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MEDRC Water Research Fellows gathered at the Jordan University for Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan to present updates to experts on their important water research. At the event, MEDRC Water Research Fellows presented their recent research to experts on a wide range of topics including:
- Hydrological Analysis of Wadis Draining to the Gulf of Aqaba: Flash Floods Mitigation and Risk Management of Selected Watersheds
- Solar Desalination with Solar Still
- Water Requirements of the Jordanian Nuclear Power Plant
- Synthesis of Fouling-Resistant Ultrafiltration Membranes from Nanostructures Composites for Water Treatment Applications
- Strategic Assessment of Nuclear Desalination in Jordan
- Evaluation of Excess Sludge Reduction in Oxic-Settling-Anoxic (OSA) – Activated Sludge Process
The event was co-hosted by the Jordan Valley Authority, the University of Jordan, the Jordan University of Science and Technology along with MEDRC. READ MORE
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LocalNews
MEDRC Research: Collaborations with Haya Water and Sultan Qaboos University
MEDRCS research department received representatives from Haya Water earlier this month. Haya Water is an Omani Wastewater Services Company that aims to generate the maximum amount of treated effluent (recycled waste water) to be used to benefit Omani society. The discussions focused on potential collaboration on wastewater treatment research and training. On the other hand, MEDRCs Head of Reaserch was invited earlier this month to give a lecture at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Muscat on MEDRC contribution to the efforts towards tackling water security issues in the MENA region. This lectures was organized by the College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences last October 11st, 2016. READ MORE
MEDRC Completes Latest Jordanian Technical Mission - Focus on Small Scale Desalination Plants in the Jordan Valley
MEDRC Water Research has completed its latest Jordan Valley Technical Mission. MEDRC technical staff working closely with the Jordan Valley Authority and the Water User Associations; conducted the following activities:
- Theoretical instruction in reverse osmosis plant operation and maintenance. The four day program was designed specially around the actual plants and conditions in the Jordan Valley. The particular focus was on the small scale desalination plants used by the agricultural sector.
- Practical application of operations and maintenance lessons using small scale desalination plants in the area.
- Groundwork for the development of a MEDRC guidance manual in arabic for farmers and plant operators that will support them in addressing technical problems, chemical cleaning and treatment of their plants. READ MORE
Oman: Check dams viable solution to recharge groundwater
Water is a global issue and the issue is more pronounced in arid zones. With taking steps to stop over abstraction, the other important way to conserve water is to increase the groundwater recharge whenever any such opportunity comes. Arid zones rarely have rainfall, but some places like Salalah is fortunate to have the phenomenon of monsoon which gives opportunity to conserve water and recharge the groundwater. READ MORE
Oman: Groundwater salinity threatens farms in Batinah
Excessive groundwater depletion has increased water salinity, affecting farms especially in North and South Batinah governorates - the Sultanate’s main agricultural areas according to the experts. More than 53 per cent of Oman’s agricultural areas are situated in the Batinah governorates. READ MORE
Oman: Haya Water boss says Oman needs sewerage expansion
The head of Oman’s leading wastewater utility has said the country will need to expand wastewater treatment capacity more than five times over to meet its needs in the decades to come. READ MORE
Oman: Haya water presented the latest developments on its wastewater project
Haya Water presented the latest developments on its wastewater project. The company also elaborated on the current and future projects with regards to wastewater and treated effluent schemes at a meeting earlier this month. Haya Water is working hard to deliver 80 per cent of the wastewater service in the wilayats of Muscat governorate by 2022. READ MORE
Oman: Wastewater services to 80 per cent of Muscat Governorate by 2022
Haya Water is currently treating approximately 170,792 cubic metres of sewage water a day in Muscat Governorate. According to the CEO, the number of customers who have connected their properties to the sewage networks in Muscat Governorate in 2016 stood at 86,329 with an increase of 23 per cent, while 17,035 customers have utilised the same service in the remaining governorates, except Dhofar and Sohar. REDA MORE
Oman: Tender to develop water desalination plants soon
A prequalification tender to build several new water desalination plants located across Oman, including one each in Salalah and Sharqiyah regions, will be floated by Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) soon, according to a statement. READ MORE
Oman: Haya Water’s two major sea outfall projects to be ready by year-end
