Latest Water resources Stories

DENVER, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Rivers Water Company (OTC QB: TURV) (http://www.2riverswater.com), a company focused on acquiring and developing water rights and irrigated farming assets in the western United States, announced today that CEO John McKowen has been interviewed by the CDTV radio financial news service. The interview is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKjoMoyDTYg Using a green, holistic business model, Two Rivers expects to produce 3,000 acres of organic...

DENVER, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Rivers Water Company (OTC QB: TURV) (http://www.2riverswater.com) CEO John McKowen has pointed to news reports that U.S. water districts may turn to Mexico for water as evidence that western states need new, creative solutions for water acquisition. "In addition to water for growing municipalities, we must irrigate more western farmland to feed a hungry world," Two Rivers CEO John McKowen said. "We can combine the need for municipal water and food...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global leaders convening today at the opening session of the 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm called for increased investments in disaster-resilient infrastructure and smarter water management to avoid droughts, floods and pollution from further threatening the food, energy, and water security in a rapidly urbanising world. For press kit, background facts, photos and video, see: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/media...

To help farmers make the best use of limited irrigation water in the arid West, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers are helping farmers determine how much water major crops actually need.Tom Trout, research leader of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Water Management Research Unit (WMRU) in Fort Collins, Colo., and his colleagues are measuring crop water-use efficiency not by the traditional measure of crop yield per drop of irrigation water applied, but instead yield per...

Investment in water related infrastructure could nearly double during the mining industry's current boom, suggests a new report from Global Water Intelligence (GWI). "˜Water for Mining: Opportunities in scarcity and environmental regulation', published this month, focuses on the key growth areas of the mining industry's unprecedented development - water supply, reuse, metal recovery, effluent treatment and brine management. Oxford, UK (PRWEB) July 26, 2011 Investment in water related...

The International Desalination Association has released a "blue paper" outlining strategies to minimize potential effects from desalination on the Gulf. The paper is based on 12 months of work done by members of IDA's global Environmental Task Force and discussions among regulators, scientists, engineers, water producers, environmentalists, members of the desalination industry and academics who attended the landmark Environmental Symposium on Desalination and the Gulf held...

Israel currently leads the change in the global approach to marketing new and innovative technologies in the water industry. Israel is recognized for water technologies such as Smart Irrigation Solutions, Water Resource Management, Combating Leaky Infrastructure, Water Treatment, Desalination and Water Security. The introduction of these technologies into foreign countries will be done with support, promotion and mutual collaboration from Governments, Water Companies and International...

BEIJING, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIT), a premier Chinese company that provides leading turn-key solutions in China for water resources, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and the pollution control markets, announced today that its subsidiary, Tri-Tech High-Tech (Beijing) Co. Ltd. ("Tri-Tech Beijing") has agreed to acquire 51% of Beijing Huaxia Yuan Jie Water Technology Co., Ltd. ("Yuan Jie Water"). Yuan Jie Water is a...

LONGMONT, Colo., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Water restrictions in West Palm Beach, Fla., have pushed several communities into a severe crisis situation and KISSS(TM) America, manufacturer and distributor of sub-surface, sustainable irrigation systems, offers a viable and cost saving solution with up to 50 percent water savings. Implications of reduced watering cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for repairs or replacement and could impose health and public safety concerns....

Global water research grows nearly 30 percent annually during past decadeThe report "Confronting the Global Water Crisis through Research "“ 2010", carried out by Elsevier and released today, reveals the increasingly international and strategic nature of water resources research. Examining major trends in water research at the international, national and institutional levels, the report highlights the escalation in the article output of countries conducting water resources...