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US Congress Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure holds hearing on water sector
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Combatting cyber threats: U.S. sanctions Iranian actors over water infrastructure attacks
The U.S. imposes sanctions on officials from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) focuses efforts to support vulnerable sectors like water and wastewater utilities.
Melbourne Water – caring for Victoria’s globally recognised wetlands
Victoria’s globally recognised Ramsar wetlands are a biodiversity paradise for our environment and the habitat and wildlife that call these magical places home, and it’s thanks to Melbourne Water that they continue to flourish.
Moody’s flags ‘very high’ cyber risks in water sector amid digitalisation
At the end of 2023, news broke out about a cyberattack on Aliquippa’s municipal water system, serving 6,615 customers, in western Pennsylvania.
Rainmaker Worldwide Inc. finalizes the acquisition of Miranda Water Treatment Systems
Rainmaker Worldwide Inc., Ontario, (“RWI”) a subsidiary of Rainmaker Worldwide Inc., Nevada (“Rainmaker” or “RAKR”) and Miranda Water Treatment Systems (“Miranda”) have finalized the transfer of Miranda shares and Michael Skinner, managing partner of Viva Industries Inc., has assumed the role of Chairman and CEO of Miranda.
Eight Dutch projects receive €2.3M funding to enhance water security in EU’s ‘Water4all’ Program
Eight Dutch projects have secured funding under the EU’s ‘Water4all’ program, with over €2.3 million invested, €1.6 million of which is co-funded by Dutch ministries and NWO, and €700,000 by the European Commission.
The water crisis in Mexico: challenges and solutions
The water situation in Mexico has become an urgent challenge affecting millions of people across the country, from Mexico City to metropolitan and rural areas.
US tries to mitigate cyber attacks on water infrastructure
At the end of November, Aliquippa’s municipal water system, serving 6,615 customers, in western Pennsylvania, reported hackers had taken partial control of its water system.
WEG E-house drives motors in water pumping station
The company participated in all stages of the supply, from design to commissioning and start-up.
Acwa Power and Taqa shortlisted firms for crucial Kuwait utility projects
Consortiums led by Acwa Power and Taqa stand out among the top contenders shortlisted by Kuwait for its independent water and power projects – Az-Zour North Phase II & III and Al Khairan Phase I, reports Zawya.
Climate change to blame for the devastating drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran
A new study has found that the ongoing severe droughts in Syria, Iraq and Iran would not have happened without human-caused climate change.
Scientists map loss of groundwater storage around the world
A new study maps, for the first time, the permanent loss of aquifer storage capacity occurring globally.
Bitcoin mining has “very worrying” impacts on land and water, not only carbon
Every country has a different environmental bitcoin mining footprint, largely depending on its energy sources. china and the united states have the largest bitcoin mining footprints, a new united nations-led study reveals.
How an ancient society in the Sahara Desert rose and fell with groundwater
With its low quantities of rain and soaring high temperatures, the Sahara Desert is often regarded as one of the most extreme and least habitable environments on Earth.
Droughts, floods and heat contribute to conflict risk in Africa, the Middle East and Asia
With the planet’s average daily temperature soaring to levels unseen in modern record-keeping, persistent droughts and severe flooding, several countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia are at risk of emerging of ongoing conflict related to water, according to a new quarterly update that analyses findings from a global early warning tool.
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.
Two years after Taliban takeover, Afghanistan’s water crisis is a regional security threat
Two years after the Taliban’s resurgence to power, Afghanistan’s persistent water crisis continues to worsen.
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.
Scientists develop a new class of artificial water channels for more efficient water purification
The self-assembling, precise and complex nanostructures can help to purify water more efficiently
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).