The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) has initiated research and development projects on desalination and water purification technologies so that sea water could be converted into potable water by using atomic energy.
Mumbai: After the state government's decision to carry out a feasibility study to decide whether desalinating sea water is an option to fight the water woes of Mumbai, experts say the membrane technology using is the best possible method that can be used to desalinate sea water.
Economic stimulus cash flowing into the water sector will make this nascent $400 billion market an attractive alternative to traditional equity markets, a panel of water market experts said on Wednesday.
Water shortages are on the rise, stemming from soaring demand, growing populations and rising living standards, and compounded by climate change.
City District Nazim Multan Mian Faisal Mukhtar said that the city would be hit by a water crisis by 2011, if work on alternate resources was not started. He said that the available water resources would not be sufficient for the needs of the city by 2010, and that Multan needed a number of water treatment plants to be set up.
Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Port Qasim Authority (PQA) on Monday singed two memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with a French firm to conduct a comprehensive study on the development of desalination and water treatment plants at Karachi Port and Port Qasim.
The biggest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, north of San Diego, can begin construction by year's end after a six-year effort to win regulators' approval, the developer said on Thursday.
CHENNAI: The 30-km pipeline from the upcoming 100 million litres a day desalination plant near Minjur to Red Hills has been laid by the Chennai Metrowater recently. However, a portion of construction work of the plant is yet to be completed.
The Irrigation network of Sindh is very important and it is the utmost need of hour to properly maintain all structures, canals, distributaries and channel paths. This was stated by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah while presiding over a meeting regarding revamping/rehabilitation of Irrigation & Drainage system in Sindh held at Chief Minister House on Thursday.
A SEMINAR held recently at the Jatiya Press Club has revealed that some 80 per cent of drinking water supplied by WASA in Dhaka city is misused. In other words, water is wasted in some forms.
