News tagged water
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Ramboll has appointed Simon Jefferson as water sector lead for the UK and Ireland.
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DOT earmarks $1.86B for infrastructure damaged by storms
More than $908 million will go toward Hurricane Helene recovery to help states repair roads, bridges, water systems and rail lines, according to a news release.
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Water Conservation Meets Geopolitics at the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is bracing for renewed drought risk while surging traffic from Strait of Hormuz disruptions tests water-saving measures and long-term reservoir plans.
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Jacobs-McCarthy JV starts work on $185M California water project
The contractors expect substantial completion in October 2028 and the facility to be commissioned in 2029, according to a news release.
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Holtec's Indian Point Nuclear Plant Cleanup Awaits Crucial Water Release Verdict
A planned low-level radioactive water release into Hudson River tests state versus federal authority over nuclear safety.
Resources tagged water
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FT - Investment options that help provide clean water are available, but uptake is low 25052023
A quarter of the world’s population has no access to safely managed water, but what role can private investors play in alleviating the problem? Options range from venture capital funds looking to invest in clean-water tech, to private equity funds focused on promoting access to safe drinking water. But as the FT’s Kenza Bryan reports, the private sector could still do much more
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Just have a Think - Zero Energy Cost Fresh Water. How do they do that, 20112022
By 2050, fresh water may be inaccessible to as many as a billion people. Current desalination methods will be using vast amounts of energy to keep up by then, producing no less than 5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions, not to mention untold harm to marine ecosystems from outflow of concentrated brine solution into the open sea. If we could solve those problems then the future would look a bit brighter. And now we can...
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Case study - Water tank suppliers fined £2.6m for illegally colluding
Lessons from the Competition and Markets Authority’s water tanks cartel case.
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CNBC - What is a smart city, 09022017
CNBC's Uptin Saiidi looks at three cities infusing technology into every part of its operations
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Student Energy - Water 101, 18052015
The energy harnessed from moving water can be used to create electricity; the two most common technologies for this are - Hydropower and Tidal Power.
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