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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
China has suffered from floods since time immemorial. In ancient China, when legend and history often intermingle, Da Yu, or Yu the Great, who could be ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
South China is battling a serious flood problem, and while this can never be completely prevented, with smart policy, the effects of floods can be blunted, ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
India’s National Water Policy is meant to provide a definite course of action on water management, ensuring the country’s population of nearly 1.3 billion and ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
A comprehensive strategy to manage floods in Singapore would comprise engineering, green and digital solutions, say Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada. ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
An important reason as to why water is not a priority item in the political agenda of any country for an appropriate length of time is because the way the ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada DAINIK JAGRAN | March 22, 2021India’s water management has been on an unsustainable path for decades. This has ensured ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada BUSINESS TIMES | June 4, 2021 But country says it has plans to adopt ‘more vigorous policies and measures’ to achieve its ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K. Biswas and Ng Joo Hee THE STRAITS TIMES | June 5, 2021 ‘Boom and bust’ rainfall is one challenge as weather patterns change. The other is how to ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Covid-19 has resulted in loss of life and livelihoods while deepening political fault lines and exposing governance shortcomings. Emerging from the economic ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada China Daily | July 9, 2021 The 1920s were not a good time for China. Its 400 million people mainly lived in rural areas, ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
The future of water and wastewater management was an important issue of discussion during the 2021 Singapore International Water Week (SIWW). Within a short ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
Ofwat’s new interim chief executive has set out six key areas of focus to help drive change in water, telling industry representatives “we can’t simply build ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
Water recycling specialist WPL will present the findings of a significant piece of research into phosphate removal at the European Wastewater Management (EWWM) ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
Water sector supply chain companies are being invited to share their experiences of working with UK utilities over the past 12 months. British Water’s annual ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
The water sector is moving towards an outcome-focused approach to the way it plans and invests in environmental solutions. That is the view of Phil Higgins, ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
Cloud-based applications are providing water utilities with more resilient and flexible network management options, enabling them to make better use of ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
The rise of citizen science is placing increasing pressure on water companies to improve their environmental performance and protect river and bathing water ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
The boards of British Water and the Water Industry Forum have confirmed that the proposed merger of their two organisations is to go ahead and will now prepare ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
Mounting pressure on utilities to achieve zero pollution events has accelerated sewer investment and action planning but rising main sewers pose a unique ...
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by Natasha Wiseman, Public relations partner at Grundfos UK&I
The reputational and financial risks of the mismanagement of water and wastewater systems is the subject of a new report published today. The document, ...
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