Noticias sobre Algeria
Record drought hits the Mediterranean region
Severe and prolonged drought events have affected Europe for more than two years and northern Africa for six years, causing water shortages and hampering vegetation growth.
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Smart Water Magazine’s most viewed content in 2023
In a year marked by growing climate-change-related hurdles and scientists confirming it as the hottest year on record, the water sector has faced countless challenges, including aging infrastructure, tightening budgets and other obstacles, including the threat of cyberattacks as we have witnessed in the recent episode that took place in the United States.
Manuel Manjón Vilda appointed new CEO of ACCIONA’s Water Business
ACCIONA has appointed Manuel Manjón Vilda as the new CEO of its Water Division, succeeding José Díaz-Caneja.
GS Inima awarded BOO Contract for Shuweihat 4 Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Plant
GS Inima together with its partner, TAQA, has signed the Water Purchase Agreement with EWEC for the 70 million imperial gallons per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant, Shuweihat 4 RO IWP.
2023 shatters climate records, with major impacts
2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather which has left a trail of devastation and despair, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
New psychology study unearths ways to bolster global climate awareness and climate action
Global research team’s work spurs creation of “behavioral science” tool for policymakers and advocacy groups.
Energy Recovery awarded desalination contracts in Algeria totaling $28 million
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Africa suffers disproportionately from climate change
Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate change.
Severe thunderstorms cause 70% of insured catastrophe losses in first half of 2023, says study
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes at USD 50 billion (H1 2022: 48), second highest since 2011.
Exceptional heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark summer of extremes
Dangerous weather – intense heat and devastating rainfall – has impacted large parts of the Northern hemisphere in this summer of extremes, causing major damage to the people’s health and the environment.
IPCC elects Jim Skea as the new Chair
Jim Skea of the United Kingdom is the newly elected Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Aqualia wins water management contract in Riohacha, Colombia
The contract, under which it will provide service to a population of 196,000 inhabitants for 30 years, provides the company with a portfolio of 293 million euros and becomes Aqualia's largest operation in Colombia.
Energy saving and optimising operating costs in desalination with Filtralite®
Algeria, like other countries around the world, is facing increasing problems in managing its water resources.
H2O Innovation breaks into Israeli market
H2O Innovation announces that it has recently received two large coupling orders and that it is experiencing a breakthrough in the Israeli desalination market.
Nigeria and Iraq join UN Water Convention
Nigeria and Iraq have become the 48th and 49th Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (known as the UN Water Convention).
Bottled water masks world’s failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development
Needed to provide safe water to roughly 2 billion people without it: an annual investment less than half the US$ 270 billion now spent each year on bottled water.
WETICO is awarded two desalination plant contracts in Algeria
Saudi Arabia’s Water and Environment Technologies Company (WETICO) has been awarded two seawater desalination plants in El Taref and Bejaia, Algeria, the firm announced in a statement at the end of February.
Sustainability of water services, focus of debate in fora in Colombia, France and Saudi Arabia
In recent weeks, several capitals around the world have hosted meetings to discuss and study the sustainability of public services.
Spanish water management for more than eight million Saudis
The state-owned NWC (National Water Company) has just awarded a Spanish-Saudi consortium led by Aqualia the water and sanitation management of a region equivalent to three quarters of Spain.