The Gaza Strip is a densely populated area with limited water and power resources. The groundwater aquifer is the only available source, with a deficit of 145 million cubic metres per year between demand and supply. Consequently, the quality of the aquifer has deteriorated and water desalination plants are being …
Londoners will next year be drinking water from a desalination plant – a type of facility more commonly associated with the arid Gulf region – if the current dry spell continues, Thames Water has warned. The company, which supplies water and sewerage services to 8.8m customers in the capital and …
A Rs 200-crore 10-point action plan for development of the area around Koodankulam nuclear project was mooted by former President A P J Abdul Kalam as he appealed to people not to have even a ‘nano sized doubt over the power plant's safety. Creation of 10,000 jobs and building a …
The Water Services Corporation in Malta is one example of a forward-looking operator of a seawater reverse osmosis seeking to ensure the production of high quality drinking at an affordable price.
In 1999, the Israeli government initiated a long-term, large scale SWRO (Sea Water Reverse Osmosis) desalination program. The program is designed to provide to the growing demands on Israel's scarce water resources, and to mitigate the drought conditions that have characterized most years since the mid 1990s.
This handbook is prepared as per the requirements of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS), Government of India having following objectives: Identification of existing technologies for providing safe drinking water in the country; Data and information collection on various drinking water treatment technologies with tentative cost estimates; Suggestive O&M; …
How does a city-state that has no natural water body, very little groundwater and even less land to store rainwater quench the thirst of its five million people? Singapore faces this question just as one of its 50-year water import agreement with Johor, now a part of Malaysia, expires in …
It is often said that if you see someone in the Lion City (Singa-pura) with oriental features and in good humour, he or she must be either a Filipino or a Filipina. The average Singaporean does not emote freely. They ensure their intentions are not misinterpreted; rarely do they smile, …
Elaborate arguments advanced by lawyers and Puthiya Tamizhagam leader K. Krishnasamy for over three hours The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday reserved its orders on a batch of criminal revision petitions filed by private companies including a power generation company and a seafood processing unit challenging an order …
The Ministry of Water Resources is at present engaged in revising the National Water Policy 2002. Instead of trying to make changes in the 2002 Policy, the ministry should put it aside and draft a new policy, starting from first principles. In that context, the draft presented here is an …
Nowadays ultrafiltration (UF) technology is also available, but the question is, to which extent and how cost effectively can it address the SWRO pretreatment need. Hence, the question is to which extent do market needs and technology capabilities match.
This guidebook aims to provide expert information on the technologies most relevant for climate change adaptation in the water sector in developing countries. It is meant to be a practical tool for use by a broad range of stakeholders, including those in governmental agencies, water utilities, community water boards, non-governmental …
Safe and clean drinking-water is an essential element of health security and underpins sustainable socio-economic development. Global climate change, a growing global population, water requirements to support food security and rapid urbanization all contribute to increased water scarcity and compound the challenge of providing safe drinking-water. In many parts of …
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) has invented a device that will ensure safe drinking water for victims during natural calamities like floods. It has developed a
AHMEDABAD: In order to promote the planned development on coastal areas of the state, the Gujarat government may come up with a special scheme to encourage builders to develop integrated townships near the seashore. While addressing a gathering at the inauguration ceremony of the Godrej township on SG Road, chief …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government has provided Rs 100 crore budgetary support to Metro Water for the current financial year in helping it buy water from Chennai Water Desalination Limited (CWDL) and till now Minjur desalination plant has supplied about 3,815 MLD of water, according to Metro Water managing director Shiv …
The steering committee of the state government on Monday took the desalination plant proposal for Mumbai forward by setting 2013 as the deadline for the first phase. The government plans to set up two plants of 100 mld each at south Mumbai and the suburbs to tackle the city