Around 85 per cent of the two sea outfall projects in Darsait and Al Athaiba has been achieved and the project is expected to be completed by end of current year, Haya Water said in a press statement. READ MORE
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RegionalNews
Wageningen University Organizes Water Diplomacy Seminar
The importance of shared understandings of water governance issues is illustrated in the working paper Transboundary Wastewater Governance: Options Based on an Uncertainty Perspective. As a convening institute, it is encouraging to see that although water diplomacy is still understood in many different ways, its spirit of inclusiveness and wider participation is taking shape. READ MORE
Saudi Arabia: Meet the KAUST advanced membranes and porous materials center (AMPMC) team
The Center's overarching research objective is to develop novel materials and membranes for energy intensive industrial separations that are significantly cheaper, better and more sustainable than current commercial practice. The Center is committed to seek partners for application of its research locally in Saudi Arabia and internationally. READ MORE
Kuwait: Climate Change Impacts
Kuwait is facing a wide range of climate change challenges including sea level rise, water scarcity, desertification and loss of diversity. Kuwait is characterized by high temperature, high humidity and arid lands resulting in seriously degraded soil and land damage in addition to salt intrusion in the aquifers affecting the small scale agricultural lands thus enhancing the food security threat in the region. READ MORE
Syria: How we saved climate-smart seeds from the conflict
Since war broke out in Syria, 11 million people have fled their homes. In 2012, the turmoil reached the doorstep of ICARDA Agricultural Research Station in Tel Hadya near Aleppo in Syria. Almost 40 years of research on crops, livestock, soil and water, that was supporting sustainable agriculture development projects in over 40 countries, had come into the direct line of fire. READ MORE
Tunisia: A national company is targeting a seawater desalination project
The Tunisian Chemical Group (GCT) aims to build a seawater desalination plant in the south of the country, specifically in Gabes. This project, is part of CGT green projects that aim at preserving the country's water resources. READ MORE
Lebanon and Tunisia: Improving water distribution requires training in the field
In Lebanon and Tunisia, water is a precious commodity. Proper management of its use, whether for consumption or agriculture, involves seeking out leaks, a knowledge of the supply network and having qualified staff in the field. Two North-South partnerships are leading the way. READ MORE
Middle East: Peak salt - is the desalination dream over for the Gulf States?
The Middle East is home to 70% of the world’s desalination plants, but the more water they process, the less economically viable they become. READ MORE
Mediterranean: Experts mobilized on Mediterranean climate change issue
The aim of the MedECC network (Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change) is to build a bridge between the scientific community and Mediterranean region decision-makers. READ MORE
Mediterranean: New Cross Border Cooperation programme to hold information events in partner countries
In the framework of the launching of the new phase of the Cross Border Cooperation in the Mediterranean Sea Basin (ENI CBC) to run until 2020, six information events will be organized in the Southern Mediterranean partner countries. READ MORE
Overview of Composting Methods
The composting process is a complex interaction between the waste and the microorganisms within the waste. The microorganisms that carry out this process fall into three groups: bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes. Actinomycetes are a form of fungi-like bacteria that break down organic matter. READ MORE
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InternationalNews
Water and Desalination: International companies
Some major companies, such as Siemens (SIEGY) and General Electric (GE) have water desalination divisions that are only a small part of their businesses, but there are other companies which are more of a desalination pure play. About a dozen companies are involved in the treatment of water, and several of them have specifically targeted desalination. READ MORE
Cross-border co-operation essential in reducing disaster risk in the Central Asia
A three and a half-day training course on disaster risk reduction for central government agencies, local administrations and Aarhus Centres from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan concluded took place earlier this month in Kairakkum, Tajikistan. READ MORE
Turkey & Romania: Agreement on the cooperation in the field of water
An agreement Between Turkey and Romania on the cooperation in the field of water has been signed in 19 September 2016. READ MORE
