THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUOUS ONLINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION IN REGARD TO CLIMATE CHANGE

By Christoph Schönher, Robert Wurm, Andreas Weingartner, scan Messtechnik GmbH, Vienna Introduction :- The global rise in temperature in regard to climate change affects the water supply in many different ways. In Austria, for example, regionally varying changes in groundwater recharge are expected. Another direct consequence of climate change is the increased number of extreme weather events in the form of heat waves. The increasing temperature has a particular impact on the temperature balance of groundwater, while heat waves are a very direct consequence of climate change in the distribution…

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SMART AND INTELLIGENT WATER NETWORK

By Subhash Sethi, Chairman, SPML Infra Limited Water is vital to human sustainability and economic growth. Globally, the number of water scarce regions is rising every year threatening the well-being of its people and the economy. Global pressure on water utilities are varying from region to region on water availability, usage and wastage. The most significant factor that utilities across regions faces regularly is the huge volume of water losses, which represents the water that isn’t accounted for despite necessary resources applied by them. High volume of water wastage and…

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WATER USAGE; POLLUTION AND TREATMENT

By Dr. AV Singh – Chief Sustainability Officer, Bajaj Power Group of Companies Water, a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. It is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. A tasteless and odourless liquid at room temperature, it has the important ability to dissolve many other substances. Indeed, the versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. We are living at watery planet. Very huge quantity of water exists on, in, and above…

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