#water treatment News
The use of antibiotics in fish culture and hormones in artificial fish breeding bring into question the safety of Bangladesh’s food supply, as exposure to high levels of these substances can harm human and environmental health.
As the world warms up and the population rises, water shortages are a growing problem.
Around 3,000 waste pickers work Bantar Gebang landfill, east of Jakarta. They earn a few dollars a day salvaging recyclables and face a range of dangers, from landslides to lightning. The role they play in society is undervalued, say experts.
An investigation into Bangladesh’s first and only coal mine in Barapukuria, which local people say has swallowed their land and polluted their river.
Carbon & Climate
Scientists warn a third of people face life in climate hotspots
#water treatment Opinion
This week’s United Nations 2023 Water Conference in New York, the first such gathering since 1977, is a unique opportunity to discuss water security and to tackle the crisis head-on.
In the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Risks Report, nine of the ten biggest risks for the next decade have a water-related component.
Better water access and sanitation is a social and public good, and it needs investment.
As the world warms, diseases transmitted by insects may spread. For World Health Day, we look at how certain prevention strategies can break the link between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.
#water treatment Videos
Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.
Green Buildings
Getting our urban environment to net-zero
EB Studio
Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.
Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?
Particularly for women, access to clean water creates education and economic opportunities.
#water treatment Podcasts
The waste oil dumped into the ocean by ships every year is equivalent to eight Exxon Valdez oil spills, and nowhere is the problem as severe as Southeast Asia. The EB Podcast talks to hotelier Andrew Dixon about how a clever idea using a ship tracking system can help curb an environmental crime that has been largely ignored.
#water treatment Press Releases
Gree Energy
Gree Energy is B Corp certified
Imagine H2O Asia
Meet Imagine H2O Asia’s third cohort of water tech startups
#water treatment Research
SolAbility Sustainable Intelligence
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2020
Singapore International Water Week
SIWW 2018 Blue Paper: What will drive the next era of water management?
