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16 Aug 2017 WARRENTON VA, United States

China Roundup: Water Quality Improving, Deadly Storms Cause Landslides and Dam Breach, Beihatan Dam Construction Commences, Polluted River Media Stunt, South-North Transfer: Farms Closed and More

Uneven Progress in Reducing Water PollutionChina's water quality is improving overall but progress is uneven, with some regions finding it hard to meet the annual quality improvement targets, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said Monday. Xinhua reported August 14th that in the first half of the year, the proportion of monitored surface water reaching Grade III or above, which could be used for drinking, rose to 70 percent across the country, up 1...

11 Jan 2016 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

China Three Gorges Corporation to Build $2.4 Billion Kohala Hydropower Project in Pakistan

Chinese state-owned power company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) has announced that it will develop the $2.4 billion USD, 1,100-megawatt Kohala Hydropower Project on the Jhelum River in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.It will be the company’s biggest investment in the Pakistani hydropower market...

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18 Dec 2014 YAOUNDE, Cameroon

GE, ECC Start Work on Cameroon Supply Project

A consortium of two American companies has started work on a project to boost potable water supply in Cameroon's Capital, Yaoundé.The two companies, GE and Environmental Chemical Corp. (ECC) will install equipment at Akom Nyada, a small locality near Yaoundé, for immediate use.GE Sales Executive Ali Ben Haj Hamida said that under the project "water treatment will be done through the application of membrane and desalinization technology...

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3 Jan 2014 SINGAPORE

Conversations With Water Leaders: Indar Maharaj, Chairman, Water and Sewerage Authority and President, National Gas Company on Trinidad and Tobago’s Water Challenges as an Island Nation

Eleventh in a series, “Conversations With Water Leaders,” conducted by OOSKAnews in association with Singapore International Water Week.In this edition, Indar Maharaj, Chairman, Water and Sewerage Authority [WASA] and President, National Gas Company [NGC], speaks with OOSKAnews correspondent Renee Martin-Nagle about the water issues of Trinidad and Tobago as an island nation with limited resources, WASA’s financial challenges, inefficiencies in the local water sector and more...

21 Nov 2013 WASHINGTON, DC, United States

Worldwide Water Crisis Is About Distribution, Not Scarcity: Forum

The water crisis that millions of people worldwide are currently facing is rarely about absolute water scarcity, but rather is an issue of economic scarcity resulting in problems with distribution, according to Jerry Delli Priscoli, a senior adviser at the US Army Corp of Engineers’ (USACE) Institute for Water Resources...

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11 Nov 2013 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa

GE, Sasol Team Up for Municipal Water Treatment Plant in South Africa

US-based multinational GE and South African energy and chemical company Sasol are collaborating on a water technology pilot project that will clean wastewater from plants producing synthetic fuels and chemicals and generate biogas for power generation.The anaerobic membrane technology will be developed at a new demonstration plant at Sasol’s research campus in Sasolburg, Free State province, the companies said on November 6 at an event marking the partnership...

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6 Jun 2013 SHANGHAI, China

Chinese Concerned About Water Quality, Availability, Reuse: GE Survey

Chinese people are more concerned about water quality and availability for future generations and show more interest in water reuse than their American and Singaporean counterparts, according to a new 3,000-person survey conducted by GE in partnership with StrategyOne.GE released the results of the water reuse survey on June 5...