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IWMI to expand groundbreaking Africa earth observation project
The International Water Management Institute’s (IWMI) Digital Innovations for a Water Secure Africa (DIWASA) project is set to enter its second phase with a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. While Africa has significant but underutilized water resources, the lack of water infrastructure and good water governance, combined with poor water resources ...
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World Water Day 2024
For World Water Day 2024, under the motto "Water for Peace", the company is committed to global charitable efforts. It is calling on decision-makers worldwide to stand up for clean drinking water. Lutz-Jesco GmbH has provided humanitarian aid in Ukraine, particularly in war-torn regions such as Herson, Zaporizhzhia and Marganets. Mobile waterworks, supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für ...
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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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Water scarcity competition offers US$119m incentive to rethink desalination - US
A non-profit organisation, XPRIZE designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development. With US$119m in the prize pot, competing teams have been tasked to develop new desalination methods and materials that can produce clean water more sustainably and affordably. ...
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IWMI and partners map the state of water across Africa
In 2020, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) launched the Digital Innovations for a Water Secure Africa (DIWASA) project, and researchers have been mapping the state of water across Africa since. Africa has significant but underutilized water resources. The lack of water infrastructure, weak water governance and poor water resource management practices, however, are causing water ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Selects Kohler Co. to Pioneer Commercial Scale Decarbonization Solution in Company’s Largest Manufacturing Plant in North America
Kohler Co. has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations to begin award negotiations for up to $51.2million to demonstrate commercial-scale decarbonization solutions to help move energy-intensive industries toward net-zero. Selected as one of 33 projects in the U.S., the funding will be matched by Kohler investment to support the Electric Boiler ...
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Chile’s Water Security in Focus at ACADES 2024 Congress
Almar Water Solutions participated as a sponsor at the ACADES 2024 Congress. Carlos Cosín led a panel on Almar Water Solutions’ experience in developing new water infrastructures and successful cases from pioneering countries. Almar Water Solutions participated on March 20th and 21st in the ACADES 2024 Congress “New Water Sources for Chile,” held in Santiago, Chile, ...
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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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World Water Day 2024: Water for Peace
Water management can either create peace or trigger conflicts; it can give life or take it away. Water is at the epicenter of sustainable development and is crucial for the survival of humanity. On this World Water Day, we join the United Nations in highlighting water as a guarantor of prosperity and international peace, as access to water is linked to current global security. “If the wars ...
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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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IWMI joins international coalition to build drought resilience
Signaling commitment to building resilience against worsening drought conditions globally, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) joined the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA) in December 2023. IWMI’s nearly four decades of experience in improving how communities manage water and land resources aligns with IDRA’s goal: to mobilize financial and technical ...
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Why Water: A Journey with Scott Gilbert
Why Water In a conversation with Scott Gilbert, Service Center Manager at Ovivo USA, Electronics, explore his interesting career spanning the military and the dynamic semiconductor industry. With an extensive background in water treatment, he shares insights into the transitions that have shaped his journey and highlights the significance of working in the water industry. His ...
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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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WaterAid and Microsoft launch water, sanitation and hygiene programs in India and Nigeria
WaterAid and Microsoft Corporation announced the launch of two new programs to deliver sustainable, climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene services to communities in India and Nigeria. In India, a groundwater recharge program will serve more than 60,000 people and address water scarcity in the urban Hyderabad and rural Karnataka areas. These communities source 80% of their drinking ...
By WaterAid
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Protecting the planet: The technological trends shaping water management in 2024
There are multiple challenges facing the water sector in 2024, including water scarcity, increased demand for water and the risk of extreme events, which all underscore the need to implement solutions to improve water cycle management. Once again, technology has a central role to play in this scenario, as the Idrica report entitled Water Technology Trends 2024. Shaping a smart future for the ...
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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Thames Water Leakage Rates to Climb Over the Next 2 Years
One of the biggest issues facing the UK in terms of the water crisis is the nation’s leakage rates. Much of the pipe network was built during the Victorian era and, as such, it’s really starting to show its age, unable to withstand the pressure of a growing population and more extreme, more regular weather events like flooding. Figures from industry watchdog Ofwat show that ...
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Why Water: A Journey with Mayur Chikhaliya
Why Water In a conversation with Mayur Chikhaliya Senior Manager, Process at Ovivo India, we look into his 13-year career preserving and enhancing water resources. Originally from a small town in Gujarat, India, Mayur’s journey began with childhood experiences of water scarcity, shaping a passion for water ...
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