Water conservation and supply news articles 
Cranfield develop a Geospatial Centre for Biodiversity to help tackle the risk of biodiversity loss in Bolivia
Population pressures, land and water use and climate change pose a threat to some of the world’s richest ecosystems found in Bolivia, South America. In a bid to ensure local development and activity is sustainable, Dr Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso and Dr Andrew Gill of Cranfield University alongside the Noel Kempff Mercado Museum of Natural History in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, will develop a new Geospatial Centre for Biodiversity (GCB) [In Spanish: Cent... [more]
CIWEM secures successful ISO14001 recertification for its environmental management system
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management has successfully achieved recertification of its environmental management system (EMS) to the internationally recognised ISO14001 standard. CIWEM is one of a small number of professional bodies to operate an independently accredited EMS and the only chartered environmental body to do so. The system of continual improvement helps the Institution to reduce its environmental impacts... [more]
International Water Summit launched in Abu Dhabi
The launch of the International Water Summit was announced collaboratively in january by the Abu Dhabi government, Masdar and the International Water Association, providing a global platform to discuss and find solutions to the global challenges of water scarcity and security. The inaugural summit will take place alongside the World Future Energy Summit 2013 in Abu Dhabi. “The launch of the International Water Summit in Abu Dhabi is a bold and... [more]
Use and capacity of Global Hydropower increases
Industrialized and developing countries continue to rely on their critical water resources as a renewable electricity source. Global use of hydropower increased more than 5 percent between 2009 and 2010, according to recent research published by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online publication. Hydropower use reached a record 3,427 terawatt-hours, or about 16.1 percent of global electricity consumption, by the end of 2010, conti... [more]
Chartered Recognition for Environmentally Focussed Water Professionals
Three water industry professionals have recently become Chartered Environmentalists through the Institute of Water. The Chartered Environmentalist qualification is now the recognised standard of excellence for environmental practitioners. To be awarded the status practitioners must be able to demonstrate competence against key criteria including the ability to analyse and evaluate problems from an environmental perspective and being able to d... [more]
Other Water conservation and supply news and reviews
Little Elm hosts water conservation expo
The Town of Little Elm will be hosting its first Water is Life Expo event Saturday, April 7, at Town Hall, 100 West Eldorado Parkway. The expo will focus on educating residents from local communities about water conservation and planting the right plants for the area.
Guest column: Texas water smart
Don’t let the recent rains fool you. Water remains a precious resource in Texas as our great state continues to replenish its supply following last year’s historic drought.
EPWU asks public to conserve water
A lack of water in the Rio Grande has forced El Paso Water Utilities to shut down treatment of river water at two of its plants. The shut-down of those plants and a forecast for increasing temperatures have created a period of critical water conservation for El Paso. The critical period begins on Monday, May 21st, and is expected to last two weeks. While the El Paso Water Utilities schedule has ...
Water Rates Enter San Diego Mayoral Race
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio has released a "Bill of Rights" for city water users. In it, he pledges to overhaul the water rate system to provide more incentives for conservation, improve the city’s water infrastructure and expand San Diego’s water sources.
Water supply in central Puget Sound looks plentiful for next 50 years
Cascade Water Alliance and members of the Water Supply Forum, composed of water suppliers in King and Pierce and Snohomish counties, announced this week that the central Puget Sound region is expected to have sufficient quantities of high quality, great tasting water for the next 50 years.
Jessica Burley: Towns should set water conservation example
I stopped into the Frisco Post Office recently on a cool morning after a nice rain shower overnight to find the lawn sprinklers at the post office on full blast, watering not only the small patches of grass on the property, but also half the sidewalk and parking lot.
Well break outside Scotts Valley prompts mandatory water conservation for more than 500 homes
SCOTTS VALLEY -- About 550 San Lorenzo Valley Water District customers are limited to indoor water use until Monday because of a mechanical problem in a well off Graham Hill Road.
School of Urban and Public Affairs students don’t water down issue of conservation
Jason Aprill, city and regional planning graduate student, said water conservation is vital because of Texas’s dry climate. “What would they do [if we ran out of water]? People couldn’t shower and go to work or drink and go to work,” he said.
Water conservation ?ordinance in effect in St. Charles
ST. CHARLES – The city of St. Charles water conservation ordinance, which regulates days and times portable sprinklers and in-ground sprinkling systems may be used, is in effect through Aug. 31.
Meters 'missing from water bill'
Conservation groups criticise the government for failing to bring in water meters for households in its next legislative programme.
