Noticias sobre Kenya
Almar Water Solutions to acquire Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant in Bahrain
100,000 cubic meters per day wastewater treatment plant and a sewer conveyance system in Bahrain This acquisition enhances the company’s portfolio of wastewater and reuse assets
Manuel García (Almar Water Solutions): “We need to send our audience proper messages in real time”
A week after Almar Water Solutions announces its initiative to do away with bottled water in its offices around the world, we interview Manuel García Calvo, Business Development & Marketing Manager at Almar Water Solutions, to learn how the company, global expert in water infrastructure development, carries out its corporate communication strategy in regard to water.
Designing water infrastructure for climate uncertainty
In Kenya's second largest city, Mombasa, the demand for water is expected to double by 2035 to an estimated 300,000 cubic meters per day.
When desalination is the most effective solution
Desalination is widely recognised as a viable and safe technology to provide quality drinking water in coastal areas and other areas not so close to the coast that do not have other conventional water sources such as groundwater, reservoirs or lakes.
Innovative smartphone app to improve rainwater harvesting in Africa
It is now possible to calculate the amount of rainwater that can be harvested from the roof of houses thanks to a new smartphone app developed by UN Environment and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Floating cities could be a viable solution to urban challenges such as climate change
UN-Habitat convened a roundtable discussion of architects, designers, academics and entrepreneurs at UN Headquarters on how floating cities could be a viable solution to urban challenges such as climate change and lack of affordable housing.
Cate Lamb (CDP): “Water must be meaningfully embedded into corporate governance”
Last month, CDP Disclosure Insight Action published a report ‘Treading Water’ to celebrate World Water Day, in which it showed how companies are currently reporting greater exposure to water risks and yet withdrawing more water.
Water, sanitation, health issues in conflicts must be addressed
On the 4 April 2019, at the opening of the Sanitation and Water for All Sector Ministers’ Meeting in Costa Rica, Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, presented a high-reaching goal to provide safe drinking water to 60 million more people by 2021 and to cut open defecation for 250 million.
Pentair expands efforts to increase access to sustainable, safe water
In its continued efforts to transform the way safe water is sustainably delivered to people in need, global water treatment company Pentair and the Pentair Foundation announced a new collaboration with Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) to deliver clean water to the people living in Mathare, an impoverished settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
World pledges to protect polluted, degraded planet & adopts blueprint for more sustainable future
At a meeting of the world’s top environmental body, ministers lay groundwork for a new model of development to protect planet’s degraded resources Ministers agree to tackle…
Almar presents the opportunities of private capital for water infrastructure at ACRIS IV
This week, Almar Water Solutions participated in the event The Fourth Africa Climate Resilience Investment Summit (ACRIS) held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Urgent drought response launched in Somaliland and Kenya
Islamic Relief has launched an emergency response to an unfolding humanitarian crisis in drought-stricken Somaliland and Kenya.
Natural resources valued differently by men and woman, study shows
Men and women value, access and use resources from the natural environment in distinct and different ways, a new study has shown.
State of California tackles drought with IoT and Blockchain
The Freshwater Trust (TFT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems, is partnering with IBM Research and SweetSense Inc., a provider of low-cost satellite connected sensors, to pilot technologies which can accurately monitor and track groundwater use in one of the largest and most at risk aquifers in North America.
Health risk assessment by consumption of vegetables irrigated with reclaimed waste water
With dwindling fresh water resources, the use of waste water for irrigation, especially in dry areas is getting prevalent.
Kenya’s first desalination plant
This first desalination plant in Kenya marks a major developmental milestone for the country.
Conservation International names Richard Jeo Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific Field Division
Richard Jeo has been named Senior Vice President of Conservation International's Asia-Pacific Field Division.
Solar-pumped water slakes rural Kenya’s thirst for development
Stooped over knee-high rows of green gram plants at her farm in eastern Kenya, Grace Kaari hums to herself as she slices out weeds with a blunt machete.
Nairobi will improve its access to sustainable wastewater services with a loan of €62.914 million
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved €62.914 million to finance the provision of sustainable wastewater services through the ‘Nairobi Rivers Basin Rehabilitation and Restoration Program: Sewerage Improvement Project Phase II’.
Almar Water Solutions will develop Kenya’s first large-scale desalination plant
Almar Water Solutions has been awarded a contract to develop Kenya’s first large-scale desalination plant.