GineersNow Engineering Magazine September 2016 Issue No 007
GineersNow Engineering Magazine September 2016 Issue No 007 Veolia Water Technologies: Sustainable water champion. Exclusive: Water for people, Cranfield University, Imagine H2O, WaterAid, Aviscus. Special Feature Stories: Desalination, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Water Treatment, Pipes, Pumps, HVACR, Oil & Gas, Construction, Heavy Equipment, Machinery, Tools, Civil Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, MEP, Water, Wastewater, Renewables, Energy, Petroleum. Country Focus: Brazil, United States, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia More engineering stories at https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
GineersNow Engineering Magazine September 2016 Issue No 007
Veolia Water Technologies: Sustainable water champion.
Exclusive: Water for people, Cranfield University, Imagine H2O, WaterAid, Aviscus.
Special Feature Stories: Desalination, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Water Treatment, Pipes, Pumps, HVACR, Oil & Gas, Construction, Heavy Equipment, Machinery, Tools, Civil Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, MEP, Water, Wastewater, Renewables, Energy, Petroleum.
Country Focus: Brazil, United States, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia
More engineering stories at https://www.gineersnow.com/topics/magazines
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Water Scarcity to Hit<br />
Two-Thirds of the World<br />
in 10 Years<br />
“Currently, the status of water<br />
resources is worrying, since<br />
groundwater levels have fallen by<br />
20% and many parts of the world<br />
are faced with a lack of water.” This<br />
is what Seyyed Mohsen Tabatabaei,<br />
the Secretary of the Iran Urban<br />
Economics Scientific Association<br />
(IUESA), said and warned about the<br />
increasing growth in the need for<br />
water.<br />
The secretary followed his statement<br />
with a more important cause of<br />
alarm, saying that about two-thirds<br />
or the world’s population will suffer<br />
from severe or relative scarcity by<br />
2025 according to some experts.<br />
Right now, 80% of the world’s<br />
population has access to only 20% of<br />
the world’s safe drinking water.<br />
Tabatabei’s call to action is the<br />
investment of developing countries<br />
in their water and sanitation sector.<br />
He also urged city managements to<br />
make specific decisions to reduce<br />
water consumption by having<br />
a scientific and comprehensive<br />
approach to water consumption<br />
management.<br />
He believes that water and its<br />
resources remain core issues related<br />
to sustainable development – food<br />
security, health and environment are<br />
all affected by water.<br />
Photo by TheGuardian<br />
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SEPTEMBER <strong>2016</strong><br />
Clean Water Technologies
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