US: Using TOC analysis to spur safer drinking water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to evolve the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the public from both harmful microorganisms and disinfectant byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water. DBPs are created when naturally-occurring organic matter, measured as total organic carbon, or TOC, reacts with disinfectants added to control microorganisms present in source water. Several DBPs are suspected carcinogens and are therefore regulated tightly. READ MORE
US: Public support for the WATER Act gains momentum as groups come together to stand up for the human right to water
A group of 17 advocacy organizations announced that 331,036 people have signed petitions in support of a bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich-13) to address the water quality and affordability problems plaguing many U.S. communities. The WATER Act will distribute up to $35 billion in dedicated funding to community water and sewer systems through the State Revolving Funds, creating up to 1 million new jobs. READ MORE
France: SEDIF and Veolia inaugurate ServO, the unique management center for the largest water distribution service
ServO, the public water service management center, the fruit of 6.3 million euros investment, was designed by Veolia Eau d’Ile-de-France for SEDIF to centralize and consolidate all operation data, supervise and plan service management from the resource to the tap, and to suggest strategies to the operators to optimize energy consumption, environmental impact and operation costs. READ MORE
Chile: The heavy price of Santiago's privatised water
When it comes to water, Chile is failing its citizens. In Santiago, the nation’s capital, millions of people are regularly left without running water for days at a time and experts are warning of water scarcity to come across the country as temperatures rise and glaciers retreat. Despite resistance from the business community, experts warn that Chile’s neoliberal water model cannot be sustained. READ MORE
Iran: As drought grips Iran, farmers lament loss of a way of life
Iran’s worsening water crisis has spread desperation across this parched farm belt. Families watch sons leave the villages to hunt for scarce work in the cities. Crops are abandoned. The elderly and infirm forego medical care because they barely have enough money to survive. READ MORE
Italy: Scientists and policymakers meet at EC JRC to develop their skills in evidence-informed policymaking for the Water-Energy-Food nexus
INGSA collaborated with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre on their recent workshop. Over a hundred participants from 45 European and African countries assembled at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre site in Ispra, Italy for a capacity-building event dedicated to improving skills in the use of evidence for policy. READ MORE
Brazil: The importance of coordination in water resources management
Due to rapid urban expansion and a growing population of (currently) about 40 million, the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, faces a number of water-related problems, such as water scarcity, decreasing water quality and growing conflicts between multiple water users. In 1991 the state adopted an IWRM approach to water management and incorporated the principles of integration, decentralisation, and public participation into a new water policy. READ MORE
Kazakhstan: Kazakh government signals ambition to desalinate water from Caspian Sea
The project is to be jointly implemented by the state-owned oil and gas companies KazMunayGas, and OzenMunayGaz, and will be located in Karakiyan, Mangistau, in the country's south west corner. The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, and is a valuable source of water for the country. READ MORE
CGIAR, IWMI & AQUASTAT: Collaborate to provide municipal wastewater data
The CGIAR Research Programme on Water, Land and Ecosystems, led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and the Land and Water Division of FAO are collaborating to collect, analyze and validate the best available data on municipal wastewater production, collection, treatment, discharge and direct use for irrigation purposes. The results of this collaboration are available in AQUASTAT. READ MORE
Paris Agreement to enter into force in a month thanks to EU ratification
The Paris Agreement has officially passed the necessary threshold to begin the process for its official entry into force - meaning the Agreement will officially enter into force globally in a month's time. In doing so, it will become the first comprehensive climate agreement that commits all countries to taking climate action with the goal of keeping global warming "well below" the 2 degrees Celsius limit. READ MORE
Innovation: H2O Innovation secures new contracts worth $6.9 million
Quebec-based H2O Innovation has secured seven contracts in Canada and the US worth a combined $6.9 million during the three months to September 30, 2016. READ MORE
Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad
The dress code of the clientele in Planet Organic, Notting Hill is gym chic. On a hot day in mid-August, the men wore mid-thigh shorts, pectoral-enhancing vests, neon Nikes; the women were in black leggings and intricate ensembles of sports bras and cross-strapped Lycra. They had all either just worked out, were about to work out, or wanted to look as if working out was a constant possibility. READ MORE
