Tag: water

ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE ON SWACHH BHARAT MISSION GRAMEEN (SBM-G) FOCUSES ON SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, AND CREDIBLE PROGRESS FOR SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

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The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation convened a Roundtable Conference on Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The meeting brought together State Ministers and officials from 28 States/UTs to review progress and chart the next phase of rural sanitation. Union Minister Shri C.R. Patil praised collective achievements and stressed innovation, waste-to energy, and climate-resilient sanitation. He emphasized that SBM-G and JJM together ensure sustainable sanitation and water security. With every rural household receiving tap water through JJM, effective greywater management under SBM-G becomes crucial. The…

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Vietwater 2025 – The Premier Meeting Point for Vietnam’s Water Industry

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Vietnam’s  water sector is entering a period of strong development, emerging as a vital infrastructure industry that is drawing increasing attention from government bodies, businesses, and international investors. Against this backdrop, Vietwater 2025 reaffirms its role as the leading industry event, connecting domestic and global enterprises with the latest trends, technologies, and solutions. The exhibition will take place from October 22 to 24, 2025, at the SECC in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring over 400 exhibitors from 45 countries and welcoming more than 11,000 trade visitors. This year, Vietwater will…

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GVMC FAST-TRACKS RS 1,200 CR DESALINATION PLANT FOR VIZAG

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News 29GVMC

The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is accelerating plans to launch a 100 MLD desalination plant, aimed at addressing industrial water demand and easing pressure on domestic supply. A stakeholder meeting was recently held with Andhra Pradesh Urban Infrastructure and Asset Management Limited (APUIAML) and Israel-based IDE Technologies to discuss feasibility and project components. Officials confirmed that a request for proposal (RFP) will be floated shortly. As per the initial proposals, the 100 MLD plant is estimated to cost around Rs 1,200 crore. The project is likely to be executed…

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Communities, Businesses, and NGOs Unite to Tackle Water Challenges for World Water Day 2025

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World Water Day

Volunteers Invited to Join a Global Wave of Action to Expand Clean Water Access WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 18, 2025) – With 2.2 billion people lacking safe water, communities, businesses, and NGOs are taking bold action this World Water Day to accelerate solutions. From March 17-22, thousands of volunteers worldwide will mobilize to improve water security – through cleanups, education programs, and projects expanding access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). “Around the world, volunteers are driving meaningful progress toward providing clean water and sanitation for communities everywhere,” said Austin Alexander, Vice…

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Boosting Water, Sanitation, and Sustainability: Key Investments in the 2025-26 Budget

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The 2025-26 budget reaffirms the Indian government’s strong focus on enhancing water resources, sanitation, and sustainability through substantial investments in critical programs: These initiatives not only cater to immediate water-intensive sectors but also contribute to environmental sustainability and rural prosperity, positioning the water, wastewater, and solid waste industries for significant growth. The 2025-26 budget is poised to drive eco-friendly, safe, and efficient industrial development across key sectors. By NP Singh, Sales Leader for India at MANN+HUMMEL, Specializing in Water and Membrane Solutions

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Mott Macdonald Bentley standardizes phosphorous removal schemes, delivering infrastructure and intelligence benefits to the U.K. water industry

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Infrastructure and Intelligence

ProjectWise Component Center Helps Facilitate Repeatable Workflows to Save More Than GBP 3.7 Million Supporting Environmental Sustainability. Meeting stringent requirements for phosphorous removal The United Kingdom water industry’s Asset Management Plan 7 (AMP 7) includes a heightened priority for improving water quality schemes. In particular, it focused on reducing the amount of phosphorous released into watercourses, which are natural or artificial channels where water flows. Originating from a range of sources, including wastewater discharge and water main leakages, high levels of phosphorous yields extensive algae growth, posing a significant threat…

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Water: Nurturing Health, Enhancing Well-being

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Mohammed Naser Azeez, Managing Director, Aquality Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd. As we begin the year 2024, we have the same feeling as when the last year started – water is become scarcer and it is on the top of the agenda for nations and industries across globe.More countries are realizing that there is a huge risk in doing nothing to address the challenges related to water supply and the industry facing with declining production. As a fundamental natural resource, water plays a vital role in the development of any region. The…

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SUEZ announces a new organization to deliver its strategy and appoints two new members to the Group’s Executive Committee

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Announced in September 2022, SUEZ’s new strategy aims to make the Group the trusted partner for circular solutions in water and waste recycling & recovery. To reflect this new ambition, SUEZ is redefining its organisation around two major principles: two operational divisions focusing on the Group’s two core businesses, Water and Recycling & Recovery. This new structure will enable SUEZ to fully leverage its portfolio of solutions and improve expertise sharing and synergies between countries. three cross-group units, Engineering & Construction, Digital Solutions, and Innovation. These units will contribute to…

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Nod likely for 40MLD water treatment plant

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The major irrigation department authorities are likely to grant permission for the proposed 45 MLD water treatment plant of Kinfra, which is going to be set up in the Periyar River at Aluva. Earlier, the department authorities had opposed the project citing that the water carrying capacity of the river sharply declined after the 2018 floods. But it is learnt that the department would consider granting permission for the project in a meeting to be convened by industry minister P Rajeeve in the coming days. The project has already invited…

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WABAG forays into Bangladesh with a World Bank & AIIB funded DBO order worth about Rs. 800 Crores

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March 17, 2023: VA TECH WABAG (‘WABAG’), a leading pure-play Water Technology Indian Multinational Group, has secured an order worth about Rs. 800 Crores towards Design, Build and Operate (DBO) for Reconstruction, Expansion and Operation of Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) with a capacity of 200 Million Litres per Day (MLD) at Pagla in the City of Dhaka, Bangladesh for Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (Dhaka WASA). The project is funded by Multi-lateral Funding Agencies like World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) under Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project…

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