The Last Drops of Mexico City
https://mexicocitywater.longlead.com
#HackerNews #MexicoCity #WaterCrisis #UrbanWater #Sustainability #WaterShortage #EnvironmentalIssues
One of the world’s largest and most populated cities may run out of drinking water in the near future. As Mexico’s capital struggles to quench its thirst, scenes from the parched megalopolis show how water scarcity could one day impact cities around the globe.
On Tuesday, the 28th, the Co-UDLabs project is running a 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲. Register now.
We invite you to collaborate in a focused workshop on FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data practices in urban drainage. This workshop will explore the latest concepts, implementations, and resources aimed at harmonizing and sharing data to enhance urban drainage water management strategies.
OnlineFirst - "What standards do and whom they serve: Fixing, practising and delivering per capita water supply standards in cities in India" by Sachin Tiwale:
#UrbanWater #Standards #WaterSupply #Transparency #Accountability
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/25148486241310074
A presentation on #UrbanWater and #MarathonSwimming that some very patient urbanists and philosophers endured on Friday, at a wonderful 10th anniversary meeting of the Philosophy of the City Research Group at Brooklyn College. This might be the weirdest take on a classic marathon swim: urban swimming as flâneury!
#WildSwimming #UrbanSwimming #UrbanWaterFutures #SustainableUrbanFutures #WaterIsLife
If it's marketed as "flushable" safe bet is it's really not, at all ... 🙄 #UrbanWater ##SwimDrinkFish #OurGreatLakes #WaterIsLife
https://www.swimdrinkfish.ca/blog/greenwashing-is-clogging-our-drains-and-polluting-our-waterways
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “flushable” as “suitable for disposal by flushing down a toilet.” It’s no surprise that when consumers see products advertised as flushable on the shelf, they make the assumption that they are safe to flush; why wouldn’t they be?
I am thrilled and honoured to announce that I have been appointed as the next Director of the Water: Effective Technologies and Tools (WETT) Research Centre at #RMITUniversity (starting from the end of January, 2023).
I look forward to building on the excellent prior leadership of Prof. Jega Jegatheesan and previously, Prof. Felicity Roddick and to working with current and future members of the #WETTResearchCentre to expand and further strengthen our research, innovation and translation in water science, engineering and technologies at #RMIT.
I look forward also to working collaboratively with water industry partners and stakeholders (including Aboriginal Traditional Owners) to provide sustainable solutions for water management and usage and to protect our natural waterways, bays and seas.
You can find out more about the WETT Research Centre on:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/centres-collaborations/wett-research-centre
#water #WaterResearch #WaterTechnologies #WaterTreatment #DrinkingWater #wastewater #stormwater #UrbanWater #biosolids #WaterSustainability
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