The benefits of dual-purpose desalination plants are recognised widely enough for them to account for 10-15 per cent of all desalination facilities. (Image source: Rosatom)
The growing problem of freshwater shortages, alongside climate change, is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity for its long-term survival and sustainable future and Rosatom may have a solution
The project is part of a wider privatisation strategy by Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Bader Alotaby/Flickr)
Engineering consultancy Atkins said that it has won a procurement advisory services contract, as part of a consortium, from state-owned National Water Company in Saudi Arabia
Dubai aims to adopt a sustainable waste management service across the region. (Image source: Arvell Dorsey Jr/Flickr)
All buildings in the emirate will soon be charged a new fee of US$21.78 per tonne for general waste disposal, which is proposed to go up by US$2.72 per annum to US$27.23 per tonne by 2020 and more beyond, according to Dubai Municipality (DM)
Integrating the decision support tools into a comprehensive suite represents a ?world?s first? in terms of realising the benefits of actively optimising water supply and reliability to Adelaide?s customers. (Image source: Bentley Systems)
Prolonged periods of drought in Adelaide and the surrounding area prompted the building of a high capacity desalination plant and a north-south interconnecting pipeline within South Australia and for the first time South Australia Water (SA Water) was able to distribute water almost anywhere in its network at any time
The continued degradation of environmental resources due to industrial activity have highlighted the damage that can be done through poor regulation of water quality. (Image source: toa555/Adobe Stock)
A new GWI Market Insight report shows that in Abu Dhabi, amid concerns of nutrient-loading caused by ocean discharge of treated wastewater, the government has set a target of 100 per cent reuse by the end of 2018
