Compare and contrast: Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows
Inside Climate News The Texas city has been trying for years to develop a seawater desalination plant, but its efforts have lagged as big, thirsty industries continue to locate nearby […]
Ontario gets the ball rolling on proposed 1,000-MW pumped storage project
Hydro Review The Ontario government is advancing pre-development work for the proposed Ontario Pumped Storage Project, developed in partnership with TC Energy (TCE) and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. The project, […]
Compare and contrast: Nature-based solutions in municipal stormwater management in Sweden: costs, co-benefits, responsibilities and policies
Prevention Web Research: This report focuses on sustainable stormwater management in Swedish municipalities and aims to further understanding of the planning and policy context for the implementation of nature-based solutions […]
Compare and contrast: Notorious US chemical plant polluting water with toxic PFAS, lawsuit claims
The Guardian The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, a new lawsuit alleges. It represents the […]
Compare and contrast: How does raw water compare to tap water? A microbiologist explains why the risks outweigh the benefits
The Conversation – United States Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity. Raw water advocates reject public water supplies, including tap water, because they […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
Al Jazeera Last month, China approved the construction of its most ambitious – and the world’s largest – dam over the Yarlung Zangbo, in Tibet’s Medog county, right before it […]
$6.6M water treatment upgrade aims to improve water quality for High Level
CBC The town of High Level faces some of the highest costs in Alberta to treat its water due to the large amount of chemicals required to remove organic materials […]
Compare and contrast: Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out
The Guardian In some cases the flows from the sewage plants stopped for just an hour or two, meaning samples could not be taken. But despite no test being carried […]
Compare and contrast: New water purification technology helps turn seawater into drinking water without tons of chemicals
Science Daily Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water. […]
Improved water security is coming to the Sunshine Coast
Water Canada Crucial conservation upgrades are being developed to solve the heightening water crisis due to drought on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast after an investment of more than $117 million […]