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Water Management Interventions Push Scarcity Downstream

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Water Management Interventions Push Scarcity Downstream

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In a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers have now assessed the impacts of human interventions on water scarcity at a global ...

Academic Resource Management Water Access Water Resource Mapping Water Supply Scarcity Water Scarcity In Desert area Sustainable Water Resource Management Natural Resource Management Water Supply Infrastructure Dams Reservoir

Waste Water Could Heat Scottish Cities, Study Claims

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Waste Water Could Heat Scottish Cities, Study Claims

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Scotland’s sewers could contain enough natural heat to warm Glasgow for more than 15 years. The claim comes in a study carried out by Scottish Water Horizons ...

Academic Treatment Sewage Treatment Treatment Plants Industrial Water Reuse Integrated Water Management Reuse Sustainability Water-Energy Nexus Energy Efficiency Integrated Infrastructure

Future of Chile's Water Supply may Lie in Canadian Teachers' Hands

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Future of Chile's Water Supply may Lie in Canadian Teachers' Hands

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Chile is facing the consequences of Pinochet-era policies that have left nearly all the country’s freshwater supplies and water-related services in the hands ...

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Servers to be Used for Water Heating in Dutch Homes

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Servers to be Used for Water Heating in Dutch Homes

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To help keep cooling data centers costs down, Dutch startup Nerdalize is offering to use these heat-producing servers to heat up homes and make hot water, ...

Technology Resource Management Water Resource Management Data Management Natural Resource Management Energy Energy Reduction Water-Energy Nexus Energy Efficiency Metered data Data Center Management

Dublin Turns to IoT for Flood Alert System

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Dublin Turns to IoT for Flood Alert System

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Smart Dublin, an initiative of Dublin City Council and the other Dublin Local Authorities, has partnered with the Science Foundation Ireland networks research ...

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Knowledge Management to Handle Complexity in Water Management

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Knowledge Management to Handle Complexity in Water Management

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The complexity of the scientific, social and political issues that surround water management makes the enabling technologies of knowledge management, such as ...

Technology Integrated Water Management Water Management Water Resource Management Water Resources Management Knowledge Management Internet of Things (IoT) Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

Wastewater Energy Mapping in Dunedin

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Wastewater Energy Mapping in Dunedin

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Dunedin City Council is working with Smart Alliances and other collaboration partners to calculate and map the thermal energy available within one of ...

Technology Energy Consulting Energy Efficiency Clean Technology Smart Grid Energy Management, Auditing and Efficiency Renewable Energy Projects Water Water Sector & Energy Energy-Water Nexus Utilities GIS Spatial Analysis Smart Infrastructure Development Water & Wastewater Topographical Survey's Planning and Designs of Canals

In Which US Cities Are Water Prices Climbing and Why?

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In Which US Cities Are Water Prices Climbing and Why?

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Water utility prices in the US continue to march upward, and now as many as a third of Americans may be unable to pay their monthly water bill. In the past ...

Government Governance Water Access Water Supply Integrated Urban Water Management Urban Water Water Supply Urban Resource Management Water Management Urban Water Supply Consumption Infrastructure Urban Water Infrastructure

Porous Asphalt for Better Water Management

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Porous Asphalt for Better Water Management

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Oconomowoc-based company, Wolf Paving Co. Inc. is making porous asphalt. This technology allows water to flow through the asphalt into a stone bed collection ...

Technology Technology Integrated Urban Water Management Sustainable Water Resource Management Water Management Storm Water Management Water Resources Management Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)