International Water Association

Dubai: Desalination plant fitted with solar panels

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that its Jebel Ali power plant is producing 1.5 megawatts of power, which is enough to power about...

Start-up produces clean water from thin air

Three young entrepreneurs have joined forces in Nairobi Kenya to create a product that generates clean drinking water out of thin air. Majik Water aims...

International: Itron announces new app on water education

Itron, Inc., a technology company, and Disco Learning Media, a creative agency and educational consulting firm, have announced that Itron will partner with University of Texas professor Michael...

International: Bacardi improves water use and energy efficiency

Barcardi, a global spirits company, has surpassed annual targets in improving water use, energy efficiency and recycling rates and is on target to obtain 100 percent of...

Genifuel to pilot biofuel processing technology in Vancouver

Genifuel Corporation, a US water technology firm that specialises in turning wet organic wastes into renewable fuels, will pilot a new system that converts...

Gradiant Corporation trials new waste-saving system

Gradiant Corporation, a Boston-based water treatment solutions firm, has announced the start of official demonstrations for its new Counterflow Reverse Osmosis (CFRO) processing technology. The...

Vanuatu to construct US$15 million hydropower plant

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vanuatu have signed an agreement for a US$15.1 million project to increase renewable energy generation...

United States: Researchers to produce clean energy from water and sunlight

Researchers from the University of Iowa are collaborating with HyperSolar, a startup company focused on commercialising low-cost renewable hydrogen, to produce clean energy from water and sunlight. HyperSolar...

United States: University research shows clean fuel can be created from water vapour

The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research has shown that solar energy can create clean hydrogen fuel by converting water vapour from the air....

English universities complete wave energy converter studies

Plymouth and Exeter universities have completed the first set of ecological studies as part of the EU Horizon 2020 funded CEFOW (Clean Energy from...

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Countdown to Bangkok

The 2025 IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition is approaching fast and will help advance options for low- and middle-income countries. Erika Yarrow-Soden...

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UK’s first wastewater monitoring pilot

The UK’s first pilot wastewater monitoring centre has been launched at the University of Bath.  Researchers at the Excellence Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection...