, and the UK needs to do more to protect its water health for future generations. According to the World Wildlife Fund, 1.1 billion people around the world do not have access to water. Even more frighteningly, 2.7 billion struggle to find water for at least one month a year. It is not just a problem ...
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UK Water Crisis ‘Down to Conservative Government Failures’
You would perhaps be forgiven for thinking that the UK, with its famously damp weather, would be relatively immune to the issues presented by the global water crisis, but this in fact could not be further from the case. Water is becoming increasingly problematic for countries all over the world as climate change takes hold and the UK is certainly not exempt from this, with ageing infrastructure, ...
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Environmental benefits of waste oil recycling and distillation Plant
With the development of industrialization and the application of petroleum derivatives, a lot of waste oil is produced. If it is not properly disposed of, the waste oil will cause great pollution. Right now, there are mainly three ways to dispose of waste oils, burning, drop-off and waste oil regeneration. Of course, the waste oil regeneration is the most effective, economical and environmental ...
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