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Smart ideas to address water & wastewater challenges

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Remote Sensing for Water Resource Management

Although water covers two-thirds of the Earth's surface, however the freshwater constitutes a mere 0.5% of the total volume. Compounding this issue, the demand for water has been steadily rising and is projected to reach a staggering 5890 km3/year by the mid-21st century.
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Technology Transforming Water Treatment

India is going to become the most populous nation in the world. The rapid urbanization, it is projected that by 2050, more than 800 million people will live in urban areas in India.
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Cleaning Water with Ozone Technology

Access to clean and safe drinking water is critical for public health and nations’ economy. Despite technological innovations and economic progress, several regions around the world still struggle with water pollution and contamination issues.
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Tracking Water Footprint

Water is an indispensable resource for both individuals and enterprises worldwide, emphasizing the pressing need for responsible water use, thereby contributing to a more sustainable future.
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Data Driven Water Pipeline Management

The growing world population brings with it an increasing demand for freshwater. As this demand rises, the importance of efficient water pipeline management becomes paramount to ensure a stable and sustainable water supply to urban areas, industries, and agriculture.
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Keeping Pace with AMI Technology

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology is rapidly evolving, and it's essential for water utilities and stakeholders to keep pace with these advancements to maximize the benefits and make informed decisions ...
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ZLD-Driven by Cost and Environment

The global market for zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology was valued at approximately $1 billion in 2021, and it is projected to experience a compound annual growth rate of nearly 12% over the next decade.
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Digital Twins for Water Utilities

The advent of digital twin technology has been a remarkable journey, starting from its inception by NASA during the space exploration missions in the 1960s...
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Water reuse is no longer a choice

Water reuse is no longer a choice. It’s a necessity. It is indeed becoming a crucial necessity rather than a choice in many regions around the world.
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Water in the Circular Economy

Water is indeed crucial for both life and the economy. Its importance cannot be overstated, as it serves as a fundamental resource for human existence and economic activities.
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Water Odor Issues

One may have noticed an odor coming from our home’s water system. Water odors can be indicative of certain conditions, but are not always a cause for concern.
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Water Audit: Tool For Water Conservation

The world is facing enduring water risks with the demand-supply gap increasing at an alarming rate. Over the past two decades, more than 80 metropolitan cities across the world have faced severe water shortages due to droughts and unsustainable water use.
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Recycled Wastewater is cleaner than Conventional Water

Wastewater reuse — recycling and reusing water from our wastewater sources may prompt some uneasiness as people are naturally squeamish about the idea of reusing water that comes from our toilets ...
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Remote Monitoring for Water Resilience

We are moving into the future from water abundance to water scarcity. Water utilities are facing growing challenges not only from scarcity of resources, but also environmental compliance ...
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Beat the Leak: Save Water

Non-revenue water (NRW) is the water produced, treated & cleaned, pumped, but lost in the water distribution system, never reaching its final destination. This means water not used or paid for, affecting economies of water utilities as well as putting pressure on already declining fresh water resources.
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Water Level Monitoring

We have seen flooding of Indian cities and states during monsoon seasons and the frequency of it is constantly increasing over the last one decade.
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AMI for Better Water Supply Management

The water utilities are not fully aware about the active water leaks in their water supply networks.
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Flow Meters: Improving Drinking Water Production & Distribution System

Human population and industrial sector around the world consume staggering amounts of water, which leads to increasing amounts of wastewater.
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Water Efficiency with Digital Water Infrastructure

Digital water infrastructure has great potential in solving water challenges by preventing wastage and encouraging optimum use of water.
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Climate Change Effect: Powerful Storms & Flooding

Powerful storms triggering flash floods and deluge across many countries including India is killing hundreds of people and live stocks with heavy commercial losses are reported more frequently now, than it was ever.
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Water Disasters: Trends & Challenges

Increasing frequency of natural disasters is observed around the world in recent years. India is also highly vulnerable to water related disasters such as floods, droughts and cyclones.
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Smart Metering: Water Loss Management Solutions

Globally, a problem that all utilities are dealing with is non-revenue water (NRW), which is water that has been produced and lost in transmission before it reaches the customer.
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Digital Transformation of Water Supply

India continues to face severe water stress and a large population is yet to have safe drinking water facility. According to UN-Water Index, the situation is disturbing as compared to other countries in terms of access to safe water with over 100 million households in India still lacking access.
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Groundwater: The Invisible Source

Groundwater is vital to human welfare and development, and in many countries it is the principal source of water for drinking, irrigation and industry.
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Water Infrastructure

Water is vital for life but it is a finite resource. We cannot produce more water to cater the increasing demand or completely use up the current supply.
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Infrastructure Development for Economic Growth

India is at the cusp of a growth cycle and on track to become the fourth largest economy in the world with an ambition to reach $5 trillion in few years.
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Water Leak Audit & Control

Leak detection is just the first step. To minimize leakage loss, a water supply system must have a program of continuous audits, of which leak detection is just a part.
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Water Leak Detection

Every drop of clean water is precious. Unfortunately, ~50% of clean water is lost through aging infrastructure. And lost water equals lost revenue to the water service supplier.
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Wastewater: Alternative Source of Water

India is at the cusp of a momentous growth cycle with an ambitious target of reaching USD 5 trillion economies in next 3 years. Water being the vital element of economic growth, the country cannot afford to ignore the impact of water scarcity and developing stress.
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Water Footprint: Reduce for Sustainability

The ancient proverb ‘water is life’ is more relevant now. Water management has become most significant around the world in the prevailing situation where the resources are shrinking and demand continues to rise. Water is vital to nation’s economic growth, well-being of people and sustainability for both human and businesses.
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Water Use Efficiency

Clean drinking water is a precious commodity in most part of the world and the same is true for India. India which had abundance of water historically is facing a difficult challenge as millions of people are still deprived of piped water supply. The average annual per capita availability of water has reduced by almost 70% in a span of 60 years, from 5177 cubic meters in 1951 to 1545 cubic metres in 2011 and estimated to decline further to 1486 cubic meters in the current year.
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Wastewater: A Valuable Resource

About 71% of earth's surface is covered with water. Out of this, about 97% of the earth's water is found in the oceans, and out of 3% fresh water, only less than 1% is available to be used for our livelihood as over 2% is stored in glaciers, ice caps, and snowy mountain ranges.
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Water Loss Management

Water loss is a global problem across continents and the percentage varies from developed to poor nations in terms of lost quantity.
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Smart Water Network

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.