Global Water News

IN YESTERDAY’S report, “Water-sufficiency plan on track”, we said: “Work has also begun last month on the country’s second desalination plant that will make seawater potable.” (more…)

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, yesterday said Qatar was working on reducing the heavy cost of water desalination by developing cutting-edge technologies. How to reduce the cost of water desalination is one of the greatest challenges the country is facing, especially in view of the burgeoning demand for potable water, Al Attiyah said. (more…)

As many as 12 out of the 22 brands of bottled water sold in Pakistan were “unsafe for human consumption,” Naeem Sadiq, an activist of Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (Shehri-CBE) said on Wednesday, while citing a 2004 report of the science and technology ministry’s Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR). (more…)

Hundreds of millions of people that the UN declares have gained access to safe water and sanitation are still struggling with polluted supplies and raw sewage, a leading expert has told the Guardian. (more…)

Describing the current UK system as “unsustainable” the Midlands-based group said that challenges facing the industry include maintaining and improving the reliability of the network. (more…)

Ontario is on its way to becoming a global leader in clean water.

Premier Dalton McGuinty spent Earth Day in London, where he visited Purifics ES Inc., a local clean-water technology company. The Premier also chaired a round-table discussion with local industry experts. They discussed some of the ways Ontario can create jobs by taking the lead in developing and selling technologies and services for water conservation and treatment. (more…)