Groundwater, making the invisible visible involves all aspects of water management. We are all responsible for our natural resources and should act sustainably to safeguard them.
Groundwater, making the invisible visible involves all aspects of water management. We are all responsible for our natural resources and should act sustainably to safeguard them.
Industry is a big user of water, accounting for between 15-20% of annual freshwater withdrawals. This includes water consumed to provide energy such as gas and electricity to homes and businesses.
Water is crucial in every stage of food and beverage production, from the initial farming to produce the raw goods to the processing, transportation and retail of the final product we see on the shelves.
Water reuse for different purposes is aligned with good water practices, especially in the case of water intensive sectors, such as agriculture and the industry.
Planning our water management systems to make them as flexible as possible, can be considered as one way to be prepared for future challenges.
Water isn’t just essential for our life on this planet. It is also integral to the production processes for our daily goods and resources.
Water has always been crucial to human societies and attempts to treat it and provide a healthy and usable resource go back to ancient Greek and Roman times.
Innovation is a wide term that we usually constrain to technology. It also includes new partnerships in public administration, research, and industry, new business models, freshwater governance and policies, new ways to operate, as well as education and receptiveness to new ideas.
We use water every day but what many people don't realise is that household amount of overall water use.
When we think of cities, one of the first things we probably think of is that image of sprawling built-up concrete landscape with tall buildings. The sponge city concept naturally comes with some drawbacks, including costs associated with the urban redesign and the implications of an oil spill were to occur on a more porous road surface.
As a general concept, water turbidity is an optical measurement of the relative clarity of a liquid. It is one of the properties of water that allow us to characterize its quality.
Water is essential for human life. Around 60% of an adult human body is water and we need to consume it to remain healthy.