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IDB America
August 2005
Daniel Drossdoff |
From the Sea to the Kitchen How a new desalination technology is easing The Bahamas' age-old water problems. The plant was constructed on a build-own-operate contract and sells its entire production to The Bahamas Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC).   |
Fast Company
Dec 2014/Jan 2015
Jon Gertner |
We're Running Out Of Water As California's drought worsened, just north of San Diego a massive seawater desalination plant-moved closer to completion. |
Fast Company
February 2009
Jeff Hull |
Water Desalination: The Answer to the World's Thirst? As supplies of fresh water evaporate, the world turns to the sea. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Sally Adee |
Eight Technologies for Drinkable Seawater Desalination takes too much energy, but emerging technologies will help |
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Plumbing the Planet: The 5 Biggest Projects Taking on the World's Water Supply Around the world, countries are trying to combat water supply problems with ever-more-clever engineering: bigger and badder treatment plants, pipelines, tunnels and reservoirs. Here are five projects hoping to be big and bad enough. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Sandra Upson |
Singapore's Water Cycle Wizardry Singapore's toilet-to-tap technology has saved the country from shortages -- and a large electricity bill |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Jean Kumagai |
Australia's Drought-Busting Water Grid In the driest continent, saving water means spending watts |
Wired
April 21, 2008
Matthew Power |
Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry. How Three Regions Are Coping. Water has been a serious issue in the developing world for so long, but the scarcity of freshwater is no longer a problem restricted to poor countries. |
Chemistry World
February 2012 |
Keeping the tap on James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Harry Goldstein |
Malta's Smart Grid Solution The world's first multiutility grid should save water and money |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
GE Aims to Make Waves Using wind to make clean water could be a winning combination for GE. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Sally Adee |
Water Ship Up Firm gets $250 million to make oceangoing desalination vessels. |
Food Engineering
July 30, 2009
Kevin T. Higgins |
Water Efficiency: Don't Let Your Liquid Assets Go Down the Drain Food processors confront both financial and behavioral issues when they implement green water practices. |
Inc.
November 2008
Adam Bluestein |
Blue is the New Green The world is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread shortages is creating a new kind of new economy. Meet 11 entrepreneurs who are ahead of the curve, finding opportunity in the largest emerging market the world has seen in some time. |
Wired
November 2004
Jeff Howe |
The Great Southwest Salt Saga How an accidental oasis in the Mexican desert sank Arizona's $250 million desalination plant. A case study in the law of unintended consequences. |
Geotimes
April 2007
Peter Rogers |
Drinking Water for All: A 21st Century Challenge Across Africa and much of the developing world, water is a precious commodity. Providing safe potable water supplies is a nonstop challenge, and will only become more of a challenge as the climate changes. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 17, 2005
Garry Emmons |
Turning on the Tap: Is Water the Next Oil? Many competing forces lead some experts to believe that water will replace petroleum as the twenty-first century's core commodity, with nations rich in water enjoying enormous social and economic advantages over those that are not. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Water Gets Its Due The sustainability bandwagon is groaning under the weight of corporations climbing aboard. The time for water resource management has never been better. |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Caroline Winter |
Innovator: Robert McGinnis of Oasys Water The former Navy diver was dismayed by how much energy it takes to desalinate seawater. So he developed a more efficient process. |
Food Processing
September 2011
Dave Fusaro |
Food Processing Awards ConAgra/Lamb Weston 2011 Green Plant of the Year ConAgra Foods' Delhi, La. sweet potato processing plant not only contributes to a healthier Earth but also to a healthier bottom line for the Omaha, Neb.-based food company. |
Chemistry World
June 10, 2012
Jon Cartwright |
Electrode dip to freshen up saltwater Producing freshwater from brackish water could be cheaper and easier than previously thought, according to researchers who have developed a new technique for desalination. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2011
Charles Fishman |
The Business of Water Water is becoming a high-stakes business where there's money to be made everywhere you look - from greasy wool to microchips. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Jacob Roche |
Your Portfolio Needs Water! Water is perhaps our most precious commodity but is often overlooked as an investment. |
Food Processing
May 2005
Mike Pehanich |
How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Franklin M. Fisher & Hossein Askari |
Optimal Water Management in the Middle East and Other Regions Serious conflicts over water pervade the Middle East. How might these be resolved or eased, and how could water management models and international financial institutions help? |
Salon.com
August 28, 2002
Suzy Hansen |
Not a drop to drink Forget oil -- an expert on the world's water supply talks about the vital substance we will hoard, ration and probably go to war for in the near future. |
Popular Mechanics
December 9, 2009
Adam Hadhazy |
Cutting Water Use to Curb Carbon Dioxide By taking water conservation further, and by thinking differently about how we treat and move water, analysts believe the U.S. can achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions fairly quickly. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Logan Ward |
Why Treasure Island Is the Super-Green City of the Future A blighted island in San Francisco Bay could become the world's hottest property, a showcase of sustainable design. With cities now consuming 75 percent of natural resources, it's just in time. |
Science News
November 3, 2001
Janet Raloff |
Bottled Water for All? U.S. households are water hogs. Responding to statistics showing that just two percent of tap water usage goes towards eating and drinking, some researchers say Americans should use less highly-treated water for bathing, washing, and watering their lawns... |
National Defense
December 2012
Dan Parsons |
Water, Water Everywhere ... That Troops Can't Drink Napoleon Bonaparte is credited with saying that an army marches on its stomach. But an even more important tactical necessity than food is the availability of clean drinking water. |
Food Processing
April 2012
Dave Fusaro |
PepsiCo Casa Grande Plant Reaches 'Near Net Zero' for Sustainability Frito-Lay's Casa Grande, Ariz., plant is nearly self-sustaining in water, heat and electricity. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2011
Rebecca Lipman |
Desalination: China's Next Growth Industry? Do you think these names have something to gain from China's determination to grow the desalination industry? |
Financial Advisor
September 2012
Thomas M. Kostigen |
From Red To Blue Investors should benefit from ongoing efforts to improve poor water management around the world. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Barbados Has A Sweet Idea Agricultural interests have hit on a way to keep the island's cane fields planted while taking a bite out of another nagging problem -- the ballooning cost of oil. The West Indies Central Sugar Cane Breeding Station has developed a breed of cane specially suited to fuel electric power plants. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2008 |
Making Seawater Easier to Swallow Researchers based in the US and Korea have developed a membrane that cuts the costs of filtering salt from seawater. |
Food Engineering
June 4, 2006 |
29th Annual Plant Construction Survey Measuring Up to a Higher Standard Today's food processors are focusing on the fundamentals -- clean, safe, economical -- but with a twist. The stakes -- and responsibilities -- are much higher. |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2006
Linda Vissat |
Making a Splash in St. Croix Water isn't something to take advantage of on the islands. An average of forty inches of rainfall drops on the semi-arid Virgin Islands annually and ninety percent is lost to evapo-transpiration. Water is just plain scarce. |
Food Engineering
September 1, 2006
Richard F. Stier |
Form fits function Choosing whether to build a new plant or renovate or expand an existing one is based on any number of necessary functions. |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Drinking water from sunlight and seawater A device that can 'push' the salt out of seawater has been developed by US researchers. |
Food Processing
October 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why Do Good Plants Go Down? From a macro perspective the top three major shutdown threats for a food plant could be summarized as: a catastrophic event, a facility's internal operational failure or a facility's external operational failure. |
Chemistry World
October 29, 2012
Andrerw Turley |
BP drops $300m US ethanol plans Oil super major BP has dropped plans for a $300 million cellulosic ethanol plant in Florida, US, announced in 2009. The plant would have had a production capacity of 36 million gallons per year. |
Fast Company
February 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
GE's New Ecomagineer Spills It Green innovation has helped buoy GE -- revenue at its Ecomagination division rose 21%. A conversation with Steve Fludder, Ecomagination's new chief. |
