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Hong Kong Announces New Incentive Scheme for OGVs Using Cleaner Fuel

The use of cleaner fuel while berthing in the waters of Hong Kong will make ocean-going vessels (OGVs) entitled to a 50% reduction in port facility and light dues. The initiative focusing on the eligibility of OGVs is effective from September 26, 2012. This is a three-year incentive program.

18 Sep 2012

Water Filtration Technology Provider, Aquaporin Receives 2012 European Frost +Sullivan Award

Frost & Sullivan has awarded the 2012 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation to Aquaporin, the developer of first-of-its-kind biomimetic water filtration membrane under the trademark name, Aquaporin Inside.

11 Sep 2012

Sonoma County Conserves Water Through Installation of Waterless Urinals

Sonoma County Water Agency's High Efficiency Plumbing Fixture Direct Install Program, which includes free waterless urinal installation, is a model demonstrating the benefits of public and private partnerships to the local community, environment and economy.

24 Aug 2012

Cranfield University Reinvents the Toilet to Turn Waste into Energy

Cranfield University is to develop a waterless, hygienic toilet with the potential to transform the lives of the 2.5 billion people worldwide without access to basic sanitation, thanks to $800,000 funding from the ‘Reinvent the Toilet Challenge’ of the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation Water, Sanitation and Hygiene initiative.

From Cranfield University 15 Aug 2012

EU Approval for Pesticides Fails to Preserve Water Resources

According to the study performed by the University of Koblenz-Landau researchers, based on inadequate evaluation models, the EU is progressing with the approval of pesticides for treating insect infestation.

10 Aug 2012

Wastewater Utilized as Fertiliser

Wastewater, sewage sludge and liquid manure are good forms of fertiliser for crops and plants. Fraunhofer researchers have come up with a new chemical-free, eco-friendly method to convert recovered salts into fertiliser for crops. Of late, farmers have faced a dearth in the supply of the essential mineral phosphorus.

9 Aug 2012

Study Reveals Fracking Process Creates Significant Water Contamination Risks

Risk analysts have confirmed that there is a significant potential risk of river and other types of water pollution due to the release of contaminated wastewater by hydraulic fracturing or fracking wells generating natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region.

7 Aug 2012

Nature Climate Change Publishes Report on Water Management in Tropical Areas

Nature Climate Change has recently published a research report highlighting how water systems in the humid tropical areas are on the brink of rapid change that will endanger the people of the area because of the risk of contamination of drinking water sources and floods.

19 Jul 2012

GE Singapore Water Technology Centre Plays Key Role in New Technology Development

GE has celebrated the third anniversary of its Singapore Water Technology Centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS) during the 2012 Singapore International Water Week, which is being conducted from July 1 to 5, 2012.

5 Jul 2012

Nordic Water Industry Entrepreneur Invests In Sorubin

Swedish clean tech company Sorubin, the leader in ‘new generation’ energy efficient aeration products for water treatment, has attracted the most well-known profile in Scandinavian water industry, Kjell Axelsson, as an investor and new Board Member.

29 Jun 2012