February 16, 2013
Melbourne Water, a water supply company owned by the Victorian State Government, is encouraging Australian residents to create 10,000 rain gardens – and they’re already up […]
February 15, 2013
U. VIRGINIA (US) — A ceramic tablet infused with silver or copper nanoparticles can disinfect water for up to six months. Called MadiDrop, the tablets are […]
February 14, 2013
The bathroom is one in room in the home that offers the most potential to save both water and electricity. If you fit your bathroom out […]
February 12, 2013
Capturing rainwater from your roof is a great way to supply water for a range of purposes including washing clothes, flushing toilets and watering your garden. […]
February 11, 2013
Durban – Msunduzi Municipality wastes 63% of its water, among the worst figures in the country, according to a Water Research Commission (WRC) report released recently. […]
February 10, 2013
While solar energy was currently cheaper than energy derived from diesel plants and generators that were often used as a substitute to conventional coal-fired power, it […]
February 9, 2013
The hot weather has seen tempers flare on Auckland’s Waiheke Island, where locals are accusing each other of using bribery and theft to battle water shortages. […]
February 8, 2013
Residents’ associations in Harare have warned that public outrage over ongoing water problems in the city is reaching boiling point, with city authorities being urged to […]
February 5, 2013
Nearly 50 percent of tap water is being stolen, wasted or simply leaking away every year in South Africa, the 30th driest country in the world. […]
February 3, 2013
Faced with chronic water shortages, many residents of Mexico City aren’t waiting for the city government to fix things. They’re turning to the sky. Ari Daniel […]
February 2, 2013
The U.S. has recently experienced the worst drought in decades, yet each year an estimated 1.7 trillion gallons of water leaks from pipes before it can […]
February 1, 2013
Nearly 70 percent of the Earth is covered by water, and the human body is made up of 80 percent water. We invented ways to purify […]
January 31, 2013
It has been six years since Anglo Coal established a wetland in Mpumalanga to “offset” its encroachment on another of the province’s wetlands. Wetlands cover a […]
January 30, 2013
The rise in the cost of energy along with the need to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, architects around the world have started to come […]
January 29, 2013
Water is so central to everything we do that, paradoxically, we tend to take it for granted. This is partly because access to steady supplies of […]