Using the Ocean to Fight Climate Change Raises Serious Envir...
Heat waves, droughts and extreme weather are endangering people and ecosystems somewhere in the world almost every day. These...
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Interest: Water
Nearly 1 billion people don’t have access to clean water, and the consequences are fatal. Diarrhea is one of the leading killers of children under the age of five. Fortunately, the solutions needed to access clean water can be affordable and reliable. With informed design and management, drawing water, transporting and purifying it are all possible for everyone worldwide.
Interest: Water
India Bets on IoT for Clean Water
Waterborne illness recently struck the Bajantri family in the Gobbur Wadi village in the Kamalapur taluk, Kalaburag district of India. Saibanna Bajantri passed at age 50 after three days...
The Benefits and Unmet Potential of Solar Pumps
Gathoni Mwenja has a family livestock farm in Nairobi, Kenya, where she tends at least 30 cows. The farm on the western edge of the Horn of Africa is...
New Hydropower Tech, a Rainwater Harvester and a Portable Sh...
Water was the theme among the winners of the US division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) 2022. Innovations in hydropower, rainwater harvesting and...
Five Questions for Austin Alexander, Xylems VP of Social Imp...
Austin Alexander oversees efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion at Xylem in her role as Vice President of Sustainability and Social Impact at the global water technology company. Since...
Five Questions for Allie Reiling at Caminos de Agua
A well designed water treatment system should be easy to forget. If the design merges science and simplicity, people can drink clean, safe water without the need to learn...
NREL Is Fast-Forwarding Emerging Desalination Tech Powered b...
Ten competitors in the Waves to Water Prize are advancing emerging technologies to innovate portable wave-powered desalination devices. The designs are as yet untested, the contest’s rules are focused,...
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Research Brief: A Microbial Fuel Cell That Can Filter Water
Researchers have developed a method for filtering the wastewater that powers a microbial electrochemical system, effectively adding water treatment...
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A Gentler Way to Decolonize Aid
Foreign aid organizations may be under pressure to “decolonize,” as the concept is known in the parlance of activists...
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How to Make a Biochar Water Filter
Charcoal has been a part of water treatment for at least 4000 years. Continuing the tradition, farmers in northern...
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Five Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Tanzania
Marwa Village is a predominantly Masai community of around 5000, located in Tanzania along the Pangani River. Most residents...
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How High Thresholds for Water Quality Can Hide Poor Service
There is a commonly cited statistic that “between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of the global population using an...
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Three Barriers to Sustainability: Lessons from a Water Supply Project in Nepal
In an effort to learn from valuable experience, I studied a water treatment facility that stopped working 8-9 months...
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Profiles in Global Engineering: Five Questions with Dan Hollander
Engineering for Change invites Dr. Evan Thomas, Director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering at the University of...
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Focusing on Suppliers Rather than Customers Is Improving Water Services in the Philippines
Masy Consultants shifted our focus from educating customers to educating water districts and that has made the difference in...
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Profiles in Global Engineering: Five Questions with Petros Birhane
Engineering for Change invites Dr. Evan Thomas, Director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering at the University of...
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Research Brief: Who Pays for Water?
In the United States, we take for granted that utilities can deliver affordable water at the turn of a...
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