Tropical rivers facing sustained oxygen loss due to climate warming
Global rivers are undergoing widespread and sustained deoxygenation, or sustained oxygen loss, driven by climate warming, with tropical rivers, including
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Contaminated industrial sites in India pose public health risk
Inadequate environmental regulations and assessments of contaminated industrial land in India are endangering human populations and wildlife ecosystems, a new
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Now, a high-school student designs low-cost teabag to remove arsenic in water
Arsenic contamination in groundwater is a global public health concern, with south and southeast Asia being the most affected with
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VA Tech Wabag-led consortium bags wastewater plant contract in Georgia
A consortium-led by water technology major VA Tech Wabag has secured a large contract for construction of a 19 million
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Coordinated global action, integration of WASH within health systems needed: WHO
Stating that unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) still drive at least 1.4 million preventable deaths each year, the World
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ADB opens $100-mn green bond issue to manage glacier melt impacts
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has issued $100 million green bonds to raise awareness of glacier melt across the region.
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ADB approves $182 mn additional funding for Assam flood management project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $182 million in additional funding to scale up a ongoing flood and erosion
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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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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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