Noticias sobre Japan
Abengoa intends to sell its shares of Agadir desalination plant
The Spain-based company Abengoa has launched the sale of the Agadir desalination facility in Morocco, one of its main assets in the world, reports El Economista.
ADB partners with UNICEF to help Baguio City improve sanitation infrastructure and services
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have started preparing a Sanitation and Hygiene Behavior Change Communication Strategy and Action Plan to help the Baguio City government improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices and health awareness in the city.
Toray opens research center to help India overcome water shortages
Toray Industries has opened the Toray India Water Research Center in Chennai, India.
Kubota and Accenture join forces for a more sustainable society
New company will work to address global issues related to food, water, and the environment by utilizing data and cutting-edge digital technology.
Nuclear power and water consumption
The UK Government is accelerating plans for homegrown power, and nuclear energy is a significant part of its strategy.
Study: Record-breaking heat events to become more common in North America and Europe
Record-breaking heat waves have occurred recently from Delhi to the Pacific Northwest, and the number of these deadly events is expected to increase.
An extrasolar world covered in water?
An international team of researchers led by Charles Cadieux, a Ph.D.
New water map of Mars will prove invaluable for future exploration
A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet's watery past, and showing where we should land in the future.
Improving the Estimation of Microplastic Concentrations in Freshwater Environments
Researchers develop a method to determine the number of samples required for accurate assessment of microplastic contamination in urban rivers.
Saudi Arabia expected to award Rabigh 4 IWP in Q1 2023
Saudi Arabia Partnership Company (SWPC) is likely to award the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Rabigh 4 Independent Water Plant (IWP) plant by the first quarter of 2023, reports ZAWYA.
WABAG wins new large-scale seawater desalination order from Senegal
WABAG expands Global footprint with a new JICA funded, consortium order for 50 MLD Desalination project in Senegal, worth about 146 Million Euro.
One Concern and Veolia partner to increase water resilience in Japan
One Concern and Veolia sign a three-year partnership that uses digital twin technology to increase resilience strategy in the water sector through risk analysis and simulation.
Remote sensing helps track carbon storage in mangroves
Mangrove forests store huge amounts of carbon but figuring out how much is stored globally is challenging.
SWPC issues RFP for Rabigh-4 IWP
The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) issued last Thursday the request for proposals (RFP) for the Rabigh-4 Independent Water Project (IWP), a facility that will have a total capacity of 600,000 m3/day.
ENOWA, ITOCHU & Veolia partner to build desalination plant powered by 100% renewable energy
Partners will explore cooperation to build a state-of-the-art desalination plant powered by 100% renewable energy. Located in OXAGON and aiming to produce its early water in 2024, the plant will use a high-recovery reverse osmosis process producing separate, highly concentrated, brine streams in addition to desalinated water The brine streams will be used as feedstock to produce valuable minerals and metals and achieve 100% Zero Liquid Discharge in downstream brine industries fully developed by ENOWA.
ACCIONA starts operation and maintenance of Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has awarded a 25-year contract to ACCIONA for the operation and maintenance of Shuqaiq 3, built by ACCIONA and one of the largest desalination plants in Saudi Arabia.
Eiffage consortium wins Senegal’s first desalination plant in a contract worth almost €146 million
Eiffage, through its subsidiaries Eiffage Génie Civil and Eiffage Sénégal, won in consortium the contract awarded by SONES (SOciété Nationale des Eaux du Sénégal) to design, build and operate for 24 months the future Mamelles seawater desalination plant in Dakar, Senegal.
World Bank approves financing to increase flood resilience in Liberia
The World Bank has approved a financing package to increase flood resilience and access to urban infrastructure in selected neighborhoods and to improve urban management in Liberia.
“Oblysis tech seeks to optimize processes associated with treatment via efficiency improvement”
Oblysis, by Minsait, is a disruptive technology designed to optimise the operational efficiency of wastewater treatment plants, focusing on three main areas: energy consumption, sludge production and reagent consumption.
Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth’s upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water and ice, according to new research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists.