drinking water | Infrastructure news - Part 4

drinking water

Global corporation bringing water to millions

In an attempt to provide millions with safe drinking water, Unilever is busy with its biggest acquisition in China for more than a decade. The global corporation is doubling the size of its water purification business in an effort to bring safe...
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Serious about water

Protea Chemicals officially opened its new Chlorine Plant and distribution facility on the existing Omnia site in Sasolburg on 23 October 2013. “This new facility will be brought into production on budget and on time,” says Protea Chemicals’...

Drastic water shortage in Phillipines

Safe water is desperately scarce in storm-ravaged portion of the Philippines. Without it, people struggling to rebuild and even survive risk catching intestinal and other diseases. While aid agencies work to provide a steady supply, survivors have...
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Significant boost for water quality

Veolia Water is helping companies and governments around the world get one step closer to sustainable water management with its internally developed indicator that enables a pragmatic and comprehensive assessment of the impact of human activity on...
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A resource to be preserved

Governments across Africa have suggested holding a global water partnership in order to help communities with water shortages and strive for its better management. Threats to water sources include climate change and activities that cause pollution...
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To drink or not to drink?

Processes and challenges of analytical services relating to borehole and potable water By Venetia Mitchell, laboratory liaison manager at Talbot & Talbot Laboratory testing of various chemical, microbiological and physiological parameters of...