Aging populations could cut global water demand by 30 per cent
Against a backdrop of water scarcity emerging as one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century, there’s good
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Author: IWR Team
Nature-based infrastructure vital to avert Asia’s looming water crisis
Fatima Yasmin The Asia-Pacific has made remarkable progress in water and sanitation over the past decade. Hundreds of millions more people now
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World on verge of entering new era of ‘water bankruptcy’
Against a backdrop of chronic groundwater depletion, water over-allocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, the world is on
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Major river deltas sinking faster than sea-level rise
River deltas sustain dense human populations and major economic centres, but groundwater withdrawal, reduced river sediment supply and urban expansion
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EKKI HOMA ropes in former Grundfos India MD Ranganath as chief advisor
EKKI HOMA, the Indo-German joint venture between EKKI Pumps (India) and HOMA Pumpenfabrik GmbH, has roped in former Grundfos Pumps
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VA Tech Wabag emerges preferred EPC partner for Saudi Arabia ISTP project
Water technology major VA Tech Wabag has emerged as the preferred engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner for the Hadda
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AECOM acquires Norway-based AI startup Consigli for $390 mn
US-based global infrastructure consulting company AECOM has acquired Consigli, an artificial intelligence company based in Oslo, Norway in a transaction
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Worldwide glacier loss to hasten by 2050; Alps, central Asia to be among worst hit
Glaciers are melting worldwide. In some regions, they could even disappear completely, some as early as the middle of the
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2.7 bn in Asia-Pacific lifted out of water security; funding shortfall remains a concern
The Asia-Pacific region has made robust gains in improving water security over the past 12 years, lifting more than 60
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IDE Tech-GVPR Engineers Ltd combine secures desalination project in Mumbai
A consortium of Israel’s desalination and water treatment solutions major IDE Technologies and Hyderabad-based infrastructure developer GVPR Engineers Limited has
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