Innovation: Wind-powered Water Seer pulls 11 gallons of clean drinking water from thin air
A new device that relies on simple condensation to collect clean water from the atmosphere promises to provide up to 11 gallons of safe drinking water without an external power source, greenhouse gas emissions, or adverse environmental impacts. What’s more, the innovative Water Seer collection device could potentially run forever, gifting generations of people with access to ‘liquid gold’ in areas of the world where a harsh climate or lack of infrastructure make access to clean drinking water a major problem. READ MORE
Eight things we know about water and electricity utilities in Africa
Infrastructure is one of the most important forces driving economic growth and poverty reduction. Yet Africa’s infrastructure networks lag increasingly behind those of other developing countries in providing telecom, electricity, and water supply and sanitation services. READ MORE
AngloGold Ashanti renews its trust in Veolia for treating water from a gold mine in Ghana
AngloGold Ashanti has extended its contract with Veolia contract for the operation and maintenance of its water treatment plant in the Iduapriem gold mine in Ghana by two years. READ MORE
4th IWA International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations
Organized by International Water Association (IWA) and the University of Coimbra, the 4th IWA International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations was held from 17th to 19th September 2016 in Coimbra, Portugal. READ MORE
SDGs are a new focus for restoring water quality and river ecosystems
Governments around the world have adopted the Sustainable Development Goals to stop and reverse the decline of water quality and the destruction of freshwater ecosystems. They have set ambitious targets to “improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials”, and to “protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes”. READ MORE
How we help countries track and report on the Sustainable Development Goals on water, sanitation and hygiene
Over the last few years, the international community has been busy establishing new indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which officially replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the period 2015-2030. SDG #6:Ensure access to water and sanitation for all, seeks to reduce the incidence of malnutrition, communicable diseases, and inequities that are directly related to lack of access to improved sources of drinking water (affecting 663 million people worldwide) and sanitation (which 2.4 billion people still lack). READ MORE
Water & Jobs: MEP Water Group Event
The MEP Water Group session held on September 28 focused on the topic of “Water and Jobs”. Topics included the water-related economy, as well as water related issues such as migration, energy and gender equity. The participants agreed that there are other issues related to water sustainability that need to be addressed. One example of this is wastewater, which the United Nations will be holding their water conference on. More conferences on sustainability and environmental issues will be hosted under the Slovak Presidency. READ MORE
How can cities reduce water-energy nexus pressures?
With rapid urbanization increasing demand for water, and energy, cities around the world are exploring a variety of technological and management innovations to reduce urban water-energy nexus pressures. Do you know of such innovations that are taking place in your city? READ MORE
UNESCO-IHE PhD Symposium 2016
The PhD Symposium 2016 took place on 3rd and 4th October. The theme of this year's annual PhD symposium was "From Water Scarcity to Water Security - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals". During this two day annual event, PhD fellows had the opportunity to present their research in six different research themes and receive feedback from their peers and a team of evaluators. READ MORE
A Desert Full of Tomatoes, Thanks to Solar Power and Seawater
At first glance, growing fruit in the desert sounds like an awfully good way to feed a mushrooming global population and adapt to the worst effects of climate change. And a farm in South Australia run by the greenhouse developer Sundrop Farms is doing just that, using solar power to desalinate water and grow tomatoes in the otherwise parched landscape. READ MORE
Culligan introduces reverse osmosis and membrane bioreactor systems
Italian water treatment firm Culligan has introduced a new skid-mounted seawater RO desalination solution, SW Evo, and a containerised membrane bio reactor system. The SW Evo can produce 480 m3/d of fresh water from feed waters with up to 42,000 ppm of salinity, and uses an average of 2kWhH/m3 of energy by employing the latest energy recovery technology. READ MORE
Climate Change Pushing Need for Better Agriculture Data
Climate change and its pressure on agriculture to adapt is adding fresh urgency, say experts, for accurate data amid a fast changing agricultural landscape. Statisticians and analysts say such issues surrounding climate change are also adding to the challenges posed by food security, poverty, undernourishment and sustainable development. READ MORE
