Guwahati paralysed by waterlogging, ferry services halted amid IMD red alert
Relentless rainfall since May 29 has plunged Guwahati into chaos, with severe waterlogging, traffic snarls, landslides, and power cuts affecting daily life. Guwahati, May 30: Relentless downpour and strong winds since May 29 have left Assam’s capital city Guwahati reeling under severe waterlogging and widespread disruption. Key localities across the city have been submerged, with […]
Mapping safe drinking water use in low- and middle-income countries
The availability of safe drinking water is far from universal, but exactly how it varies geographically and why this occurs is not well understood. Greenwood et al. combined Earth Observation data, geospatial modeling, and household survey data to estimate that only one in three people in low- and middle-income countries have access to safely managed […]
What are the key components of a proposal for climate-resilient water systems?
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, the need for climate-resilient water systems has never been more urgent. These systems are designed to withstand and adapt to the changing climate, ensuring a reliable supply of clean water for communities, ecosystems, and economies. Climate-resilient water systems encompass a range of strategies, technologies, and practices […]
Smarter Sensors, Cleaner Earth Using AI and IoT for Pollution Monitoring
Pollution is one of the greatest environmental threats of our time, but a wave of smart technologies is changing how we monitor and manage it. In a review paper published in Frontiers in Environmental Science, an international team of researchers has outlined how sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and Internet of Things (IoT) […]
Botanical Water Technologies (BWT) uses its own technology to harvest, filter and purify water during food production.
About the customerBWT is positively impacting water scarcity by providing a new source of drinkable, sustainable, plant-based water for communities and environmental projects. It harvests water during sugar milling and vegetable processing seasons, which is used for the company’s own retail brand, AquaBotanical.Botanical water is distributed for retail (AquaBotanical), wholesale (ingredient for beverage companies) and […]
AI infrastructure’s environmental costs clash with Pacific Island nations’ needs
Standing on the shores of Country, watching waves inch closer to ancestral lands, I witness a stark reality: Across the Pacific region, 16 nations face an existential collision between rising seas and Silicon Valley’s computational colonialism. From Tuvalu’s 11,400 people to Papua New Guinea’s 10.4 million, our communities confront unequal access to digital resources, with […]
The transformative power of remote, online water quality monitoring & real-time data for utilities
While water utilities must process, monitor and meet certain regulatory water quality requirements at a plant before sending final treated water into the distribution system, they also have to measure quality at the pretreatment stage, which is often affected by localized environmental changes. At the end of treatment, this now high-quality water enters the water […]
Tracking diseases from the sewer
The European Commission has just launched a new tool that supports the tracking of the spread of infectious diseases by analysing wastewater: the European Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard. It displays data from across the EU by bringing together existing national and research-based dashboards. By providing near real-time information on pathogen trends, the dashboard can support public […]
The EU pushes forward its Water Resilience Strategy to address water challenges
In the face of mounting pressures on water resources, the European Union has taken a decisive step forward with the presentation of the European Water Resilience Strategy (EWRS). The proposal, led by MEP Thomas Bajada and backed by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Climate, and Food Safety, aims to consolidate a comprehensive framework […]
Assessing the potential for application of machine learning in predicting weather-sensitive waterborne diseases in selected districts of Tanzania
Introduction: This study evaluates the potential of machine learning (ML) to predict and manage weather-sensitive waterborne diseases (WSWDs) in selected Tanzanian districts, focusing on environmental health officers’ (EHOs) knowledge and perceptions. It explores EHOs’ familiarity with information and communication technology (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI)/ML, alongside challenges and opportunities for integrating AI-driven public health solutions. […]