Jan 18, 2024 · To demystify the water technology landscape and elevate the most scalable solutions in this space, UpLink recently ran the Zero Water Waste Challenge, from which the top 10 water-focused entrepreneurs or 'Aquapreneurs' from a pool of 192 applicants representing 40 different countries have now been announced.

Mar 22, 2021 · World Water Day is held on 22 March every year to raise awareness of the importance of freshwater and the challenges billions face in getting access to safe water. A growing population, the increasing demands of human use for agriculture and industry, plus the effects of climate change all put water under threat.

Nov 1, 2024 · The success of the Lushan Water Supply Company exemplifies how digital twin technology can enhance efficiency on a local scale. Yet, with urbanization rates skyrocketing, the need for scalable water-management solutions becomes increasingly urgent. Cross-sector collaboration will be necessary to tackle broader water-management issues at both ...

Nov 7, 2024 · Cooling dictates water consumption in data centres, but water conservation is still often ranked as a low priority. Less than a third of data centre operators actively track water usage metrics, and this lack of transparency and measurement significantly undermines efforts to understand the full environmental impact of data centre operations ...

Mar 22, 2022 · Water operators have long been stewards of an essential resource and water infrastructure is a cornerstone of every prosperous economy. At the same time, today’s water systems are major sources of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: global water utilities emit the same volume of GHGs as the world’s shipping industry.

Nov 25, 2016 · The carbon from the pollution is then mixed with oils and water to make art supplies. The company claims that it takes as little as 30 minutes for the device to capture enough carbon to fill a pen. Anirudh Sharma, one of Graviky Labs' founders, claims he got the idea for the product when he noticed pollution stains on his clothes.

Jan 31, 2020 · The fashion industry produces 10% of all humanity’s carbon emissions and is the second-largest consumer of the world’s water supply. Some parts of modern life are, at this point, widely known to cause environmental harm – flying overseas, using disposable plastic items, and even driving to and from work, for example.

Dec 10, 2014 · In the 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) we therefore defined sustainable supply as natural renewal minus environmental flows, defined as “the quality, quantity, and timing of water flows required to maintain the components, functions, processes, and resilience of aquatic ecosystems which provide goods and services to people” Three major ...

Oct 12, 2023 · Water is closely linked to many challenges, but perhaps none so pressing as climate change. The climate crisis is severely disrupting the water cycle on which people and the planet depend. Water is at the centre of this crisis: nine out of 10 climate events are water related. Droughts and floods continue to grow in intensity, groundwater is ...

Sep 16, 2022 · The 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) was launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 in Davos, Switzerland, to help close the gap between global water demand and supply by 2030. Since its inception, the Forum-initiated 2030 WRG has grown into a network of more than 1,000 partners from the private sector, government and civil ...