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Just a few years back, phrases like ‘Digital Water’ or ‘Digital Transformation’ began making their way into conversations within the water industry. In the last decade, terms like ‘Digital Water’ and ‘Digital Transformation’ have gained traction in the water industry. Prior to that, ‘Smart Water’ was the buzzword, and before that, it was ‘Water 4.0’ […]

Water Europe released on Thursday its policy report on the conference Water Innovation Europe 2023, ‘EU Water Policy – What’s next?’, which concluded in June, bringing together over 180 participants from around Europe. The report discusses the need for a European Water-Smart strategy , emphasizing the importance of water as a vital resource. It highlights

Work is about to start on a series of innovative climate services that use the unique vantage point of space to provide businesses and other organisations with information about environmental risks and how to mitigate them. Ten new projects will use Earth observation tools, satellite tracking and data on population demographics, supported by Artificial Intelligence

The installation of a solar de-flouridation unit plant by the government of Rajasthan in Sagwada is helping Jiya, and her seven-year-old daughter, who suffer from early symptoms of fluorosis. World Water Week is taking shape from Monday in Stockholm, Sweden. This is an annual gathering of thousands of organizations and individuals – Government experts, UN

The new hydroelectric power plant in Rheinfelden – testament to a long-standing cooperation between Germany and Switzerland. Water can be a source of conflict between states, but it can also encourage cooperation. Switzerland sees water diplomacy as a long-term, incremental strategy for peace. 6 minutes Will there be wars over water in the future? Dystopias

Industrial technology concept. Telemaco Melia, Vice President and General Manager of EchoStar Mobile, outlines how water utilities are increasingly turning to new, disruptive processes and technologies to ensure we all get a fair share of our most precious resource. With a growing global population, now standing at more than eight billion people, ensuring that everyone

Dr Fabio Bacci is innovation manager at engineering company Glan Agua. Multiple solutions to the challenge on emerging contaminants were under discussion at British Water’s recent micropollutants conference. Here, Dr Fabio Bacci reflects on key learnings, and makes a plea for enhanced cross-sectoral synergies. Trace contaminants in both drinking water and wastewater pose significant challenges

For the first time in history, serious and immediate human-made health risks are unfolding on a planetary scale. Water pollution by microplastics and micropollutants is a serious emerging health hazard. Here we set out the extent of the problem and possible solutions to reduce the tide of pollution. Despite limited evidence on the adverse impacts

Imagine millions of soapy sponges the size of human cells that can clean water by soaking up contaminants. This simplistic model is used to describe technology that MIT chemical engineers have recently developed to remove micropollutants from water —a concerning, worldwide problem. Patrick S. Doyle, the Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. student

Micropollutant is the term used to refer to contaminants which are released into the natural environment in low concentrations as a by-product of household, industrial and natural processes. Despite their low levels at the point of entry into soil and water sources, many of them do not readily break down or biodegrade, meaning they can