United States: Wastewater sludge technology startup wins Cleantech award
The Cleantech Open, the world’s largest accelerator of early-stage clean-technology companies, has named Viroment as the winner of the water category. Based in Minneapolis,...
Alliance to ‘transform technology’ at Thames Water
Global companies have joined up to work together to deliver Thames Water’s future technology services and projects.
The new Technology and Transformation Alliance will sit alongside the...
H&M and WWF to work on water challenges in Turkey
Clothing group H&M and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have announced a new initiative to help Turkey tackle its water challenges, particularly...
Brazil: New water loan eliminates foreign exchange fluctuations
The water company, Aegea, has received the first disbursement of its loan approved under the Brazilian Reais Local Currency Initiative that aims to eliminate foreign exchange risk exposure...
Geotech becomes IWA member
Geotech, a QED environmental company, has joined the International Water Association (IWA) as a professional member, to help contribute to a more sustainable water...
South Africa wastewater treatment market set to grow
A new report has predicted that the South Africa Waste Water Treatment Chemicals market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...
Siemens to build automated water management system in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa could benefit from a plan by Siemens AG to build a fully automated water management system.
Using advances in automation, the Internet of...
International: Heineken reduces water use
Global brewer, Heineken, has outlined progress towards achieving its Brewing a Better World 2020 commitments including reducing specific water consumption in its breweries. The figures were released in the...
CH2M wins global water prize
The Colorado-based global service and engineering company, CH2M, has received the 2015 Stockholm Industry Water Award for advancing methods in cleaning water and increasing...
New gully technology cuts costs by 30 percent
IoT-enabled predictive software has been successfully trialled on highway and city gullies, or drains, across the UK to better manage gully cleansing.
The product, SmartWater,...
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Toronto Water – serving the host city of the World Water...
Toronto Water has transformed the city’s water management. Ahead of IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in the capital of the Canadian province of...
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UNU report warns on tipping points if environmental risks not addressed
A new report released by the United Nations University (UNU) has found that drastic changes to fundamental socioecological systems are likely if environmental risks...
