INDIA & CENTRAL ASIA WATER UTILITIES ARTICLES

Water scarcity could result from China’s coal expansion, says Greenpeace

A plan from China to increase its coal fired power plants by 2015 could trigger a severe water crisis in the country’s arid Northwest, a report by ...

Desalination plant in Karachi Port, Pakistan awarded

The Port Qasim Authority in Karachi, Pakistan has awarded Aeromix Systems a USD$775 million contract to develop a 97 million gallon per day desalin...

Mining for Gold in the Industrial Wastewater Market

I ran across an article recently that discussed the concept of "Urban Mining." When I first heard the term the image that flashed across ...

Water reuse programme to supply potable water in Delhi

Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB) will be lending its experience from its NEWater programme to help develop wastewater reuse facilities for th...

Bio-electric wastewater treatment in Bangladesh

An industrial wastewater treatment facility has commenced full operation to treat effluent from Dhaka’s Economic Processing Zone industries...

Union Carbide found not liable for water contamination incident in India

A federal court in New York yesterday concluded that Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is not liable for any environmental remediation or pollution-r...

India PM Singh stresses importance of water resources planning, management

During his inauguration address at India Water Week in New Delhi this week, India Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh underlined that the planning, d...

World Water Day: Xylem launches Watermark 2012 China program

In observance of World Water Day 2012, Xylem officially launches its Xylem Watermark 2012 China Program in conjunction with China Women's Developme...

World Water Day: Xylem Watermark leverages social media to benefit international nonprofit Water For People

To celebrate World Water Day 2012, Xylem Watermark will share a $1 donation between international nonprofit Water For People and nonprofit partner ...

East to West: China acquires nearly 9% of utility giant Thames Water

China’s sovereign wealth fund, set up to invest the country’s multi-billion foreign exchange reserves, has bought a 8.68% stake into on...

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