Noticias sobre United States of America
NASA watches water to help grow our groceries
Every day – up to thirty times a day, in fact – one of Mark Mason’s employees at Nature's Reward Farms in Monterey County, California brings him the results of a soil test for discussion.
Study suggests hydraulic fracturing can impact surface water quality
The estimated impact on water quality is more pronounced during the period when wells generate large amounts of flowback and produced water, and where water monitors are closest to wells. More data is needed to better understand the full extent of the impact.
Robert Bartrop: “Scientists have been able to develop entirely new resources of drinking water”
Using their Hydropanel sustainable water technology that uses the sun’s energy to extract water from the air, SOURCE’s renewable drinking water system provides clean, safe water, made off-grid, almost anywhere in the world.
WMO: New climate report is a clarion call for urgent action
IPCC report shows that climate change is rapid, widespread and intensifying.
Comparison of continental hydrological models helps improve water management
While Earth’s freshwater resources are finite, the challenge of effectively and sustainably managing them as we head into a warmer future with a growing human population means keeping tabs on a seemingly endless network of above- and below-ground waterways.
SUEZ wins water and wastewater services contracts in the U.S. for total revenues of €188 million
In the United States, SUEZ has signed a series of water and wastewater treatment services contracts for total revenues of around €188 million, including a major operations and maintenance contract in Massachusetts, worth €137 million over 20 years.
Wetlands conservation and restoration important for climate change resilience in the Arctic
Foreign Ministers of the Arctic States (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States of America), representatives of Arctic indigenous peoples and observers meeting on 20 May 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland for the 12th meeting of the Arctic Council adopted a number of wetland-related recommendations.
WMO verifies one temperature record for Antarctic continent and rejects another
New rapid response team will provide guidance on reported extremes.
Suez’s Board of Directors recommends Veolia’s enhanced public offer at a price of €20.50 per share
Meridiam – GIP – Caisse des Dépôts / CNP Assurances consortium submitted a promise to purchase on June 29, valuing the new SUEZ at €10.4 billion.
“We have not been afraid of investing in opportunities, taking some risks within a broad strategy”
Started 75 years ago as a small trading business, Abdul Latif Jameel is today a global investor and diversified family-owned businesses with a presence in some 30 countries, with a commitment to becoming a global leader in the water solutions sector through Almar Water Solutions.
Assessment report launched with stark warnings that drought could be next pandemic
The UN agency responsible for leading global disaster risk management has warned that drought affects more people than any other slow onset disaster and will determine the course of human development in the coming years as the climate emergency worsens.
Detailed engineering makes a difference in the water sector
TecnoConverting Engineering was born in 2005 as a company specialised in building equipment for water treatment, in order to provide solutions to different issues faced by the sector.
Jaime Barba: “We have built up over a decade of experience in the digital transformation of water”
Idrica is an international company specializing in services and solutions for water utilities.
Texas must address groundwater future, says Baker Institute expert
Long-term water security is essential for the future of Texas, and the state acutely needs a common law system that can balance world-scale agricultural activity, industrial…
East Providence (US) renews SUEZ’s contract for management of Riverside wastewater treatment plan
The city council of East Providence, in the state of Rhode Island in the United States, has renewed its confidence in the SUEZ Group with the signature of a new agreement for the management of the Riverside wastewater treatment plant1.
Biden’s initiative “America the Beautiful” will enhance conservation of U.S. lands and waters
Initial report details vision for 10-year, locally led and voluntary nationwide effort to restore and conserve America’s lands, waters, and wildlife.
“One-size-fits-all criteria to assess dam removal are at least useless and at most dangerous”
With a design life of 50 to 100 years, most large dams worldwide were built between 1930 and 1970, and could show signs of ageing by now. Dam decommissioning is a growing trend in the developed world as older dams become increasingly more expensive to maintain or become obsolete.
Suez reports excellent Q1 results, but revenues of Water activities decrease
Suez has released positive results for the first quarter of 2021, with revenues of €4.3 billion, a 2.7% increase in gross revenue (5.9% increase in organic growth year-on-year).
A national moratorium on water shutoffs could have saved thousands of lives in the U.S.
A new study by researchers from Cornell University in collaboration with Food & Water Watch reveals that a nationwide water shutoff moratorium could have saved thousands of lives in the United States, reports The Guardian.
Longer, more frequent periods of drought plague western United States
According to a new study from UArizona researchers, average temperatures have increased, annual rainfall has decreased, and dry periods have become longer and more variable across the American West over the last 50 years.