What is a Rainwater Harvesting System? Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rain for reuse on-site, rather than allowing it to run off. These stored waters are used for various purposes, such as domestic use, gardening, irrigation, groundwater recharge and flood retention, etc. If f...

Water is important to both the natural and built environment. Analyzing Water usage and quality helps to deepen understanding of the systems being measured and guide management functions. Water quality can be defined as the chemical, physical and biological features of water and is usually related t...

Water is an important contributor to a sustainable and resilient sector. Water planning is an evolving and collaborative process that actively involves multiple stakeholders from different sectors. It aims to allocate rights to water for consumption purposes, water provision to the environment and p...

Source: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Following the 2023 UN/Austria Symposium on the theme of "Space for climate action: space applications and technologies supporting sustainability on Earth", UNOOSA is partnering with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the European Centre for Medium-...

Source: The World Bank A new World Bank report estimates that ten emerging global seaweed markets have a potential growth of up to $11.8 billion by 2030. This monetary value comes with seaweed's ability to sink carbon, sustain marine biodiversity, employ women, and unlock value chains. The Global Se...

Source: reliefweb Given the fragile and conflict-affected situation with limited access in Myanmar, the World Bank has adopted the Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology to estimate damages arising from Cyclone Mocha. GRADE is a remote, desktop analysis to estimate damage t...

သန့်ရှင်းသော ရေရှိမှုသည် အထူးအခွင့်အရေး ရယူခြင်းတစ်ခု မဟုတ်ပေ။ ၎င်းသည် မဖြစ်မနေလိုအပ်ချက်တစ်ခုဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ကျွန်တော်တို့ကမ္ဘာကြီး၏ အစိတ်အပိုင်း တော်တော်များများကို ရေထုဖြင့် လွှမ်းခြုံထားသော်လည်း ထိုရေအများစုမှာ လူသားများ သောက်သုံးရန်အတွက် မသင့်တော်ပေ။ World Widlife Federation ၏ အဆိုအရ ကမ္ဘာ့ရေထု၏ ၃ရာ...

Source: stormwater.wef.orgLeveraging the technology behind its existing suite of satellite imagery products and its expertise in artificial intelligence, search-engine giant Google (Mountain View, California) is pursuing new ways to help people protect life and property in the event of major floods....

Source: healingwaters.org - By: deborah.bense What is Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis? Ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis are two ways to treat water. These processes remove dangerous contaminants, making the water safe to drink. Water treatment technologies like ultrafiltration and revers...

Source: sprinewellwater.comWater comes in different types – tap water, purified water, filtered water and alkaline water, to name a few. While many are safe to drink, they're usually unfit for applications that use water as a rinse, ingredient, or solvent (think the food, cosmetic, and medical indus...

Source: Stockholm UniversityNew research presented at COP27 shows that water is much more important in mitigating climate change than previously believed. Better management of water is critical to tackling today's food and energy crises, both of which are exacerbated by climate change.The repor...

Source: International Water AssociationTYPE: WebinarDURATION: 1:30 hoursSTART DATE: 18 Nov 2022START TIME: 14:00 (London time)LANGUAGE: EnglishFORMAT: Presentations, panel discussion session.CERTIFICATION: N/A Target Audience Practitioners, academics and researchers, utilities, students, e...

Source: UNOOSA.ORG - Space as a tool to accelerate change in sustainable water resources management, hydrology and the protection of aquatic ecosystemsThe United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), in collaboration with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), launched the 202...

Source: The Australian Water Partnership - By: By Tony Slatyer, Water Policy GroupLimiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, as agreed to be pursued under the Paris Agreement, requires everyone to act much more quickly. Good work is already being done by wat...

Source: Healing Waters InternationalClean and fresh water isn't a privilege—it's a necessity. Although water covers a large portion of our planet, most of that water isn't fit for human consumption. According to the World Wildlife Federation, only three percent of all earth's water comes from freshw...