America, Europe, Saudi Arabia, and Australia are high-income countries (according to the Gross National Income per capita, GNI, see methods for more details), while most parts of central Africa, peninsular India, and the Philippines are still in the developing stage or even in the poverty ...
In Congress, the Water Crisis Act was passed which empowered the President to contract new water supply projects expeditiously, bypassing the normal bidding procedures. About $7 million is being spent to develop an action program to privatize the Metro Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)....
Wastewater can be turned into usable water resources after water treatment, which can reduce pollution, protect the environment, increase water resources and alleviate the water shortage crisis. The treated wastewater can be used as non-potable water, such as industrial circulating water, agricultural ...
depleting water sources further adds to the safe water crisis across the globe. Water must be treated or purified before use and this is done by the water purifiers. In October 2020, according to a water quality report published by the Center for American Progress, more than 80,000 miles of...
Cultivating crisis: Coffee, smallholder vulnerability, and the uneven sociomaterial consequences of the leaf rust epidemic in Jamaica American Association of Geographers Annals (2020), pp. 1-19, 10.1080/24694452.2020.1775543 Google Scholar Richey and Ponte, 2020 L.A. Richey, S. Ponte Brand Aid an...
of global water scarcity, intended to serve as a global call to action. More recently, the UAE president established the Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative, aimed at enhancing global water scarcity awareness and fostering technological innovation and ...
the findings showed that urban residents’ waste rate of water-land resources for meat consumption increased by 142.3% compared with that in 1987. The research results can provide scientific guidance for resolving the food crisis under the supply of water-land resources in China and have an essent...
Countries on the frontline of the water crisis are pioneering solutions that could be scaled up. For example, a project in a Sub-Saharan African city impacted by drought aims to meet 50% of the population’s potable water demand from recycled municipal wastewater in the next few yea...
Philippines – new major contract for GUGLER 8. January 2022 GUGLER Water Turbines GmbH signed a contract with Kiangan Mini Hydro Corporation for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of four Francis turbines and all required electro-mechanical equipment (including the switchgears for 69...
s lives are at risk due to the climate crisis; however, this ruling is not legally binding (UN Human Rights Office2020). With reference to sea level rise impacting Small Island States, new law is needed to protect these populations from “becoming marginalised and disenfranchised inhabitants of...