Water Governance

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad’s technology business incubator – Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) – is launching the country’s first water accelerator

With an aim to kick-start the ecosystem for water innovation and technology in India, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad’s technology business incubator – Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) – is launching the country’s first water accelerator.

Wessex Water and TaKaDu sign a 1-year contract to enhance water conservation efforts and manage the water network more efficiently

Wessex Water has signed a one year contract with TaKaDu to pilot its leading Event Management solution across the southern part of its 11,500 kilometre water network. 
The trial aims to enhance Wessex Water’s efforts to conserve water, improve its customer service and manage its network more efficiently.

Order affects Sacramento, San Joaquin and delta watersheds

The State Water Resources Control Board ordered over 100 water rights holders to stop all pumping from three major waterways in one of the country’s prime farm regions.

Economists and agriculture experts say that the cuts are expected to have little immediate impact on food prices, with the growing of some crops to shift to regions with more  water in the short-term.

Companies have a vested business interest in managing their water

With California facing its worst drought conditions in its history, toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie, and water costs rising 33 percent since 2010, water’s value — both its actual costs and our perception of it — has been transformed since Smith’s time.

Companies today have a vested business interest in managing their water consumption. Since 2011, businesses globally have invested $84 billion in water management projects.

The new European standards will be twice as tough to pass in a bid by the EU to drive up standards

ENGLAND’S seas are the cleanest since records began with 99.5 per cent of swimming spots passing water quality tests compared to just 65 per cent in 1988.

However, beaches will be under the microscope this summer as much tougher new European Union standards come into force.

The new European standards will be twice as tough to pass in a bid by the EU to drive up standards.

Britain's first national water benchmarking scheme has been launched, allowing businesses to reduce water usage by an average of 30% and regain up to £500m in lost annual revenue

Aquamark, managed by Buckinghamshire-based water and energy efficiency consultancy ADSM, is a multi-million-pound, three-year project which aims to develop 500 different building benchmark classifications for water usage across the country.