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The goal of TransformTO is to reduce Toronto’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels: achievable using existing technology ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Rotterdam is considering spending more than $5 million to repair and upgrade parts of the town's water system. The system for the town of 28,000 is more than ...
Government Infrastructure Integrated Infrastructure Urban Water Infrastructure Infrastructure Management Investments
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
For more than a decade now, Perth has been the beneficiary of all-too rare bipartisanship between the major political parties on water policy. And the ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The NOAQ Boxwall is a freestanding Flood Barrier designed for use in urban environments that feature hard and even surfaces like asphalt streets and ...
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Singapore's government is leading the way towards a low-carbon, efficient future. With rising greenhouse gas emissions and increasing resource scarcity, ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A project designed to enhance the resiliency and sustainability of urban water supplies has won four awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers ...
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Ontario’s 2030 Solutions Challenge is an international competition designed to accelerate the commercialization of game-changing technologies for reducing GHG ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
ACCIONA Agua is setting up a management system for water supplies that will provide instantaneous and remote control of the quality of the water, meter ...
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'The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus' argues that a variety of policies will be required to create synergies between the water-energy-food nexus ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The city introduced new meters that can measure how much water a customer uses hour by hour and beam back information to the water department wirelessly. ...
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With the global pace of urbanization unprecedented, cities around the world will need to become smart in how they reduce emissions, use resources efficiently ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
In the video, Dana Brown & Associates illustrated our dependence on surrounding water and our current drainage system and its impacts. As leaders in designing ...
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Cities consume around 75% of the world’s energy and produce more that 76% of all carbon emissions. While cities are major contributors to climate change they ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The World Bank’s Water Scarce Cities (WSC) Initiative is an innovative undertaking that offers a holistic perspective to urban water security in scarcity ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Xylem Inc. has released a white paper outlining strategies to increase the resilience of cities around the world. According to the United Nations, 66 percent ...
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City of San Diego is embarking on the phased, multi-year Pure Water San Diego Program that will see recycled water provide 1/3 of the city’s water supply ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Alan Wiebe writes about urban surface water management solutions, and why this question is vital both for local governments and urban dwellers. Surging ...
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In the recently published Urban Water Atlas for Europe, Stockholm is rated as one of the leading cities in Europe in terms of wastewater treatment and ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Understanding how to mitigate these environmental impacts is vital, and the technology that enables cities to be “smart” is a big part of that. By: Jori ...
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Performance of Water Utilities in Africa by The World Bank Africa’s urban population is growing rapidly. Between 2000 and 2015, the urban population increased ...
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