Water pollution is killing millions of Indians. Here's how …
Oct 4, 2019 · A recent World Bank report suggests that such a release of pollution upstream lowers economic growth in downstream areas, reducing GDP growth in these regions by up to a third. To make it worse, in middle-income countries like India where water pollution is a bigger problem, the impact increases to a loss of almost half of GDP growth.
These breakthrough technologies can lead us to a zero water …
Jan 18, 2024 · Fluid Analytics Inc. (India /US) is specifically targeting urban water pollution using robotics and artificial intelligence to monitor water infrastructure health, waterway conditions, and the spread of water-borne diseases at scale. With unique mathematical and machine-learning models trained on diverse datasets, Fluid Analytics is ...
Clean water tech is key to addressing Asia's pollution
Jun 26, 2024 · Water pollution threatens lakes, rivers and oceans and our soils and groundwater sources. Heavy metals and toxic chemicals are degrading the quality of water. They are polluting water sources as a result of mismanagement of water in agricultural production, industrial use and insufficient sewage treatment infrastructure.
Extinction threat from ocean plastic pollution is growing | World ...
Feb 21, 2022 · Ocean plastic pollution is set to grow fourfold by 2050, says a new report. And there may be 50 times more microplastics in the sea by 2100. Plastic pollution is pushing some species to the brink of extinction. But technological innovation and combined global action can help avert disaster.
Semiconductor manufacturing and big tech's water challenge
Jul 19, 2024 · A new chip facility being built by TSMC in Phoenix, Arizona, for instance, says it will reclaim about 65% of the water it uses, reducing its dependence on city water. The region is grappling with population growth and increasing water scarcity due to historic water shortages in the Colorado River, which feeds water supplies.
Pollution: it isn't all bad, in fact it can be pretty useful
Nov 25, 2016 · The carbon from the pollution is then mixed with oils and water to make art supplies. The company claims that it takes as little as 30 minutes for the device to capture enough carbon to fill a pen. Anirudh Sharma, one of Graviky Labs' founders, claims he got the idea for the product when he noticed pollution stains on his clothes.
Indonesia is battling plastic waste long before it gets to sea
Mar 3, 2021 · Promising solutions targeting one of the largest sources of plastic waste, disposable water bottles, are also on the horizon. Among these is ZWLL’s Econesia, a zero-waste startup providing retailers, the hospitality sector, and individual households with full-service water filtration systems. Within a year since it launched, the venture has ...
Why water security is our most urgent challenge today
Oct 12, 2023 · The country’s funding gap for water pollution management, expected to reach $6.6 billion by 2040, is too big to be met by public funding alone. This is where collaboration becomes crucial. 2030 WRG is bringing public and private stakeholders together to fast-track investments, including $450 million in public finance and $100 million in ...
Air pollution deaths are on the rise - and other latest health news ...
Jun 10, 2024 · The 2024 World Heart Report says air pollution has been shown to have damaging effects on most organs of the body, and that global rates of death caused by heart conditions, diabetes and obesity due to air pollution increased significantly in the past decade.
Water demand is rising fast. Yet few realize how it impacts the …
Oct 3, 2024 · The two impact each other in a feedback loop, with global water-cycle shifts and human water use amplifying the impacts of climate change, causing extreme weather events like drought and flooding, and exacerbating water scarcity. Equally, given how carbon-intensive the water industry is, wasting water is also wasting carbon.