July 1, 2014
How much drinkable water is there in the world? How much water does an American, a European, an African use everyday? How many people lack even basic […]
July 9, 2013
Many people rely on borehole water from aquifers but, increasingly, aquifers are becoming polluted or severely depleted, even in South Africa. Very dry areas such as […]
July 4, 2013
All options that can contribute to South Africa’s water supply should be considered but conventional desalination plants may be too energy intensive – exacerbating another chronic […]
June 29, 2013
New water technology such as this method of seawater desalination is vital for our continued existence on this planet. However, we must no forget about ‘old’ […]
March 16, 2013
A defence contractor better known for building jet fighters and lethal missiles says it has found a way to slash the amount of energy needed to […]
October 27, 2012
A South African-linked innovation, which is able to turn seawater into an alternative water, energy and fertiliser resource, has won the Global Grand Honour Award of […]
October 1, 2012
AMMAN: “I wish I could live at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp because there is water there,” a Jordanian man says, frustrated that he has not […]
September 24, 2012
MUSCAT — A three-day workshop on ‘Regions for the Protection of Water Supplies Well Fields’, organized by the Environment and Climate Affairs Ministry, in association with […]
September 24, 2012
Most of us take our coffee pots for granted, thinking nothing of how that technology can be applied to bringing potable water to the masses. Italian […]
September 23, 2012
Where will India get its water from in the coming years? The water challenge is already grave and could get graver. By 2050, for instance, it […]
September 10, 2012
Inner Mongolia’s rivers are feeding China’s coal industry, turning grasslands into desert. In India, thousands of farmers have protested diverting water to coal- fired power plants, […]
September 2, 2012
Banks must approve plans for a $500m desalination plant that would provide a new water supply, conference hears The Gaza strip faces a water crisis that […]
August 20, 2012
With approximately 60 percent of the already small country taken up by desert, it is unsurprising that Israel has become a center for water innovation. Earlier […]
July 30, 2012
Water treatment firm Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa has been contracted by a global engineering, procurement and construction management company to design, fabricate and […]
July 15, 2012
Ashkelon, Israel — Abraham Tenne tilts his head upward and takes a gulp of water from a paper cup. But this isn’t your average cup of water. […]
May 7, 2012
A professor at Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, who has co-authored a book on a technology widely used in desalination and production of […]
June 14, 2011
The City of Cape Town will issue a tender for a feasibility study of a large-scale seawater desalination plant within the next month, the Department of […]