Some of the world’s leading water, environment and resilience scientists and experts have issued a call to the UN, saying that rain, and the way it is managed, is what will determine whether hunger and poverty can be eradicated in the world.
The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has published a new Cities Adaptation Support Package that has been prepared by environmental consultancy Ricardo-AEA.
AECOM has published a paper entitled ‘Visioning a Water Sensitive Yorkshire’ that identifies a more sustainable response to urban and rural water management in Yorkshire.
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has published the Final Programme for World Water Week 2014 which starts on Sunday – this year’s thematic focus is on the energy-water nexus.
The Welsh Assembly has launched a new consultation on its Draft Vision and Objectives and the proposed structure of the Welsh National Marine Plan.
Leading UK manufacturers organization the EEF has called for the creation of a permanent UK Infrastructure Authority to address the nation’s long term strategic infrastructure requirements.
The Construction Products Association is warning that cost increases are hindering construction despite growth in Q2 2014.
California’s Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has signed legislation to put a comprehensive water bond before voters this November which is designed to provide funding for more than US$7.5bn (£4.3bn) of projects.
Portsmouth Water has issued a statement clarifying its role with regard to the possible use of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas production in its area of supply and expressing regret that it is not a statutory consultee to the planning process.
Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister, Mark H Durkan has rejected Tamboran’s proposals for exploratory drilling in Fermanagh to test for shale gas under permitted development rights.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.