Atlas Copco’s employee-run Water for All organization is celebrating 30 years of providing people in need with long-term access to safe, clean water and sanitation. Since the founding of Water for All in 1984, Atlas Copco and its employees have helped more than 1.5 million people gain access to clean drinking water.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (3 September 2014)—Xylem Inc., a global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced that it has signed a US$7.3 million contract with Bahrain’s Ministry of Works to upgrade a wastewater treatment facility in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain.
STOCKHOLM//WASHINGTON (2 September 2014)—Governments and businesses using hydraulic fracturing to develop shale gas could face intense water competition in the world’s largest reserves, according to a new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI). Global Shale Gas Development: Water Availability & Business Risk is the first publicly available analysis of water availability across all potential commercial shale gas and tight oil resources worldwide.
BOSTON (Sept. 2, 2014) – GEI Consultants, Inc., a geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firm, announced that MGP Conference 2015, a gathering of experts on former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites, will be held at the Providence Biltmore Hotel, in Providence, Rhode Island, April 15-17, 2015.