Brisbane’s journey to become a water-wise city
Water defines Brisbane as a river city. It provides a sense of place through thousands of kilometres of waterways and sustains our population, biodiversity and natural areas. Water powers Australia’s New World City, which is home to more than one million people and is one of the fastest growing regions in Australia. READ MORE
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AWARDS & VACANCIES
Moroccan NGO Wins Climate Prize for Water Project
Morocco-based NGO Dar Si Hmad was awarded a UN Climate Change prize for fog-water harvesting, under the United Nations Framework for Climate Change (UNFCCC) focus area on “Women for Results.” READ MORE
Postdoc position advanced and sustainable membranes from responsive polymers: Within the Membrane Science & Technology cluster of the University of Twente, The Netherlands (www.membrane.nl) a vacancy is offered for a 3-year postdoc position on: Advanced and Sustainable Membranes from Responsive Polymers. The deadline for applications is on November 1st, 2016. READ MORE
Catarina de Albuquerque of Portugal has been named the winner of the 2016 IWA Global Water Award: The award recognizes the role she has played as the driving force behind the recognition of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation. READ MORE
Miguel García-Herraiz was nominated Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean in charge of Water and Environment since July, 2016. READ MORE
FAO is seeking a Policy Officer: Applicants need an advanced university degree in agricultural economics, food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture or a related field. Duty station: Dili, Timor-Leste. READ MORE
Opportunities for climate researchers from developing countries: You can spend a year working in Germany with a host of your choice. Apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship. Application deadline is on March 1st , 2017. READ MORE
New scholarship fund named for Archuleta, Texas desal pioneer: Texas water industry veteran Ed Archuleta has won the Texas Desalination Pioneer Award for his "early vision of desalinated water for El Paso, Texas, and for bringing the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant online in 2007". READ MORE
KAUST's Winter Enrichment Program (WEP): Each year, KAUST's Winter Enrichment Program (WEP) host an International Undergraduate Poster Competition, bringing up to 50 undergraduates from around the globe together. Showcase your research & participate in an exciting international program on the shores of the Red Sea. Deadline for abstract submission is on November 10th , 2016. READ MORE
Ras Al Khaimah Wastewater Authority awards Veolia a contract for upgrade of city’s main sewage treatment plant: Ras Al Khaimah Wastewater Authority has awarded Veolia Water Technologies, a subsidiary of Veolia, the global leader in optimized environmental resource management, a contract for the upgrade of Al Fileyah plant, the main sewage treatment plant (STP) in Ras Al Khaimah, bringing further evidence of Veolia’s growing commitment to the United Arab Emirates. READ MORE
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PUBLICATIONS
- In association with WWF, GIWP (China) and UNESCO a new book has been recently published on drought risk management as part of a series on strategic water management. The book is free to download. READ MORE
- Seureca, the consulting engineers of Veolia Group, conducted a feasibility study in 2015 for the Aramco Group in Saudi Arabia, which aims to reduce the environmental impact of the waste of more than 2 million inhabitants. Discover more in Seureca's 2015 Activity Report. READ MORE
- EIP Water Monitoring & Evaluation Report 2015: READ MORE
- Developing renewable energy projects - A guide to achieving success in MENA: PwC's Middle East Sustainability & Renewables team along with Eversheds' Clean Energy and Sustainability Group have now released 'Developing renewable energy projects - A guide to achieving success in MENA - Fourth Edition'. READ MORE
- “Global Water Matters: A conversation starter”: The cost and complexity of the global water infrastructure and the role of water in a sustainable economic path forward are the main themes of this article. READ MORE
- New report looks at water and sanitation interlinkages: There is a dynamic, two-way interdependence between Goal6 targets and every other SDG Goal. Basic building blocks need to be put in in place to achieve the greatest impact and to be truly transformative, all targets under each Goal must be implemented in an integrated fashion. READ MORE
- The World Water Council, in cooperation with the Mexican Government, launch a new book, published by Springer, entitled “Increasing resilience to climate variability and change: The role of infrastructure and governance in the context of adaptation.” The publication presents results from 11 case studies from around the world included in the Council’s program, which was initiated at the end of 2014. READ MORE
- Virtual water - the water, food, and trade nexus. Useful concept or misleading metaphor?
