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Tensions over water are nothing new and will increase as shortages mount. However, it is possible to avoid violent conflicts over this fundamental resource ...
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With climate change’s threat increasing every day, Egypt is struggling to cope with water shortages and food production. It is expected that Egypt’s per ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
The number of dead trees in California’s drought-stricken forests has risen dramatically to more than 102 million in what officials described as an ...
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The Bureau of Indian Standard is doing a very good work of standardization of investigation, design, construction and maintenance of water Resources Sector; ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
H2O Innovation Inc. announced that it won the Visionary Company of the Year prize at the 2016 Vision Trophy Awards for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...
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Current climate talks in Morocco are a golden opportunity for making strides on the adaptation of African agriculture. A unanimous decision on how to take ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Severn Trent has agreed to buy rival Dee Valley Water in a deal worth around £78.5 million. Severn will pay 1,705p a share for Dee Valley, which serves around ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
LifeStraw encourages consumers to give the gift of safe water for family and friends in North America this holiday season, and, at the same time, bring safe ...
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A survey of 600 global companies released at the Marrakech climate change conference shows they are still not doing enough to mitigate water risks. Droughts, ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Royal Dutch Shell has earmarked $10 billion to invest in Brazil in the next five years. The investment is within the company's strategy to double its global ...
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Although fossil fuel use and consequent CO2 and gas emissions are widely debated, fossil fuels’ dependency on water and its adverse impacts on water ...
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The water cycle can be managed from watershed to consumer and back to watershed, and the transition towards a circular economy should consider the ...
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By 2030, 5 billion people will be living in urban areas with hundreds of millions living in one of the world’s 41 mega-cities, up from 28 today. At the same ...
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Al Jazeera investigates the race to save Iran's water, before water scarcity dries out entire cities and displaces millions. It is hard to imagine life ...
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The current political rhetoric between India and Pakistan underlines the risk of failing to manage correctly and cooperatively vital water resources shared ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted global attention due to their water-repellant characteristics and myriad number and variety of applications. A team ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A stark and troubling reality helped spur Juan Hinestroza to what he hopes is an important discovery and a step toward cleaner manufacturing. Hinestroza, ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A plant that fits into a shipping container is to pilot production of gasoline, diesel and kerosene from carbon dioxide extracted from ambient air with the ...
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Cities over the past century have become the driving force of the global economy. Accounting for over half the world’s population and generating around 80% of ...
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It is hard to imagine life without access to sufficient quantities of fresh water, but in some parts of the world, particularly the Middle East, that is ...
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