Can we produce drinking water

Clean and clear: Can we produce drinking water without leaving a carbon footprint?
Producing clean drinking water can be highly energy intensive. But in Saudi Arabia, one of the driest places on earth, there’s a growing industry for producing this resource sustainably
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In Saudi Arabia, scant precipitation is compounded by high evaporation rates to produce water scarcity
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Bordered by sea on its eastern and western coastlines, Saudi Arabia’s parched landscape is one of the

Fourth Industrial Revolution for Water

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BATTENING DOWN THE HATCHES

BATTENING DOWN THE HATCHES

US industry faces stricter stormwater rules
Tightening regulations around rainwater runoff could impact every industrial facility across the US, with legal actions already on the rise.

By Erin Partlan

New standards are expected to be modelled on those in California and Washington

DRINK CHLORINE IN YOUR WATER EVERY DAY

YOU PROBABLY DRINK CHLORINE IN YOUR WATER EVERY DAY — BUT IS IT HARMFUL?
SOURCE: FOOD REVOLUTION

Every day, millions of people drink chlorinated tap water.

Chlorine is used to keep our water clean by disinfecting it and killing germs. And it does a marvelous job at eliminating most pathogens from the water we drink.

But the use of this powerful chemical has a downside. According to a report from the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality, the cancer risk for people who drink chlorinated water is up to 93% higher than for those whose water does not contain chlorine.

When chlorine was first introduced to the water supply, it brought a rapid reduction in the spread of disease and other water-borne ailments. It made it easier for cities and towns to purify drinking water and to keep their residents safe.

H Nestlé αντιμέτωπη με αγωγή για πώληση κοινού πηγαδίσιου νερού ως “πηγής”

H Nestlé αντιμέτωπη με αγωγή για πώληση κοινού πηγαδίσιου νερού ως “πηγής”

Μια ομάδα ενδιαφερόμενων πολιτών κατέθεσε μια συλλογική αγωγή 325 σελίδων κατά της Nestlé Waters North America, την εταιρεία που κατέχει την Poland Spring, υποστηρίζοντας ότι η επιχείρηση από καιρό εξαπατά τους πελάτες της με εσφαλμένη επισήμανση κοινών υπόγειων υδάτων ως «νερό πηγής», ανέφερε το Courthouse News...

Η αγωγή κατατέθηκε σε ομοσπονδιακό δικαστήριο του Κοννέκτικατ την Τρίτη, κατηγορώντας τη Nestlé Waters North America Inc. για μια “κολοσσιαία απάτη που διαπράττεται εναντίον Αμερικανών καταναλωτών”.

THE TRUTH ABOUT WATER EXPOSED Full BANNED Documentary ( 2017 )

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Είναι επικίνδυνοι: Το μεγάλο κόλπο με το νερό…

Είναι επικίνδυνοι: Το μεγάλο κόλπο με το νερό…
BY IOANNA

Σταγόνα και ευρώ… Νερό σε τιμές χρυσού φέρνει η ενιαία τιμολόγησή του σε όλη την Ελλάδα…

Στα ύψη θα φτάσει η τιμή του νερού σύμφωνα με το νέο ενιαίο πανελλαδικό τρόπο τιμολόγησης που θα γίνει από την Εθνική Επιτροπή Υδάτων, ενώ για τα νησιά που ήδη αντιμετωπίζουν ζωτικής σημασίας προβλήματα ύδρευσης και καταφεύγουν σε αφαλάτωση η τιμή του νερού θα ακουμπήσει την τιμή της ουγγιάς του χρυσού!

O ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΥΔΑΤΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΕΣΗ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΗ

Η Ξηρασία Πυροδότησε Τον Εμφύλιο Της Συρίας



Η ξηρασία που ξεκίνησε στην ανατολική Μεσόγειο το 1998 και δημιούργησε τις συνθήκες για την έναρξη του καταστροφικού εμφύλιου πολέμου της Συρίας, ήταν η χειρότερη περίπτωση κλιματικής αλλαγής τα τελευταία 900 χρόνια, σύμφωνα με μελέτη της NASA.

Οι επιστήμονες ανέλυσαν την ιστορία της ξηρασίας, εξετάζοντας αρχεία από δαχτυλίδια κορμών δέντρων που υποδεικνύουν την ετήσια βροχόπτωση από το 1100 μέχρι σήμερα.

Η περιοχή που επηρεάστηκε περιλαμβάνει χώρες στη Νότια Ευρώπη και τη Βόρεια Αφρική, και κυρίως στη Μέση Ανατολή.

«Το μέγεθος και η σημασία της ανθρωπογενούς κλιματικής αλλαγής απαιτεί από εμάς να κατανοήσουμε πραγματικά το πλήρες φάσμα της φυσικής μεταβλητότητας του κλίματος», δήλωσε ο Μπεν Κουκ της NASA.

FLUENCE TARGETS RURAL CHINA AFTER RWL WATER/EMEFCY MERGE

FLUENCE TARGETS RURAL CHINA AFTER RWL WATER/EMEFCY MERGE


NEW YORK – Fluence Corporation has officially launched following the merger between US firm RWL Water and Israeli firm Emefcy Group.

Announced earlier in May (read article), the merge was subject to shareholders’ approval, which has been passed with the resulting company now trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as Fluence (FLC).

