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How the business of water scarcity can be tackled in India – India

After almost a week of highlighting solutions to mitigate an increasingly water scarce future, the World Water Week will draw to a close in Stockholm Saturday.

Pushing for inclusivity and investing in sustainable technology were among the key themes of WWW 2019, organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute.

These ideas will also be key investor solutions to addressing the water challenge in India — one of the 17 countries facing severe water stress, according to the World Resources Institute.

How the business of water scarcity can be tackled in India – India2019-09-03T16:00:56+02:00

Niti working out proposal to set up desalination plants along coastline to tide over water crisis – India

The Niti Aayog is working on a proposal to set up a string of floating desalination plants in marine waters along the country’s over 7,500-km coastline, with a view to tide over the water crisis being faced in major urban centres of India.

Recently, several parts of the country, especially Chennai, faced severe water crisis, owing to poor storage in various reservoirs following deficit rainfall. “The Niti Aayog is working on linking desalination of sea waters with the Sagarmala project,” a top government official told PTI […]

Niti working out proposal to set up desalination plants along coastline to tide over water crisis – India2019-09-01T15:22:02+02:00

Sea Becomes More Appealing for Sustainable Water Supply in Iran – Iran

Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says tapping into the sea to produce potable water is on the agenda because it is more feasible for sustainable supplies rather than depleting drying underground resources.

„Feasibility studies to build new desalination plants to provide drinking water in the southern regions is over and work will commence soon,“ the minister was quoted as saying by the Energy Ministry news portal.

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Sea Becomes More Appealing for Sustainable Water Supply in Iran – Iran2019-09-01T05:02:53+02:00

Four new 640MLD desal & RO plants will end Chennai’s water woes: Minister – India

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government will ensure Chennai city has a permanent water supply capacity of 870 million litres a day (MLD) in the next five years by constructing two more desalination plants of 150 MLD and 400 MLD at Nemmeli and Perur and two 45 MLD tertiary treatment reverse osmosis plants, municipal administration minister S P Velumani announced on Friday.

Addressing the Times of India water conclave aimed at making Chennai water positive, the minister said 260 MLD of waste water would be […]

Four new 640MLD desal & RO plants will end Chennai’s water woes: Minister – India2019-08-24T19:39:05+02:00

Niti working out proposal to set up desalination plants along coastline to tide over water crisis – India

The Niti Aayog is working on a proposal to set up a string of floating desalination plants in marine waters along the country’s over 7,500-km coastline, with a view to tide over the water crisis being faced in major urban centres of India.

Recently, several parts of the country, especially Chennai, faced severe water crisis, owing to poor storage in various reservoirs following deficit rainfall.

“The Niti Aayog is working on linking desalination of sea waters with the Sagarmala project,” a […]

Niti working out proposal to set up desalination plants along coastline to tide over water crisis – India2019-08-22T00:28:46+02:00

L&T sees growth in desalination projects – India

L&T’s water and effluent treatment business is eyeing a slew of desalination and water treatment projects worth $1 billion in the country.

The business, which is undertaken by L&T Construction in partnership with UAE-based Tecton Engineering and Construction, is seeing significant demand mostly from coastal regions.

“Coastal regions in India from the South, the East and the North-West are looking at desalination plants as an option to reduce the stress on municipal corporations,” S Rajavel, Head of the Water and Effluent […]

L&T sees growth in desalination projects – India2019-08-19T15:00:18+02:00

Freddie Mercury, David Bowie invented desalination process: Telangana textbook

A Telangana Class IX SSC textbook, according to a Times of India report by Nirupa Vatyam, has cited late rockstars Freddie Mercury and David Bowie as „scientists“, crediting them with “removing salt from seawater using a semi-permeable membrane through a process called desalination“.

The goof-up in the biology textbook appeared in the „Did You Know“ section, according to the report. Thomas Jefferson is considered the inventor of the earliest forms of desalination. 

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Freddie Mercury, David Bowie invented desalination process: Telangana textbook2019-08-18T15:55:52+02:00

Singapore pours $7.2bn into underground sewage superhighway – Singapore

The government of Singapore is spending $10 billion Singapore dollars ($7.2 billion)tocomplete an underground sewer system in the city-state.

The pipeline, dubbed the „underground superhighway,“ is 3- 6 meters in diameter and buried 35- 55 meters underground. It will collect wastewater from households and factories and transport it to treatment plants, which will be used mainly for industrial and air-con cooling purposes.

„For us in Singapore, used water is a source of good water. We do not waste a drop of it,“ saidNg Joo Hee, chief executive of […]

Singapore pours $7.2bn into underground sewage superhighway – Singapore2019-08-17T18:54:06+02:00

Saudi Arabia launches $826m water projects – Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has launched water developments in Makkah and across other holy sites worth over $826.6 million.

Projects include setting up a pipeline for carrying desalinated water from the desalination plant in Al-Shuaibah to Makkah and the holy sites at a total cost exceeding $233m (SAR875m), and the second phase of Al-Shuaibah Desalination Plant with a capacity of 250,000 cubic meters per day at a cost of over $313m (SAR1.175bn).

Other water services projects include water networks, connections to homes, strategic reservoirs […]

Saudi Arabia launches $826m water projects – Saudi Arabia2019-08-15T15:48:50+02:00

This is Singapore’s plan to avoid running out of water – Singapore

This is Singapore’s plan to avoid running out of water

Every day after his morning run, Adam Reutens-Tan washes under a half-full camping shower hooked on the ceiling of his bathroom.

The modified shower, which uses just four litres of water, is one of several ways the Reutens-Tans family conserve water as part of a countrywide push to cut Singapore’s daily consumption by 8% by 2030.

The nation currently uses 141 litres per person each day – about enough for two typical […]

This is Singapore’s plan to avoid running out of water – Singapore2019-08-13T17:57:46+02:00
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