Noticias sobre United Kingdom
African Heritage Sites threatened by coastal flooding and erosion as sea-level rise accelerates
A team of climate risk and heritage experts from IHE Delft and other institutions warn that important heritage sites along the African coast are at risk from climate change in a new study published this week in Nature Climate Change.
Idrica strengthens its international expansion with the opening of five new subsidiaries in 2021
In 2021, Idrica opened five new subsidiaries, in Hong Kong, Chile, Canada, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, in addition to those already up and running in the USA, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Qatar and Romania, in line with its international expansion strategy.
Forward Water announces letter of intent with Membracon UK
Forward Water has entered into a non-binding letter of intent dated February 3, 2022 with Membracon that outlines the terms of a proposed joint venture.
ACCIONA completes the construction of the Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Water Partnership Company’s (SWPC) Shuqaiq 3 IWP, designed and built by ACCIONA, will be one of the largest desalination plants in Saudi Arabia, serving 2,000,000 people.
WMO: 2021 one of the seven warmest years on record
Although average global temperatures were temporarily cooled by the 2020-2022 La Niña events, 2021 was still one of the seven warmest years on record, according to six leading international datasets consolidated by the World Meteorological Organization.
Saudi fund finances $40 million water treatment plant in Cuba
The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has inaugurated a project to develop Camaguey’s water treatment plant in the city of Camagüey, Republic of Cuba.
The European Commission approves the acquisition of Suez by Veolia
The project to build the world champion of ecological transformation takes a decisive step closer to completion.
EBRD and EU upgrade wastewater services in Jordan
Jordanian cities of Amman and Zarqa to benefit from new wastewater treatment facility. €30 million EBRD loan and €30 million EU grant for state-of-the-art facility. New facility to benefit more than 1 million people, including Syrian refugees.
US-European satellite to track world’s water
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography spacecraft enters the home stretch as an international team prepares this next-generation satellite for launch in 2022.
As a matter of urgency…
Do you know this feeling, when you are faced with a problem in your water or waste water treatment plant which cannot wait to be solved, as it is directly impacting your businesses?
Water and climate coalition leaders issue urgent call for integrated water and climate action
Water is on the frontline of climate change and top adaptation priority.
ACCIONA ramps up Saudi Arabia’s Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant to full production
The reverse osmosis desalination plant, designed and built by ACCIONA, will be one of the largest in Saudi Arabia, serving two million people.
Xylem calls on water sector to join “Race to Zero” emissions commitment
Targets the 10% of Global Emissions Generated by Water Use and Management.
Researchers develop a new model to assess for flood hazards
Automated modelling based on remote sensing data can improve crucial warning systems, say Guénolé Choné and Pascale Biron.
Economic costs of heatwaves to increase five-fold by 2060
Scientists calculate that heatwaves, due to their impact on human productivity, are causing significant damage to Europe’s economy. New estimates show that the negative impact is set to increase sharply in the next decades.
New hydropower certification and labelling scheme launched with global support
Leading hydropower companies and international organisations have declared their support for a new sustainability certification scheme for hydropower.
Earth’s vital signs worsen amid business-as-usual mindset on climate change
Twenty months after declaring a climate emergency and establishing a set of vital signs for the Earth, a coalition headed by two Oregon State University researchers says the updated vital signs “largely reflect the consequences of unrelenting business as usual.”
SUEZ pursues growth in its industrial activity with contract wins and renewals in priority markets
During the first half of the year, SUEZ won a number of industrial contracts, representing total revenues of €773 million.
SMART breakthrough in detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant in wastewater
Latest development by the research team in Singapore is currently utilised by Biobot Analytics to analyse wastewater samples in the US; ongoing development of assays for B.1.61.2…
Tourism, wind-transported metal pollution threaten drinking water around Everest
Increased local tourism and toxic substances transported to glaciers from distant locales can contribute to high concentrations of human-sourced metal pollution in snow and streams around Mount Everest that is likely degrading the quality of water used by thousands of residents and climbers.