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Source: Global Water Intelligence Magazine, Vol. 21, Issue 3, 19 March 2020 (membership only) India’s highly industrialised Maharashtra region hopes to increase wastewater treatment and recycling through a novel trading mechanism for reuse certificates. The Indian state of Maharashtra and the 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG), a partnership hosted by the World Bank, are planning […]

Source: Global Water Intelligence Magazine, Vol. 21, Issue 2, 20 February 2020 (membership only) Consultants are being sought to work with six utilities all trying to tackle the perennial issue of non-revenue water. Kenya’s regulator, the Water Services Board (Wasreb), has issued a request for expressions of interest from consultants to assess the suitability and […]

Source: Business Recorder By Associated Press of Pakistan on January 28, 2020 Malik told the delegation about the five point agenda of the Ministry of Climate Change that included 10 Billion Tree Tsunami, Electric Vehicle Policy, Ban on Plastic Bags, Recharge Pakistan and Clean Green Pakistan Index. The delegation head briefed the adviser about the 2030 WRG […]

News Source: Montsame By Baljmaa.T baljmaa@montsame.gov.mn Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. At the 2020 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, President of Mongolia Kh.Battulga met with Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé and Co-Chairman of the 2030 Water Resources Group Paul Bulcke.  The 2030 Water Resources Group aims to ensure sustainable water resources management for […]

News Source: World Economic Forum 20 Jan 2020 By Callie Stinson, Project Lead, Water Initiative, World Economic Forum Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Today almost 25% of the world’s population face looming water crises. The interlinked nature of water management means solutions must involve multiple stakeholders. Here is a […]

By Jennifer Möller-Guland Bangladesh is starting something no country has done before: developing and implementing the assessment of the value of water so that all future investment decisions – from government and private sector – will consider their impact on water and make better decisions. On November 17, 2019 in Dhaka, the 2030 WRG in […]

Featured Q&A Q Chile and Mexico are among the countries in the world most susceptible to “water stress,” according to the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, which the World Resources Institute updated last month. The index measures the amounts of water that irrigated agriculture, industries and municipalities withdraw annually from their available supply, as well as […]

As erratic weather patterns and depleting resources complicate the many factors of food security in India, change is coming, from ground up NEWS SOURCE: Forbes India The 3.75-acre sugarcane farm of CV Kumar is green. The 55-year-old farmer in the village of Holalu in Karnataka’s Mandya district is all smiles as he talks about how […]

NEWS SOURCE: The Guardian (IPP Media) BY: James Kandoya, Guardian Reporter   Stakeholders in agriculture, finance and water sectors met yesterday in Dar Es Salaam to chart the path forward to make it easier for the country’s smallholder and emerging farmers to access financing for irrigation technologies. The move aims to improve irrigation efficiency while […]

NEWS SOURCE: Forbes By Dominic Waughray, Managing Director, World Economic Forum 2018 is coming in as the fourth hottest year since records began and the second costliest year ever for extreme weather impacts. It wasn’t an outlier. According to NOAA and NASA the twenty warmest years on record have all occurred since 1995; the five […]