News, Opinion, Events, Press Releases, Jobs, Directory, Resources. Southeast Asian countries must develop solutions to deal with the increasing volumes of daily sewage and industrial waste water, experts have cautioned. “Along with rapid economic growth, we face a serious demand to enhance the capacity of sewage and waste water treatment, especially in urban areas,” said Toshio Nagase, senior representative at Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) Viet Nam office. Experts yesterday gathered at a two-day conference held in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province to discuss waste water treatment solutions.
According to the Ministry of Construction, the drainage systems in Vietnamese cities are used for multiple purposes, sewage, waste waste and rainwater. Moreover, the drainage system was built in several stages and does not have adequate capacity. The situation has worsened under the impact of climate change. “There has been frequent flooding in HCM City and Ha Noi during heavy rains for years. Water Thinking (August 31, 2011) The Peer Water Exchange manages diverse solutions and resources to fight the global water crisis.
(Illustration by Angus Greig) The facts on water point to a universally acknowledged crisis: More than 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water; 6,000 children under age 5 die every day from water-related diseases; half the world’s hospital beds are filled because of water-related diseases; and 2.7 billion people lack access to hygienic sanitation facilities that prevent contamination and provide dignity. There is no dearth of technological solutions to this tragedy.
News, Opinion, Events, Press Releases, Jobs, Directory, Resources. Construction will finish by the end of 2015 on eight large hydropower zones, each comprising several hydroelectric plants and each producing tens of millions of kilowatts.
By then, the national production of hydroelectricity will reach 910 billion kilowatt-hours, according to a report on xinhua.com. An authoritative source reveals that in the coming 12th Five-year Plan of Renewable Energy Resources, hydropower will be the most prioritized source of renewable energy. During the 12th Five-year Plan period, China will begin construction on more than 60 key hydropower projects.
Previously the market expectation predicted six major hydropower zones, but the goal has now increased to eight. Analysts say that the process of authorizing hydropower projects has accelerated since the beginning of this year. Over 60 hydropower projects to begin construction in five years. News, Opinion, Events, Press Releases, Jobs, Directory, Resources. Hydro Tasmania has denied it is in line to receive a carbon tax windfall amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.
Tasmanian Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has said Australia’s largest renewable energy business could be $200 million a year better off once the carbon scheme begins next July. The state-owned power generator says it will not be that much. Hydro’s CEO Roy Adair says the company may only receive $50 million. “We will have shall we say a far better picture in December when the legislation is enacted,” he said. Chairman David Crean says there is too much uncertainty to be suggesting a figure. But he has not blaming the Federal Government. News, Opinion, Events, Press Releases, Jobs, Directory, Resources. A residents’ group on Eyre Peninsula says big mining plans for the region threaten its entire water supply.
The group says modelling has been done which backs its concerns about extraction of water for open-cut iron ore mining in South Australia. Milton Stevens from the Saving Our Sustainability group says SA Water already struggles to maintain local supplies from underground aquifers and mining could tip the region over the edge. Innovative, New Approach to Low-Head, Low-Flow Water Power. Clean Power Published on August 30th, 2011 | by Guest Contributor by John Saavedra of Look for the Power Interest and investment in low-head (vertical drop), low-flow hydro power peaked a century ago.
Cap-and-Trade Program for Water Quality Gets a $1M Boost. U.S.
-based cap-and-trade programs seeking to monetize carbon emissions have encountered obstacles in this year of budget deficits and climate denial. In May, Governor Chris Christie noisily pulled New Jersey out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), stating, "RGGI does nothing more than tax electricity, tax our citizens, tax our businesses, with no discernible or measurable impact upon our environment.
" In response, RGGI stated that the ten-state collaborative "is delivering more than 700 million dollars in investments in the clean energy economy that are saving energy consumers money, making businesses more competitive and creating jobs throughout the region. " Refill water bottles for free at local businesses. A little guide to choosing the right reusable water bottle. Cooum desal plant to produce power, water. In the backdrop of a severe power shortage in the state, Germany-based Traiton Global LLC has proposed a desalination plant on the Cooum river in the city, which could produce 600MW power and 75 million litres per day of clean water.
