The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), in conjunction with the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC), has released 2015 bottled water statistics which show that Americans’ consumption of bottled water increased...

The water company, Aegea, has received the first disbursement of its loan approved under the Brazilian Reais Local Currency Initiative that aims to eliminate foreign exchange risk exposure...

Officials from Los Angeles City and County joined representatives from various water organisations in June to unveil a high-low drinking fountain and water filling station at City Hall...

Queensland Urban Utilities has encouraged Brisbane residents to learn how to be environmentally friendly with every flush. “Sewer pipes are designed to carry just that–sewage,” said Michelle Cull,...

Two UN experts on the human rights to water and sanitation and adequate housing have expressed concern over the increasing number of homeless people in Cork and their...

The US capital’s water utility has won the 2016 US Water Prize for its new waste-to-energy project. DC Water’s Bailey Bioenergy Facility produces a net 10...

The Dutch port city, Rotterdam, has been ranked the top city for water sustainability, according to the inaugural Sustainable Cities Water Index from engineering and consulting...

Per Nielsen’s research is unlocking the identity of microbial life in activated sludge and shows that understanding the functions of different bacteria can greatly optimise the...

Since the first was appointed in San Francisco in April 2014, 100 Resilient Cities–Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation has helped to fund the hiring of over...

UN agencies have engaged in a high-stakes effort to measure the global goals and targets for water and sanitation against clearly defined criteria. Beneath a polite...

Beyond the arguments over medical benefits, cash crops, and cross-border ‘drug wars’, Montgomery Simus explains how the global footprint of cannabis trafficking is rapidly diversifying, complicating the...

Robert Bos explains how water professionals can help combat infectious diseases In 1854, a London physician named John Snow ended a severe cholera epidemic. He didn’t invent a vaccine. He...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...