Noticias sobre New Zealand
Cleantech Hydroxsys raises $3 million to secure New Zealand’s water
Auckland cleantech startup Hydroxsys announced a partnership with the University of Auckland and the New Zealand Product Accelerator to further develop and commercialise its patented membrane filtration technology.
“The key is in applying a human rights-based approach to achieve SDG 6”
Human Right 2 Water believes the key is in international law.
Pietro Moro named as the new head for Xylem Middle East & Turkey
Xylem has announced the appointment of Pietro Moro as the new Managing Director for the Middle East and Türkiye.
Damian Whelan (PET): “Over 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers report on efficiency of Phoslock”
Read the full chronicle of this online event in which phosphorus pollution was discussed at length. If you missed the webinar, register now and watch it on demand.
New maps reveal places at risk from sea-level rise in New Zealand
New maps developed by NIWA and the Deep South National Science Challenge highlight areas in New Zealand susceptible to extreme coastal flooding due to rising sea levels caused by climate change.
“Phoslock is very safe and has been successfully applied in over 320 projects around the world”
Today, Thursday, May 25th, Smart Water Magazine in collaboration with Phoslock Environmental Technologies, organized a live webinar titled Phosphorus pollution control: insights into Phoslock applications in which nutrient pollution, currently one of the most widespread and challenging environmental issues worldwide, was discussed in depth.
Waterplan announces $11 million in series A financing round
Cutting-edge climate platform empowers global brands Danone, ABInBev, AWS, Colgate, Kurita and more to conserve freshwater supplies and save billions of at-risk dollars.
United Utilities’ global hunt for game-changing ideas is back
United Utilities’ industry-leading Innovation Lab is back for its fifth year.
Itron accelerates digital transformation of water utilities in Australia and New Zealand
Newly launched AMI essentials features Intelis wSource NB-IoT water meter and Temetra NB-IoT digital platform for water AMI.
Research aims to improve predictions of heavy rainfall events
With recent extreme weather events happening in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, new research aims to improve predictions of heavy rainfall and provide the public with earlier warnings so they can prepare for extreme weather events.
Kando and Detection Services announce partnership in Australia and New Zealand
Kando, a data intelligence solution provider specialising in wastewater data and AI, and Detection Services, the industry leader in multi discipline pipeline solutions, announced a new partnership in Australia and New Zealand.
Trying to solve the ‘forever problem’ of PFAS pollution
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be found almost everywhere and in almost everyone and can take over 1000 years to break down.
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.
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.
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.
Almost 60% of New Zealand’s freshwater has concerning levels of nitrate, says study
A GNS study has uncovered some surprising results about nitrates in freshwater across New Zealand by analysing multi-year datasets.
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.
UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050
New UNESCO data highlight the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites, with glaciers in a third of sites set to disappear by 2050.
Mountain glacier melting is linked to shifting westerlies and likely to accelerate
The combination of global atmospheric warming and westerly winds shifting toward the poles will likely speed up the recession of mountain glaciers in both hemispheres, according to a UMaine study.
Fujitsu Australia and Iota partner to transform sustainable water management
Fujitsu Australia and Iota, the commercialisation arm of South East Water, have entered a strategic agreement for ongoing product development and implementation of the Lentic platform, an enterprise IoT solution for the water utility sector.