The concept has been in currency for almost a decade. The use of the term increased rapidly after 1995 and by the millennium the idea had become central to many dialogues relating to water security preliminary to the Kyoto World Water Forum in March 2003. Merrett’s (2003) challenge that the water community should give attention to the language used by its diverse professionals and scientists is timely. Inter-disciplinarity is always difficult. READ MORE
- Water and Climate Diplomacy – Integrative Approaches for Adaptive Action in Transboundary River Basins: Many transboundary water basins around the world are facing climate-related challenges that will intensify in the decades to come. Successful adaptation will be an important precondition for ensuring sustainable development and political stability in these basins. READ MORE
- The road to resilience - managing the risks of the energy-water-food nexus: ‘The road to resilience – managing the risks of the energy-water-food nexus’ is the second risk dimension investigated as part of the Financing Resilient Energy Infrastructure initiative. This report investigates the risks of the energy-water-food nexus and examines the integrated coordination that is needed for financing resilience. READ MORE
- The State of Food and Agriculture 2016: Climate change, agriculture and food security. Just published READ MORE
- EC publishes Guidelines on Integrating Water Reuse into Water Planning and Management: Document endorsed by EU Water Directors at their meeting in Amsterdam on 10th June 2016. READ MORE
- Connecting the Sustainable Development Goals to improve water security for the poor
By Rosanna Bartlett, REACH Partnership Funding Manager, Oxford University. READ MORE
- The Cost of Alternative Water Supply and Efficiency Options in California is the first comprehensive analysis to examine the cost of various strategies throughout the state to augment local water supplies and reduce water demand in urban areas. The study uses methods developed in the field of energy economics to determine the “levelized” costs of each supply and demand management option. READ MORE
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TRAINING
- International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers - Distance Learning, 19th of September till the 11th of December, 2016. READ MORE
- MEDRC RO Level 1: Seawater Reverse Osmosis Operation, Monitoring & Troubleshooting, Hands On. 7th-10th of November, 2016. Muscat, Oman. READ MORE
- MEDRC RO Level 2: Process Analysis Laboratory Course, Hands On. 21st-22nd of November, 2016. Muscat, Oman. READ MORE
- MEDRC RO Level 2: RO Membrane Chemical Cleaning, Hands On. 23rd-24th of November, 2016. Muscat, Oman. READ MORE
- Master Course: Hydrology & Water Footprint Assessment, University of Twente, The Netherlands, 5th of September till the 11th of November, 2016. READ MORE
- Global Water Footprint Standard Training Course. 23rd-24th of November, 2016. READ MORE
- Shiraka Water Management course: UNESCO-IHE, Clingendael and WaterFocus are delivering the Shiraka (previously Matra-Zuid) training programme on Water Management for civil servants from the Arab region. The course consists of two separate weeks; held firstly in The Hague, The Netherlands, 9-13 January 2017 and then on location in one of the participating countries. Applications welcome until 25th of November, 2016. READ MORE
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CALL FOR PAPERS
- HCWW Conference: "3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Water Supply & Sanitation SWSSC 2016” that was scheduled on the 25th-27th of September, 2016, has now been re-scheduled on the 23rd-25th of April, 2017, Caio, Egypt. Abstracts submitted to be kept and additional submissions are still accepted. READ MORE
- ARWADEX 2017: "11th Water Desalination conference in the Arab countries to be held in Cairo, Egypt on 18th-19th of April, 2017. Deadline for receiving full paper14th of January, 2017. READ MORE
- WaterPiPP final conference: Register for the WaterPiPP final conference "Empowering public procurement for innovation in the EU water sector" on 9th -10th November, 2016, Zaragoza, Spain. READ MORE
- The 14th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, 29th of May– 2nd of June 2017, Florianópolis , Brazil: Call for abstracts is open. Outline Paper Submission deadline: 31st of October, 2016. READ MORE
- Nanotech-2017 2nd International Nanotechnology Conference & Expo is going to be held during 3rd-5th of April, 2017 in Dubai, UAE. Abstract submission deadline is: 15th of March, 2017. READ MORE
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TENDERS & PROPOSALS
- Imagine H2O launches water data innovation competition: Imagine H2O (IH2O), the water innovation accelerator, today announced its second annual California Water Policy Challenge. READ MORE
- Veolia is looking for: innovative, cost-effective and low-maintenance solutions able to provide on-line measurement of hydrocarbons, oils or metals in wastewater (network) or indirect evaluation of the variation of its quality. Deadline is on the 15th of November 2106. READ MORE
- Call for proposals for Study of Socio-Economic Impacts of Solar Pumping Systems in Terms of Local Job and Value Creation in Egypt: According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt plans to increase its agricultural production level by reclaiming 1.5 million acres of desert land by 2017 and another 3 million acres by 2030. READ MORE
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