Oded Distel, Head of New Tech Program, Ministry of Economy, and...
Oded Distel, Head of New Tech Program, Ministry of Economy, and Director of Foreign Investments and Eco Systems, Invest in Israel
Israel excels in managing water...
Preservation of water resources is at the heart of the OCP...
With exclusive access to the world’s largest phosphate reserves and operating the world’s largest industrial installations, all designed according to the highest international processing, technology and industrial facility standards, OCP...
The Water-Nexus-Book Nexus
A series of publications suggest the end of the ‘water sector’ is near, to be replaced by a provocative, if nebulous, institutional linkage
By James Workman
The...
United States: Researchers to produce clean energy from water and sunlight
Researchers from the University of Iowa are collaborating with HyperSolar, a startup company focused on commercialising low-cost renewable hydrogen, to produce clean energy from water and sunlight. HyperSolar...
International: Bacardi improves water use and energy efficiency
Barcardi, a global spirits company, has surpassed annual targets in improving water use, energy efficiency and recycling rates and is on target to obtain 100 percent of...
Fiji: Remote schools receiving drinking water from solar pump projects
Students located in remote schools in Fiji have not enjoyed access to clean drinking water in the past. However, the successful implementation of US$30,000 solar water pumping projects...
United States: Californian farmers face further economic losses as drought conditions...
Despite nearly normal rainfall and snowpack during the 2015–2016 rainy season, Californian farmers and agribusinesses could face up to US$1.5 billion in losses due to persistent drought conditions,...
Egypt: Egypt commits to water and agriculture improvement projects
The African Development Bank and the Government of Egypt have signed two grant agreements amounting to US$860,000 to help finance water and agriculture projects in the country. The...
Australia: New groundwater study could boost farming
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water, Barnaby Joyce, has announced AUD$100,000 (US$75,000) in funding for a feasibility study into accessing deep groundwater in the...
Ireland: Irish Water to upgrade wastewater infrastructure
Veolia Ireland has secured a new contract from Irish Water for wastewater infrastructure. This contract comprises a €2.16 million upgrade of the wastewater infrastructure at County Cavan and...
China: China to integrate water and environment management
The World Bank has approved a US$9.5 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to help China increase water productivity and reduce pollution discharges in the three...
Canada: Nanaimo city inaugurates water treatment plant with new membrane technology
The city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, has inaugurated a new water treatment plant featuring General Electric’s ZeeWeed membrane technology to purify water from the...
Latin America and the Caribbean: Call for innovative water and sanitation...
The Inter-American Development Bank is issuing an open call for innovative startups working on water, sanitation, hygiene and health projects to enter its seventh Demand Solutions event. The...
Canada: Water crisis placing First Nations communities at risk
Water on land known as reserves in many indigenous communities in Ontario is not safe to drink, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has announced in a new report....
International: Sanitation improves across 13 countries
Close to 11 million people no longer practise open defecation across 13 countries, according to a new report from the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF). The results are...
International: Heineken reduces water use
Global brewer, Heineken, has outlined progress towards achieving its Brewing a Better World 2020 commitments including reducing specific water consumption in its breweries. The figures were released in the...
Oman: LG Chem signs deal with Oman desalination plant
The Sohar desalination plant in Oman has announced it will incorporate LG Chem’s ‘high rejection’ NanoH20 seawater reverse osmosis membranes. The membranes incorporate nanostructured materials and polymer technology which...
Mediterranean: Hotels reduce water consumption
Eight innovative water treatment technologies to help Mediterranean hotels reduce water consumption have proved successful in the project demonstration site in Spain. As part of the demEAUmed project,...
United States: DC Water maps lead serviced lines
Washington DC’s water utility has announced the launch of a new interactive map and other online content designed to help property owners identify the material that makes up...
Europe: Suez heads up new urban resilience project
In May, Suez, with other partners, launched the €8 million RESCCUE urban resilience project that will develop and implement resilience strategies that extend beyond urban drainage systems to...
