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Thames Water scales up AI, satellites and 75,000 acoustic sensors to cut leaks as drought bites
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (436+ words) The utility is deploying satellites and AI alongside acoustic sensors to locate underground leaks faster during a prolonged drought. Much of that loss is invisible to the public. “A huge proportion of our leaks are never seen by customers, as…...
Research confirms floating wetlands cut wastewater emissions
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (745+ words) Smart Water Magazine Wastewater treatment is responsible for around 1.6% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, some 0.77 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, according to estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Within this total, the sector accounts for between…...
Nesma & Partners and Saur sign MoU for Riyadh water plants
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (258+ words) Nesma & Partners and Saur Saudi Arabia Company Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue the design and construction of two renewed water plants in Riyadh. Both companies have been pre-qualified for the opportunity, which is linked to…...
Angola secures €538 million to expand Luanda’s water supply
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (386+ words) Smart Water Magazine Angola has secured €538 million in international financing for Phase 2 of the Quilonga Grande Water Supply Project, a major infrastructure programme designed to expand reliable access to treated water for around five million people across Luanda and Icolo…...
India’s growing urban water crisis urges wastewater treatment and reuse
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (272+ words) By Dr Sreenivasan Ramaswami India's cities are drowning in wastewater they don't treat, while freshwater grows scarcer by the year. The fix isn't more water; it's rethinking wastewater as a resource to be captured, treated, and reused. The paradox facing…...
Water enters the AI rulebook: Australia moves to mandate data centre standards, Texas freezes grid connections
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (418+ words) Regulators on two continents are halting or conditioning data centre approvals because they lack the water consumption data needed to plan. Water footprint of the global data centre fleet Trillions of litres, direct and indirect · Source: UNU-INWEH, Environmental Cost of…...
What 40 years of data reveal about America’s rivers and aquifers
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (690+ words) A new USGS study finds that across much of the United States, streamflow has been rising while groundwater levels keep falling, and only one way of slicing the map can make sense of why. For decades, hydrologists have treated groundwater…...
WHO/UNICEF report exposes sanitation and cleaning gaps in health facilities worldwide – Smart Water Magazine
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (480+ words) Basic water, hygiene and waste services have improved since 2015, but new figures show health facilities worldwide still fall short on dignified sanitation and effective environmental cleaning. Published by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene…...
US approves new Colorado River rules as reservoirs hit record lows
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (509+ words) Smart Water Magazine The US Department of the Interior has issued the 2027 to 2028 Operating Guidelines and the Record of Decision for the Post 2026 Colorado River Operations Final Environmental Impact Statement, along with a ten-year decision framework to guide future management…...
L&VW names proposed board for Thames Water if acquisition proceeds
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (412+ words) The London & Valley Water consortium (L&VW) has announced the first cohort of proposed Non-Executive Directors who would be appointed to the board of Thames Water Utilities Limited if L&VW’s proposed acquisition and recapitalisation of the company proceeds. L…...