Environmental Consultancy
Cath recently spent an interesting couple of days in Rotterdam on a study trip looking at how the city (80% of which is below sea level) deals with its stormwater run-off. Given that Rotterdam is also home to some seriously
Last September I visited Japan for a holiday and had some interesting encounters with their toilets. The Tour operator had given me very clear instructions on how to use the Eastern style toilets, which was useful and made me realise
We really like www.watersaving.com. It shows fresh water withdrawal per person per day for every country in the world, divided across the three sectors of agriculture, industry and domestic. The site also has more detailed information for some countries about water
Check out what city planners think Boston may look like in the future if, rather than building ever higher sea walls, they actually allow water into the city in a series of canals just as Venice does.
Sunita Narain is an environmental activist who heads up the Centre for Science and the Environment based in New Delhi and writes a brilliant blog every two weeks about different environmental issues in India. Occasionally she blogs about water. ‘Take
My flatmate Jonathan has just returned from travels around California including into Yosemite National Park. I had previously travelled in the USA in the summer of 2011 with his ‘big sis’ Simone so we were comparing experiences. I was shocked
The Water Efficiency Network (WATEF) hosted an excellent virtual masterclass on global trends in water efficiency back in June. There were speakers from Taiwan, Australia, USA and UK. Always interesting to hear from other countries as to their strategies to
‘It is a far far better thing I do now than I have ever done…’ That was how I felt last week in Hastings drinking the local tap water, which basically tasted of mud. Trevon meanwhile has arrived back from
This is a great little resource. You can click on any major Indian city to see total average yearly rainfall, and when in the year it falls. As you would expect in such a large and geographically varied country there is
This is a fascinating discovery which has recently come to light. Scientists estimate that Africa’s groundwater totals about 0.66 million cubic kilometers, which means the continent has over 100 times more water underground than on the surface. And huge amounts of