Latest Water conservation and supply News

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and Gehrlicher Solar America Announce Joint-Development of Solar Systems in the Southwest

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. announced a strategic joint-development agreement focused on providing solar energy to water and wastewater treatment facilities in California, Arizona and Nevada. Since 1919, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants has specialized in the planning, evaluation and design of water and wastewater treatment facilities. With a significant client network in the western US, including 250 facilities in Calif... [more]

World first for full scale autoclaving with wet AD (1/2)

A sustainable waste treatment facility near Plymouth in Devon is set to become the first in the world to apply full scale autoclave processing to wet advanced anaerobic digestion (AD). Handling up to 75,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial/industrial waste per year, state-of-the-art technology will make the AD process up to four times faster than conventional systems. Biogas production rates will also be significantly enhanced, enabling the fac... [more]

World first for full scale autoclaving with wet AD (2/2)

Unlocking potential The Lee Moor facility will be made up of two autoclave plants, screening and separation equipment, anaerobic digestion plant with associated buffer and digestate storage tanks, dewatering plant and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The two autoclaves will operate in parallel, each treating mixed municipal wastes in ten tonne batches at temperatures of approximately 160oC for 45 minutes at a pressure of seven bar. ... [more]

Hosepipe ban : garden designer, Andrew fisher Tomlin gives some positive tips to maintain gardens

Following recent news of a hosepipe ban from April 5th, international garden designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin has reacted with some positive ideas for ensuring our plants and gardens get through the drought and continue to thrive. Fisher Tomlin said “Our company designs and builds gardens in many parts of the world where rainfall is sporadic and we can’t rely from year to year how much rain will come. So we’ve become experts in waterwise planting... [more]

Europe needs to use water more efficiently

According to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), Europe needs to redouble efforts in using water more efficiently to avoid undermining its economy. Inefficient water use impacts hard on the resources needed by ecosystems and people, both vital assets for European productivity and security. The report ‘Towards Efficient use of water resources in Europe’ from the European Environment Agency (EEA) makes the case for an integ... [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.