SAN FRANCISCO'S LARGEST WASTEWATER PLANT CONTRACT

SAN FRANCISCO'S LARGEST WASTEWATER PLANT CONTRACTS WITH EMERSON FOR 15-YEAR, $20M CONTRACT FOR UPGRADES

PITTSBURGH, PA, JULY 18, 2017 -- The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has selected Emerson (NYSE: EMR) as the design-build contractor for a comprehensive automation project to modernize its Southeast Treatment Plant. Built in 1952, the Southeast Treatment Plant is the city's largest wastewaterfacility, responsible for treating 57 million gallons of wastewater per day. During heavy rains, it has the capacity to treat up to 250 million gallons per day.

Plymouth U start-up develops rapid test to detect fecal contamination in water

Plymouth U start-up develops rapid test to detect fecal contamination in water
By Jesse Schwartz

A Plymouth University (UK) start-up is commercializing a technology that can screen water for fecal contamination in less than 15 minutes.

MolEndoTech improves on current tests, which generally take between hours and days to detect fecal contamination. The start-up’s innovation, initially developed by Plymouth professor Simon Jackson, would significantly improve the ability to identify and track the source of pollution.

The technology comes at an appropriate time, as it was recently discovered that ice from coffee chains including Starbucks and Caffe Nero was found to contain an alarming level of fecal bacteria.

DESALINATION PLANT PROVIDES RELIABLE PROCESS WATER FOR SAUDI ARABIA REFINERY

DESALINATION PLANT PROVIDES RELIABLE PROCESS WATER FOR SAUDI ARABIA REFINERY
By Charles Desportes

One of the key challenges in desalination and other types of water treatment is in investing in new technologies and using new techniques to offer low-cost, reliable, desalinated water to industrial clients and communities. Providing low-cost desalinated water for processes and drinking water was one of the major goals of the Multiple Effect Distillation (MED) Thermal Vapor Compression Seawater Desalination project at the Aramco Refinery in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.

The project entailed installing a facility for a 10,000 m³/day seawater desalination plant at the Rabigh refinery (currently PetroRabigh Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex) capable of meeting its process and potable water demands. The facility is located on the Red Sea, about 150 km north of Jeddah. The 10,000 m³/day capacity MED plant produces process water and potable water for the Saudi Aramco refinery and the community. The plant has been in operation since mid-2005, and has been consistently producing distillated water at or above the design output and product quality.

Site view of Rabigh Desalination Plant.

Pakistan asks India to suspend work on Kishanganga,

Pakistan asks India to suspend work on Kishanganga, Ratle hydro power projects in Jammu and Kashmir
Pakistan adopts resolution seeking immediate suspension of work on two hydro power projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two National Assembly committees also urged World Bank to form court of arbitration to mediate the dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty between the two countries.An excavator is used to dig earth at the dam site of Kishanganga power project in north Kashmir's Gurez area (File photo: Reuters)

New Tool to Help Planners Talk About Water Demand

New Tool to Help Planners Talk About Water Demand
BY JEN KINNEY
Folsom Lake, a reservoir outside Sacramento (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

No matter how efficient a new development may be, growth always comes at a price, with increased demand for water one of the more tangible costs. In areas already experiencing water scarcity, it’s also potentially one of the biggest challenges to long-term sustainability.

Sandmining is destroying Asia’s rivers

Sandmining is destroying Asia’s rivers
Uncontrolled and mostly illegal extraction of sand and rocks from riverbeds for construction is killing rivers across South Asia and China, and must be tightly controlled
Banned in 1991, sand mining from riverbeds continues illegally in Nepal [image by Nabin Baral]

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WATERGRABBING

WATERGRABBING
A Story of Water
Historically the source of many conflicts, water grabbing is the control and theft of water resources by the powerful, often at the expense of local populations and ecosystems. It can result in dispossession, displacement and ecological destruction.

In an age of dwindling resources and climate change, water is increasingly being privatised.

It is now 24 years since the United Nations designated March 22 as World Water Day.

WATERGRABBING A Story of Water

Αrt2965 Δευτέρα 27 Μαρτίου 2017

Historically the source of many conflicts, water grabbing is the control and theft of water resources by the powerful, often at the expense of local populations and ecosystems. It can result in dispossession, displacement and ecological destruction.

In an age of dwindling resources and climate change, water is increasingly being privatised.

It is now 24 years since the United Nations designated March 22 as World Water Day.

This device can provide clean water to the world's poorest regions

Αrt2925 Παρασκευή 24 Μαρτίου 2017
This device can provide clean water to the world's poorest regions
This article is published in collaboration with Futurity.
The new solar vapor device could help extract more clean water for drinking.
Image: REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Written byCory Nealon
A new way to make nasty or salty water drinkable features carbon-dipped paper. It could be a cheap and efficient option for addressing global drinking water shortages, particularly in developing areas and regions affected by natural disasters.

World Water Day: Take Action around the World to Tackle a Water Crisis

Αrt2898 Πεμπτη 23 Μαρτίου 2017

World Water Day: Take Action around the World to Tackle a Water Crisis

On World Water Day, we shine a light on the massive amount of work that is still to be done in the water and sanitation sector. People around the world are coming together to discuss solutions and call for action.

40% of households in Philadelphia can't pay their water bill

Αrt2628 Τετάρτη 8 Μαρτίου 2017
SOURCE: BOING BOING

America is in the midst of an "invisible water crisis" as the post-war water infrastructure reaches the end of its duty-cycle and cash-strapped public utilities struggle to find the money to rebuild it. In cities like Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, and Detroit, families increasingly find themselves in water debt, and in Detroit, 50,000 households have had their running water cut off because of delinquency.

The estimated bill for upgrading the end-of-lifed American urban water infrastructure is $1 trillion.