Noticias sobre Cyprus
Water security: multidimensional threats at a global scale
Water security is globally recognized as one of the imperatives of global development and forms a crucial part of one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN (Goal 6: "Clean Water and Sanitation") and is considered a necessary condition to achieve any of the other sixteen goals.
Latest wastewater data from 88 European cities reveal cocaine detections on the rise
New study on wastewater testing uncovers city drug-use habits in Europe.
Renewable seawater desalination plant in Hawaii inaugurated
Trevi Systems, a leader in forward osmosis technology, celebrates the successful completion and operation of its groundbreaking 500m3/day renewable seawater desalination plant at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA) site.
TAQA, Vision Invest, and GIC Consortium secure Juranah Water Reservoir project in Makkah
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PSJC (TAQA), one of the largest listed integrated utilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is delighted to announce its participation in the winning consortium for the Juranah Independent Strategic Water Reservoir Project (ISWR-1) in the Makkah region, Saudi Arabia.
25 countries, housing one-quarter of the population, face extremely high water stress
New data from WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas show that 25 countries — housing one-quarter of the global population — face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply.
Quality of Europe’s bathing waters remains high
The majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the European Union’s most stringent ‘excellent’ water quality standards in 2022, according to the latest annual Bathing Water report published today.
ACWA Power and Nanostone partner to develop next generation desalination technology
New technology to be developed in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Cutting-edge UF Technology delivers reliable high-quality pre-treated water at a lower cost.
ACCIONA in “Desalination for the Environment, Clean Water and Energy” Congress organized by Eds
The congress, which will be held from 22 to 26 May, will be an international meeting point for sector professionals to discuss desalination. ACCIONA will have a stand to present its solutions in the field.
Drinking water: Ensuring water quality intended for human consumption
Safe drinking water is essential for public health and well-being.
UN water experts: The world is off-track to meet its sustainable water goal by 2030
3 out of 4 people currently live in water-insecure countries. More people die from a lack of safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services than water-related disasters, reveals the new UN global water security assessment.
Wastewater samples from over 100 European cities reveal latest drug-taking trends
The latest findings from the largest European project in the science of wastewater analysis are released today in Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study, published by the Europe-wide SCORE group, in association with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA).
Water certainty in an uncertain future: European group unites in Cyprus
ERC Smart Water Futures project progresses in designing next-gen water systems. Synergies explored between machine learning, sensing & operations. Ambitions to develop future-proof, flexible and adaptive water solutions.
Saur inaugurates new international headquarters in Dubai
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD&CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), inaugurated Saur's first office in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; a move that symbolises the Group's ambition to power ahead with its international expansion and make its expertise available to facilitate the water transition for all Middle Eastern countries.
Enter the WaterVerse: EU collaboration to unlock water data sharing
€5.2 million EU project unites 17 partners across 10 European countries. Ambitions to create EU-wide water data management ecosystem. Connecting stakeholder data could help improve future water modelling.
UN: Trapped sediment in dams ‘endangers’ water supplies
Trapped sediment has robbed roughly 50,000 large dams worldwide of an estimated 13% to 19% of their combined original storage capacity, and total losses will reach 23% to 28% by 2050, UN research warns.
Overall warming of up to 5°C in this century projected for Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
Unprecedented and societally disruptive extreme weather events, including heat waves, droughts, dust storms and torrential rains, will soon become a reality unless immediate, ambitious, and transboundary climate action is taken, warns latest scientific assessment of state-of-climate in the region.
Zero pollution: large number of Europe’s bathing waters meet highest quality standards
The annual Bathing Water report, published today, shows that in 2021 almost 85% of Europe's bathing water sites met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent' water quality standards.
EU invests over €110 million in LIFE projects for environment and climate in 11 EU countries
The European Commission has announced an investment of over €110 million into LIFE programme integrated projects for environmental and climate protection, selected after a call for proposals covering the year 2020.
Saur renews its contract to operate the Nicosia wastewater treatment plant in Cyprus
The Saur Group has renewed its €24 million contract with the Sewerage Board of Nicosia to operate the Vathia-Gonia wastewater treatment plant in Nicosia, capital of the Republic of Cyprus.
European €10 million research project to design smarter urban water systems
Water Futures project connects five European countries. ERC Synergy will provide €10 million over a six-year period. Four prominent scientists unite, linking hydroinformatics to economics.