All the latest innovation news for the water, sanitation and drainage sector
Gustaf Olsson has spent half a century watching the water industry quietly transform itself—first in the late 1960s, when computers finally became affordable enough to sit on a treatment plant floor, and then through 14 international ICA conferences
ICA’s Invisible Hand Powers Water’s Silent Revolution Read More »
The escalating presence of microplastics in global water systems isn’t just an environmental concern—it’s a looming operational challenge for energy producers, water utilities, and industrial operators alike. Qingyun Bai, lead author of a groundbreak
Microplastics Threaten Water Systems, AOPs Offer Hope Read More »
The race to establish a permanent human presence beyond Earth is no longer confined to the realms of science fiction. A new review published in *Engineering Science and Technology* (《工程科学与技术》), led by Xi Banglu, shines a spotlight on how in-situ reso
Lunar Dust to Fuel: ISRU Powers Deep Space Economy Read More »
Tobias Parodi at the Universidad de Córdoba has just pulled together what may become the definitive map of the dairy industry’s sensor revolution. Over the past fifteen years, Parodi and his team combed through fifty peer-reviewed studies—thirty-eigh
Dairy’s Sensor Revolution: From Data to Sustainable Milk Read More »
The Yepuqu alpine karst basin, a tributary of the Lhasa River in northern Xizang, is emerging as a critical case study in water resource management for the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau—the so-called “Asian Water Tower.” According to lead author Hongwei Lia
Xizang’s Karst Waters: Nature’s Filter Meets Human Footprint Read More »
The future of Malaysia’s rice bowl—its Kedah and Kelantan granary fields—is under pressure, and the numbers tell a stark story. According to new research led by Wan Amiza Amneera Wan Ahmad from Universiti Malaysia Perlis and the University of Malaya,
Malaysia’s Rice Bowl Faces Rising Water Crisis by 2100 Read More »
In the heart of Egypt’s arid landscapes, where water scarcity is as constant as the sun, a team of researchers led by Ghada Heikal from the Environmental Engineering Department at Zagazig University is turning an unlikely resource—greywater—into a su
Greywater Goldmine: Egypt’s SMBR Breakthrough for Sustainable Irrigation Read More »
Muhammad Waqas, a researcher at the Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Gyeongsang National University in South Korea, has spent years studying a problem that rarely makes headlines but affects every farmer, consumer, and water user: what t
Wastewater’s Hidden Power Fuels Farms & Fuel Read More »
Christina Tsolaki, a researcher at the University of Ioannina in Greece, has developed a groundbreaking system called Water-QI that could redefine how cities monitor water quality in real time. The platform integrates affordable IoT sensors with deep
Water-QI: AI-Powered Real-Time Water Quality Revolution Read More »
In the heart of Thailand’s Sa Kaeo Province, a quiet revolution is reshaping how smallholder farmers grow high-value vegetables—without wasting water or risking crop losses. Wannaporn Thepbandit, a researcher at Srinakharinwirot University’s Departme
DSmart Farming Slashes Water Waste, Boosts Yields in Thailand Read More »
