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Test Your WaterSense about Water Efficiency
Which activity uses less water—a five-minute shower or a full bath? How can you test whether your toilet has a leak? How much of the earth's water is available for human use? The answers may surprise you as you take EPA's new interactive quiz, 'Test Your WaterSense.' The quiz was created by EPA's WaterSense program and provides an entertaining way for both adults and children to learn more ...
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Advice on working with Chinese builders abroad
This article, authored by Siveco China Managing Director Bruno Lhopiteau, was previously published in Aquatech. New Silk Road dominance Chinese builders have come to dominate the global infrastructure market along the "Belt and Road", the loosely defined "New Silk Road" of infrastructure-driven development across nearly 70 countries. They draw on the unparalleled experience acquired in ...
By Siveco China
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Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) seeks proposals for research on sensors in the global water industry (On behalf of eleven organizations from Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa)
The global water sector faces a number of challenges to deliver safe drinking water, provide adequate urban drainage and sanitation, and to manage and treat wastewater. The challenges include the growing demand due to urbanization, more strict water quality standards, problems related to aging and sometimes disintegration of existing water infrastructure and extremes in climatic conditions. ...
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Report shows water efficiency can help save money and the environment
Saving water in the home can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lead to lower energy and water bills, according to a new report from the Environment Agency. The greenhouse gas implication of future water resources options study analyses the carbon impact of water companies and also household water usage in the UK. The report outlines how different water supply schemes and options to help ...
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New Projects in Singapore`s Water Industry Since 2006 will Add S$590 Million to GDP and 2,300 Jobs
The Singapore water industry has shown significant progress since it was identified as a strategic growth area in 2006. To date, Singapore is home to a thriving water industry of more than 70 local and international companies. Investments by water companies in the period of 2006 to 2010, when fully realised, will add S$590 million of annual value-added to our economy and generate 2,300 ...
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Providing value to customers to create a sustainable society
The Kurita Group offers solutions for industries that use water and energy very intensively. Kurita aspires to create unprecedented value by positioning “solving water resource issues”, “sustainable use of energy”, “waste reduction” and “advance in production technologies in industries”. By doing so, the Kurita Group provides the value demanded by ...
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Envirochemie welcomes a delegation from Uganda
A delegation of representatives from the worlds of administration and business in Uganda took part in a ten-day study trip focusing on "Industrial Wastewater Management" that was organised by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Part of this trip included a visit by the group to Envirochemie at its headquarters in Rossdorf. The African guests want to emulate ...
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Industrial water: our essential guide to pollution, treatment & solutions
Without water, many companies and the products they provide would fail to exist. Water use is a fundamental commodity for nearly every step of the manufacturing and production processes around the world. Whether it's deionised water for electronics and pharmaceutical sectors, or softened water for boiler feed applications, water is necessary and comes embedded in the footprint of virtually item ...
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Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tops key-note speaker line-up for the Global Water Summit 2015
‘The Water Value Revolution’ aims to determine water's key role in the future of sustainable economic growth and to revolutionise the role of water in the global economy. Business leaders, CEOs of industrial water users, utility managers, leading water technology providers and major investors will come together to share their water management insights and to point the way towards ...
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American Water joins EPA`s WaterSense program
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK), the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, today announced that it has joined forces with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WaterSense(R) program. The goals of this program are to use water resources more efficiently to preserve them for future generations and reduce water and wastewater infrastructure costs ...
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How Industry Can Help Maintain a Healthy Environment
How Industry Can Help Maintain a Healthy Environment Conservation among residential consumers has become a mainstay of utility operations, but opportunities abound among industrial users to put conservation measures into practice. This e-mail interview with wastewater expert Daniel Theobald details the ways in which industry can incorporate recycling and reuse into their daily operations. ...
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High-Efficiency Toilets to Get WaterSense Nod
Washington, D.C. - The Environmental Protection Agency is releasing a final specification for the latest generation of water-saving, high-efficiency toilets. Those that use less than 1.3 gallons per flush and meet performance standards for quality will qualify for EPA's WaterSense label to help consumers make informed buying decisions about water-efficient products. 'The WaterSense label will ...
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Billions of Calories, Tons of Plastic Saved As Consumers Choose Water Over Other Drinks
Alexandria, VA – Americans are increasingly choosing healthy bottled water instead of packaged sugary drinks, saving approximately 470 billion calories and 73 million pounds of recyclable PET plastic last year, said the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA). Bottled water is America’s favorite packaged drink for the third year in a row (by volume), and new figures from the ...
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Water reuse `vital for sustainability`
Water reuse in industry should be a vital part of achieving more sustainable water management in the UK, according to a new report from a leading professional body. The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) document said that increased water reuse by businesses would have a range of benefits, including improved environmental water quality and greater availability for ...
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Initial Metropolitan Water Summit Takes Up California’s Biggest Water Challenges
Personal Water-Saving Pledge Part of “20 x 2020: Building the Momentum” Water Summit LOS ANGELES - More than 350 people today participated in a first-ever water summit convened by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to promote meeting the statewide goal of reducing per-capita water use by 20 percent over the next 10 years. The one-day summit at historic Union ...
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H2O Innovation Awarded CAN$4.3 Million in Contracts for Industrial and Municipal Water Treatment Systems
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC - H2O Innovation Inc. ("H2O Innovation" or the "Company) (TSX VENTURE: HEO)(ALTERNEXT: MNEMO:ALHEO), a complete water treatment solutions company providing custom designed systems along with specialty chemicals for membrane filtration systems, announces today that it has been awarded several new contracts totaling $4.3 million. These contracts will see H2O Innovation provide ...
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Stay or Go: Water Treatment Firms Ignore China’s Market at their Peril
Unparalleled opportunity awaits international water treatment firms in China – if they approach the market with proven strategies for success, says Lux Research. BOSTON - China’s meteoric rise to global economic pre-eminence has come at the cost of widespread water pollution that, in many regions, has rendered entire watersheds worthless – even for industrial use. International ...
By Lux Research
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CA-NV AWWA Board of Directors Name New Chair
The California - Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (CA-NV AWWA) named Sue Mosburg chair of its Board of Directors, last week, during their annual fall conference in Reno, Nev. Mosburg, who previously served as chair elect, succeeds Bruce Macler, in leading the group. Mosburg began her career in the Water/Wastewater Industry at the City of San Diego's Water Department, where ...
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Pulp and Paper Industry Facing Water Issues
The pulp and paper (P&P) industry is one of the largest users of water in the industrial economy of the United States. It requires an average of 54 m3 of water to produce a metric ton of pulp or paper, and almost all phases of manufacturing require water. On the downstream side, P&P mills also create difficult-to-manage wastewater and sludge, causing environmental issues and challenges ...
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TOC Analyzer for the Rough Stuff
In numerous industries water is used in various processes. There are complex sample matrices that need to be measured very fast. LAR AG offers for a wide variety of applications the QuickTOCultra. This TOC analyser determines organic pollutants in water reliably, especially samples with a high salt content and/or high particle density. The sample is injected via a robot-driven injection system to ...
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