Thames Water is investing £20 million upgrading over 1,300 meters of ageing water mains pipes in East London The work will take place on Mile End Road and Burdett Road in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets The investment will reduce leaks and protect future water supply for thousands of Londoners On Monday 4 March,...
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Roland Berger successfully completes acquisition of Amane Advisors and builds a leadership position in water consulting
Roland Berger has successfully completed its acquisition of Amane Advisors, a strategic consulting firm specializing in water, and resource and energy recovery. With the acquisition of Amane Advisors, Roland Berger strengthens its expertise and offering in water consulting and builds a leading position in this field. The two consulting firms are a strategic and geographic...
XPRIZE Water Scarcity Competition Launches to Unlock the Abundance of Earth’s Seas and Oceans
The 5-year, $150M competition with a $119M prize purse is designed to create new desalination solutions that increase access to clean water globally XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, today launches XPRIZE Water Scarcity. Made possible by a $150M investment from the Mohamed bin Zayed...
UAE President establishes initiative to address global water scarcity
Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, the Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative was launched today to confront the urgent challenge of water scarcity around the world. The initiative aims to enhance awareness of the severity of the water scarcity crisis and accelerate the...
IDRA CSR Excellence Award Nomination Period Open, Recognizing Outstanding Commitment to Social Impact
The IDRA Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Excellence Award nomination period is now open. The award celebrates and honors the company that has demonstrated exceptional dedication to positively impacting society through its innovative and impactful CSR projects related to water sustainability. The CSR Excellence Award aims to recognize the power of businesses in driving positive change...
Toray Receives Reverse Osmosis Membrane Order in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Yanbu 4 IWP Desalination Project
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it has received a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane order for the Yanbu 4 IWP desalination plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This will be the Kingdom’s first seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant using clean energy under a public-private-partnership (PPP) structure. The Yanbu 4 desalination plant is located 140...
PUB partners UCLA Institute for Carbon Management and Equatic to build world’s largest ocean-based carbon dioxide removal demonstration plant in Singapore
PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, actively pursues technologies and innovation to reduce its carbon footprint The system will be capable of 3,650 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal per year while producing 105 metric tons of carbon-negative hydrogen Following the successful launch and operation of two pilots in Los Angeles and Singapore1 in 2023, UCLA...
The Nemmeli (India) desalination plant is officially inaugurated with a capacity of 150,000 m3/day
This is the country’s largest seawater desalination project for municipal use, fully developed by the consortium formed by Cobra-Tedagua and Tecton, with a production capacity of 150,000 m3/day. This is an emblematic project, which has a robust pretreatment that guarantees its total reliability and ability to cope with the effects of Climate Change.On February 24,...
Lantania leads project to produce green hydrogen from wastewater without electricity
HYLIOS will provide new solutions for the generation of green hydrogen via photocatalysis of wastewater from treatment plants The company will coordinate the consortium conducting the research, formed by ITECAM, Ansasol, ITQ and IMDEA Energy Madrid, 26 February 2024. Lantania is leading the development of the HYLIOS research project, which aims to find a sustainable...