Noticias sobre France
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.
Suez appoints Pierre Pauliac as Chief Operating Officer in charge of the water division
As of March 17, Pierre Pauliac will replace Maximilien Pellegrini in the Group Executive Committee, as Chief Operating Officer in charge of the Water division.
Italgas enters into exclusive talks with Veolia to buy its water assets in Italy
Italgas, which specializes in the distribution of gas in Italy, released a statement on Tuesday that it had entered into exclusive talks with Veolia Environnement to purchase stakes in the country’s water companies owned by the France-based firm.
Robot provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf
High in a narrow, seawater-filled crevasse in the base of Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, cameras on the remotely operated Icefin underwater vehicle relayed a sudden change in scenery.
Sea level rise poses particular risk for Asian megacities
New research highlights both natural climate variability, warming temperatures.
Toilet paper is an unexpected source of PFAS in wastewater, study says
Wastewater can provide clues about a community’s infectious disease status, and even its prescription and illicit drug use.
Founder of Bentley Systems Keith Bentley retires
Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced forthcoming retirements: As of April 2023 founder Keith Bentley will step down as Chief Technology Officer to assume the role of Technology Advisor through his anticipated retirement later in the year, and will continue thereafter his service on Bentley Systems’ Board of Directors.
Lakes collapse and release meltwater during winter causing inland ice to speed up in Greenland
A team of international researchers has shown for the first time how 18 meltwater lakes in Greenland collapse during winter, which causes the edges of the ice to flow faster.
Italy could face another year of drought
This winter has brought little precipitation to Italy, and the country might face another year of drought, after last summer’s emergency in northern regions of the country, reports The Guardian.
ABO-Group Environment acquires French environmental specialist SEGED
With this second acquisition in a few months’ time, ABO-Group confirms its offensive external growth strategy. ABO-Group strengthens its services in hydrology, hydraulics and hydrogeology in the field of environmental conservation and biodiversity.
How much of the water we drink is recycled?
‘Toilet-to-tap’ systems can cut strain on water supplies, if we overcome the yuck factor. But how clean is our potable water anyway? We wade in with micropollutants expert Didier Neuzeret.
Satellite data shows sustained severe drought in Europe
Europe has been experiencing a severe drought for years.
Simulations and experiments reveal unprecedented detail about water’s motion in salt water
In salt water solutions, water molecules rapidly move around salt ions at a scale of more than a trillion times a second, according to both experiments and simulations led by scientists at New York University and the Sorbonne.
Soil and freshwater come under the spotlight in plastics-pollution fight
Growing awareness of microplastics in the ground and in freshwater highlights the need to tackle an environmental threat generally associated with oceans.
LACROIX reaps the benefits of growth in the Smart Water sector in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has recently intensified efforts to dramatically improve water services efficiency – in particular, with regards to reducing water resources produced and lost before reaching its final user It has driven billions of dollars in incremental infrastracture spending and resulted in steep acceleration in the local “Smart Water” market.
SUEZ completes the largest employee shareholding plan in the Group’s history
“Go SUEZ 2022”, SUEZ’s 1st employee shareholding plan as a private company.
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.
Felip Ortuño appointed Technical Director at WSP in the United Kingdom
Felip Ortuño has been appointed Technical Director at WSP in the United Kingdom.
Last 8 years warmest on record globally
New data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reveals another year of climate extremes with many high temperature records and rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
Kick off of new EU-funded project UPWATER to prevent the release of chemicals to groundwater
The UPWATER kick-off meeting, held on November 29, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain, successfully brought together the main actors of the project.