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Water: the forgotten input driving global supply chain risk
Nearly 80% of supply chain facilities with substantive water-related challenges disclosed to CDP in 2025 by Global North-headquartered companies were located in the Global South.
UN report warns of rising water demands behind the AI boom
Data centers and AI systems could require trillions of liters of water as global adoption accelerates`.
One in three groundwater wells is running dry, global study finds
For decades, groundwater overexploitation has outpaced the data needed to quantify it at a global scale.
Bridging the gap: why youth participation in WASH innovation rarely becomes influence
A global review of youth engagement in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) innovation has found that while entry points for young people have multiplied in recent years, the institutional infrastructure needed to connect their contributions to implementation decisions and career pathways remains largely absent.
The sovereign desalination map: why governments are taking back ownership
When Rio Tinto announced in March 2026 that it had struck a 50:50 joint venture with Western Australia’s state-owned Water Corporation to build an A$1.1 billion (~US$770 million) desalination plant at Dampier, the deal attracted attention for its novelty: a mining giant, not a utility, co-investing in water infrastructure alongside a state entity.
Research turns ocean water into drinking water, leaving no waste behind
Brine discharge remains one of the most intractable problems in desalination.
De Nora to acquire BW Water in move to expand global water solutions platform
Italian water technology company De Nora has announced an agreement to acquire Singapore-headquartered BW Water from BW Renewables, in a transaction aimed at expanding its capabilities in integrated water and wastewater solutions across international growth markets.
AI, IoT and big data are transforming urban water and sanitation management
Artificial intelligence, connected sensors and big data analytics are reshaping how cities manage drinking water and treat sewage, but a new study finds that critical gaps in sewage infrastructure, cybersecurity and equity threaten to limit the benefits of that transformation.
Nearly 80% of the world’s rivers are losing oxygen, global study finds
A new analysis of more than 21,000 river reaches has found that dissolved oxygen levels have been declining across most of the world's flowing waters for nearly four decades, with tropical rivers showing the steepest losses.
Scottish Water to share cloud hydraulic modelling experience in Autodesk webinar
Online session on 3 June will examine how cloud-based simulation is reshaping water utility workflows, with a focus on Scottish Water's early adoption of InfoWorks ICM and InfoWorks WS Pro.
HRS Heat Exchangers highlight thermal efficiency solutions at World Biogas Expo
HRS Heat Exchangers, World Biogas Expo 2026, 8-9 July 2026, NEC Birmingham.
The water crisis no one is talking about
Amid a global energy shock, water security is fast becoming the hard limit on growth that few are willing to address.
Delivering success: the 6 keystones of client satisfaction
Whether you are producing widgets or pumps, environmental services or fillers, or complex heat transfer equipment, the components of good customer service remain the same.
Early warning systems must evolve into tools that anticipate flooding and protect lives
According to a report by Xylem Vue, these systems must be integrated as operational platforms within water management frameworks, automatically linked to the activation of emergency plans, municipal protocols, and interagency decision-making processes.
Global water and sanitation gains fall short of 2030 targets, WHO report warns
Global access to safely managed drinking water has improved over the past decade, but the gains are too slow to put the world on course to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of universal access by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in its annual statistical assessment of global health.
When the plant learns to run itself: reinforcement learning agents in desalination digital twins
When ACCIONA and Siemens commissioned the Al Khobar 1 desalination plant in Saudi Arabia in 2020, they did something the industry had never seen: they ran the entire start-up…
KISTERS launches HyQuant Edge: A compact sensor-sized hydrological radar station
The first radar sensor-based monitoring station for quantitative hydrology. A new category in water monitoring.
Unsafe drinking water: mirror and magnifier of inequality in developing nations, finds UN report
A new UN University study of 138 countries finds that water insecurity, poverty and gender inequality overlap in 61% of developing nations, affecting an estimated 2 billion people — with 30% trapped in all three.
Generative artificial intelligence, a strategic asset for water utilities
Generative AI (GenAI) is emerging as a catalyst capable of transforming asset management, decision-making, and customer engagement.
Brine’s second act: mineral extraction as revenue stream?
Desalination produces more than 100 million cubic metres of concentrated reject water every day.