New funding to improve water security for 10 million people in Africa and Asia by 2024
New funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will support global research and practice to improve water security for 10 million people in Africa and Asia. The FCDO’s grant to the University of Oxford will now extend to 2024 and increase to £22.5 million, to support the REACH programme improve water security by delivering world-class science to transform policy and practice. Professor Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of Research & Evidence Divisi...
NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment
Partnership primed to introduce game-changing technologies to address global needs HOUSTON – The Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center (NEWT), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC) with its headquarters at Rice University, has earned a five-year renewal to continue its work on next-generation water treatment systems. The multi-institution, multidisciplinary center under the direction of Rice environmental engineer Pedro Alvarez is a partnership between ac...
LA Sanitation and Environment Secures Funding for Four Safe Clean Water (Measure W) Water Quality Projects
LOS ANGELES – LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) is pleased to announce all four proposed LASAN multi-benefit stormwater capture projects were approved for Safe Clean Water Program funding at Tuesday's Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting. Funded by Measure W, the special parcel tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in November 2018, the Safe Clean Water Program provides local, dedicated funding – approximately $285 million annually countywide – for projects that increase...
Novara GeoSolutions Awarded the Esri Release Ready Specialty Designation
Norwell, MA. Novara GeoSolutions (Novara) (www.novarageo.com), a multi-disciplined organization providing solutions for asset management, compliance, integrity management, operational improvement and other geospatial needs announces it has been awarded the Esri Release Ready Specialty status. This significant recognition is given to partners that show innovation with Esri technology, are committed to developing their wide-ranging expertise and offer expert technical support for a variety of Es...
Video: Brave Blue World Official Trailer
Featuring dramatic stories and breathtaking scenery, Brave Blue World is a compelling, optimistic and fascinating portrait of an alternate future of our most valuable resource. It takes a stark look at how we got where we are today, then challenges and shatters some of the commonly held myths and assumptions about water while presenting revolutionary new ways in which we can create an entirely sustainable future for generations to come.
Heartland Water Technology and Gruppo Pieralisi Announce Partnership for Biosolids Management in the United States
HUDSON, Mass.- Heartland Water Technology, Inc. and Gruppo Pieralisi today announced a strategic partnership focused on advanced biosolids management, including municipal sludge, livestock manures and digested solids, leveraging Pieralsi's proven and robust direct-contact rotary drum dryer. The cost and complexity of managing sludges and biosolids is growing. The vast majority of biosolids are disposed of at either landfills or incinerators, or they are land applied. Due to their high water...
Lebanese Wastewater Solution Wins Global Tech Innovation Competition
• Mrüna’s digital idea revolutionises access to sanitation and recycled water • Low-cost, rapid tech solution for refugee camps and global urbanisation • Winning InfraChallenge will help Mrüna transform urban infrastructure The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) has crowned Lebanese tech start-up Mrüna the winner of its first global innovation competition, InfraChallenge, following a live pitch against nine other finalists from the UK, US, Sierra Leone, Australia, Mexico, Singapore and Spai...
Stantec selected to oversee water infrastructure improvements in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Through a compact between the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Mongolian Government, the project is designed to increase water supply by 80 percent EDMONTON, AB; NEW YORK, NY; WASHINGTON, D.C. TSX, NYSE:STN: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has selected Stantec to provide advisory services during the preparation and implementation of its US$350 million Mongolia Water Compact with the Mongolian Government. The compact’s Water Supply Project aims to provide viable, susta...
Capstone Headwaters Reports: COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Adoption in Water Infrastructure Industry
Boston, MA– Capstone Headwaters released its Water Infrastructure update today, reporting that pre-COVID trends of rapid urbanization and aging water and wastewater infrastructure have been catalysts for innovation and advancement in the Water Infrastructure industry. While COVID-19 has stressed revenues and financial visibility, it has also accelerated the adoption of digital and remote technologies to drive effective asset management, efficiency, and cost reduction in water systems. “Wh...
Updated ASCE Standard 44 Presents Guidelines for Supercooled Fog Dispersal Programs
Reston, Va. – Extended periods of fog can have large economic impacts on aviation, tourism, transportation, and mining industries, as well as a negative effect on agriculture. These problems can be reduced using state-of-the-art supercooled fog dispersal technologies to increase visibility. ASCE presents guidelines for programs aimed at dispersing supercooled fog in the updated Standard Practice for the Design, Operation, and Evaluation of Supercooled Fog Dispersal Projects, ANSI/ASCE/EWRI 44-20...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
June Issue 2026
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