A project plan has been submitted to the state government which has invited company officials from Germany to discuss the project and costs. Government sources said a team from the company in Germany is likely to visit Chennai in the first week of August. The focus of this project is on producing clean water from Cooum and also on energy production. The Challenges of Water Management within the Mining Industry. Ultimately, the sustainability of the mining industry continues to hang in the balance, Mudd (2009). Our planet is facing a real crisis in water resources. Climate change and population increases are changing the balance of supply and demand.
According to predictions, by 2030 the world’s population will be over 8.1 billion. Since 1950, the need for water has trebled and it will double again by 2050. It is water management that is emerging as the pre-eminent sustainability issue within the Global Energy and Mining Resource Industries. Water Management for Sustainable Mining. Spike in water bills looms. The state’s three water corporations have released their draft pricing plan for 2012 through to 2015.
Each corporation is proposing a different annual target tariff rate for standard residential customers. Cradle Mountain Water is the highest at $978, Ben Lomond is proposing a rate of $949, while Southern Water wants to charge an average of $942 per customer. Households with both water and sewerage connected face a maximum increase of $100 a year, or 10 per cent of what they paid this year; whichever figure is greater. Customers who are already paying more than about $1,000 will not see any increase over the period. Greenpeace's 'Dirty Water' Shows Benefits of Antagonistic Campaigns. Greenpeace launched its campaign on toxic water discharges from the Chinese textile industry this month with a signature move: activists hanging signs and holding court at company locations.
In this case, Greenpeace targeted Nike and Adidas with actions at company stores in Beijing, even though they are only two of more than a dozen companies Greenpeace found are linked to textile facilities that are polluting rivers in China. Like the cliche of only hurting the ones you love, Greenpeace say it's putting the spotlight on the bigger companies because of the positive potential they hold. "Nike and Adidas are the ones that can move the whole sector if they accept the challenge," said Martin Besieux, toxic campaigner for Greenpeace International. "We think they are the leaders to bring us to a toxic-free future. " "You can't be everywhere at the same time," said Reiner Hengstmann, Puma's global director of environmental and social affairs.
California groundwater management trickles up from local sources, Stanford study finds. Courtesy of the California Department of Water Resources.
Taking the marine sector from a roadmap to a superhighway - 14 Jul 2011 - Industry Voice: a blog from BusinessGreen. From reading the Renewable Road Map published alongside the Government's Energy Market Reform White Paper (EMR) this week you would be forgiven for thinking that the marine industry in the UK was on a road to nowhere.
While other low carbon technologies, such as offshore and onshore wind and biomass, have some healthy amounts of power attributed to them in 2020, marine has a just a solitary 1TWh. This is equivalent to one 50th of the electricity expected from offshore wind by 2020. Water facilities investment in China is to hit 77 bln USD in the next 5 years: expert. The investment in water facilities in Chinese cities from 2011 to 2015 is estimated to be no less than 500 billion to 600 billion yuan (77.4 billion to 92.8 billion U.S. dollars), a senior expert from China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said here on Wednesday. Speaking at a business forum on the Chinese water market at the ongoing Singapore International Water Week, Shao Yisheng, vice dean of China Urban Planning and Design Institute, said China has about 4,000 water plants but the technologies used at most of the plants were not advanced.
Water recycling helps recover nutrients too: water prize winner. Used water ought to be viewed as a resource and not merely a nuisance to dispose of, says South African-born scientist James Barnard, this year’s Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Laureate. Delivering the Singapore Water Lecture yesterday afternoon, Dr Barnard said he sees water reclamation as a means not just to recover water, but also essential nutrients such as phosphorus. Recognised for inventing an environment-friendly and cost-effective method to treat used water using micro-organisms instead of chemicals, Dr Barnard received $300,000, an award certificate and a gold medallion from former premier Lee Kuan Yew at a banquet at the Ritz-Carlton last night. Dr Barnard will use part of the prize money to set up an endowment for his alma mater Stellenbosch University because South Africa is ‘producing only 20 per cent of engineers needed in such a water-strapped country’.
Shiyan City invests RMB 100 billion to clean up water supply. Shiyan City of Hubei Province has announced the investment of over RMB 100 billion into cleaning its water supplies. Two China-invested hydropower dams to supply electricity later this year: Cambodian PM. Siemens successfully concluded R&D project on low-energy seawater desalination: technology ready for full-scale testing.