Feb
6
Hospital Generators Failed in Hurricane Sandy
Companies and public organisations like hospitals, still don’t focus on corporate water risks as largely external to the company.
However, with demand set to increase even further by 55% in 2050 (OECD Outlook 2050) and deteriorating water quality (OECD, Anthony Cox), companies are facing the need to expand their perspectives. Read More
Aug
29
The water quality is under threat from fracking
The water quality is under threat from fracking as well as the quantity available. Many chemicals used in the fracking fluid (the composition of which is often protected for commercial confidentiality reasons) have increasingly been found to be harmful both to the environment and to human health, yet poor regulations and legislation governing in the USA fracking often allow accidents which contaminate surrounding water sources. Read More
Aug
13
Chinese sanitation workers in Shanghai fish out thousands of dead pigs found floating in the Huangpu (March 2013)
China has not only problems solving their air pollution. Poor water quality is also of serious concern.
Therefore the Minister of Environmental Protection announced a trillion-yuan plan to reduce water pollution in a country where a fifth of the rivers are consider to be toxic, and two fifths of poor or very poor quality. Read More
