Payments to protect fresh water resources have grown in the last a decade to become the second- largest environmental market after carbon credits as China and the U.S. safeguard dwindling supplies, according to a study. (more…)
In a plastic-lined hole in a spit of sand stretching out into the Dead Sea, something is growing in the water. (more…)
The first large-scale desalination plant to turn seawater into drinking water for homes and businesses in the UK will open today in the latest sign of growing concern about water stress in the country’s most populated regions. (more…)
Iraqi Minister of Municipalities and Public Works Riad Ghareeb said on Saturday that US$41 million had been allocated to import 350 solar-powered water desalination units in an effort to provide rural areas with drinking water, reports the Aswat Aliraq news agency. (more…)
Seawater desalination technology is being used at the Hongyanhe nuclear power station under construction in Wafangdian City in northeast China’s Liaoning Province. (more…)
An amended and restated memorandum of agreement relating to the proposed Coquina Coast Seawater Desalination Project in Florida, USA, was agreed by Palm Coast city council, the project leader, on 15 June 2010. (more…)
Up to 77 million Bangladeshis have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from contaminated drinking water, and even low-level exposure to the poison is not risk-free, The Lancet medical journal reported. (more…)
A team of scientists found that 70 per cent of popular bottled water brands available in shops had high levels of bacteria. (more…)
The 2010 Water Guide is a vital resource to beverage buyers and manufacturers. (more…)
Global Bottled Water industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Bottled Water industry. (more…)