Smart Water business intelligence week 29/08/2022

Market

There are more and more cases of water shortage in countries like Spain, the United States and South Korea. Like the Netherlands and Mexico, each country suffering from water stress has developed its own way of dealing with it. Now countries are beginning to share these lessons and strategies to help others adapt and mitigate damage in water-stressed areas:

International water research networks offer solutions for water stress

Technology

From AI-powered site design to water management platforms helping utilities better visualize their water, here are some of the AI solutions that seek to improve the way we manage this resource:

Tech dive: AI and water, going beyond the hype!

Regulation

Emerging contaminants, sometimes referred to as emerging contaminants of concern (or ECCs), are a group of chemicals that are present in the environment at initially low levels, but which can bioaccumulate over time and pose potential problems for flora. and the wildlife that surrounds them:

UK Environment Secretary meets with water company chief executives

Financing

Lesotho has inaugurated an $11.2 million water supply project that will supply clean water to five towns in the South African country:

Lesotho inaugurates Saudi Arabia-funded $11.2 million water supply project