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- Safe drinking water is a right, not a luxury. Heres how to ensure no . . .
The situation is worsening, as climate change continues to exacerbate water scarcity, and sources of safe drinking water become increasingly subject to conflict and war Though 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, only 1% is available for human consumption and not all of that significantly small portion is clean
- These breakthrough technologies can lead us to a zero water waste . . .
To demystify the water technology landscape and elevate the most scalable solutions in this space, UpLink recently ran the Zero Water Waste Challenge, from which the top 10 water-focused entrepreneurs or 'Aquapreneurs' from a pool of 192 applicants representing 40 different countries have now been announced
- Turning the tide on water pollution: How Aquapreneurs are leading the . . .
As part of this initiative, UpLink ran the Tackling Water Pollution Challenge to raise awareness of the early-stage water innovation ecosystem and elevate the most scalable solutions across the sector The challenge received 273 submissions globally and identified 10 high-potential start-ups, termed Top Innovators, or Aquapreneurs, selected to
- 3 innovative startups tackling Latin Americas water crisis | World . . .
The Swiss company, Openversum, aims to tackle the challenge of safe and affordable drinking water by combining a filtration membrane system with microfranchising This can provide millions of people in Latin America, Asia and Africa with access to safe drinking water while at the same time creating thousands of work opportunities for local
- Microplastics: Are we facing a new health crisis - The World Economic Forum
The Forum's Global Plastic Innovation Network champions 18 different solutions to the plastic waste problem, including Wasser, which has developed a system that can remove 95% of microplastics from water, and Orgro Fibre, which makes biodegradable sapling bags to replace the single-use plastic ones commonly used in gardening centres
- How to provide safe water to billions of people by 2030
To meet Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean water and sanitation for all, the current rate of progress must quadruple Otherwise, 1 6 billion will still be without safe water in 2030 Water treatment technologies are abundant and may be faster and more practical in many places than piped, chlorinated water
- How is Singapore recycling wastewater to make it drinkable?
Singapore is taking the “waste” out of its wastewater by turning sewage into safe, clean drinking water using an advanced filtration and treatment system The Changi Water Reclamation Plant forms the core of the system, with capacity to treat up to 900 million litres of wastewater daily – roughly equivalent to the water held by 350
- Water management is political. A climate scientist explains why | World . . .
And, in doing so, we created an illusion of control So that today nobody really thinks about water all that much But that illusion is breaking, and that's the biggest challenge today It's breaking and things are changing The climate is on the move and water is changing with it And we need to relearn what our relationship with water should be
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