With limited rainfall and no perennial rivers, countries across the Arabian Peninsula rely heavily on seawater desalination ...

At the heart of this problem lies what the Dutch Water Authorities and their partners describe as the Build–Neglect–Rebuild (BNR) cycle. Water systems are constructed, then gradually neglected due to ...

Agriculture in the Philippines faces growing difficulties as climate change alters traditional weather patterns. Longer wet and dry seasons are making rice harvests increasingly unpredictable. Rice ...

As water- and climate-related disasters intensify worldwide, rapid access to reliable information is becoming critical for effective response. Through the Dutch Disaster Risk Reduction and Surge ...

The Room for the River programme was initiated by the Dutch Government to increase the safety in the Dutch delta. At more than 30 locations in the Netherlands measures were taken to literally give the ...

North Water and Google Nederland announced the start-up of a new water treatment plant that supplies cooling water to Google’s datacentre in Eemshaven (Eems harbour), the Netherlands. The plant has ...

Nature offers a ton of inspiration when it comes to finding solutions for water challenges. This is not new, we have worked together with nature since the beginning of mankind. But in our modern day ...

SolarDuck and its Japanese partners have launched Japan’s first offshore floating solar photovoltaic power plant on the sea surface in the Tokyo Bay. The floating plant has a capacity of 80-100 kW, ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York announced the beginning of major construction activities on the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR), a 1.45 billion US dollar flood defence project that responds to ...

Three long-awaited BluElephants are launched in Halhul on the West Bank. The innovative, small-scale wastewater treatment units are piloted for two years at two locations in the Palestinian ...

The concept of the Twin Dyke in northern Netherlands is almost ready to prove itself. Along the Wadden Sea, a 2.5 km long double levee section has been constructed. The area between the levees is now ...

Nineteen months after the Water Action Agenda (WAA) launch at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, the Netherlands remains an indispensable player in advancing global water solutions. Over a ...