Big step for Hetch Hetchy system upgrade

The Hetch Hetchy water system serves 2.5 million residents of San Francisco and the Bay Area; the system is old, and its age is showing; the release of a new environmental study will kick-start the system's $2.5 billion renovation project -- but the study calls on the communities concerned to take aggressive water conservation measures

Trend: Investing in water treatment
    Bahrain bank buys U.K.-based water treatment firm

     Bahrain bank UIB buys water treatment specialist; UIB chairman: "The global      water treatment demand is forecast to significantly grow over the coming      years and we feel very positively about investing in this sector"

    ATCO launching water division

     Alberta-based industrial and utility giant ATCO launches a new division to      design, build, and operate water and wastewater infrastructure; new division      will partner with GE

    Wastewater treatment specialist reorganizes U.S. operations

     Hydro International unveils a new market-focused U.S. business structure      aiming to take advantage of increasing opportunities in the municipal      wastewater, stormwater, and "wet weather" markets

Analysis
Water shock is coming, and it may have a bigger impact than peak oil

For a global water industry whose worth is estimated at between $400 billion and $500 billion, the threats to the traditional way of delivering water also represent an opportunity

Aquatic plants in artificial wetlands treat wastewater

Clemson researchers developed a new way to treat agricultural, industrial, and municipal wastewater: Construct artificial shallow freshwater marshes and use aquatic garden plants to remove nitrogen and phosphorus

Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe

The negative consequences of climate change for Europe are going to be heatwaves, mosquito-borne viruses, and water-borne diseases; on the plus side, more carbon dioxide in the air is helping forests, which in most cases are growing faster now than a century ago

NRC report: Everglades continues to decline as restoration stalls

Congressionally mandated report finds that the effort to restore Florida's Everglades made little progress amid funding shortfalls, bureaucratic red tape, and disagreements; the report commends Florida for its ambitious land acquisition

Millstone nuclear plant makes deal with environmental groups

Millstone now pumps more than two billion gallons a water a day from Long Island Sound to cool its reactors; environmental activists say the process kills billions of fish and other marine life

Canadian cities struggle with plastic water bottle bans

Non-biodegradable plastic water bottles often end up at landfills rather than at recycling plants; more and more Canadian cities try various forms of banning or taxing the use of plastic bottles, but they run up against legal limitations

Black & Veatch discusses water augmentation and climate change

Black & Veatch shares insights on Australian water industry opportunities with journalists; global sustainability and technology experts focus on augmenting water supplies in the face of climate change

Briefly noted

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