Glaciers speak to us. Are we listening? These long-lasting ice and snow masses very slowly slide along the ground they sit on. We can find glaciers both in mountainous terrain and in large flat zones, on every continent all around the planet. In Aragón’s Pyrenees, in the La Maladeta range, we have one of the southernmost glaciers…
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More Purified Water
More Purified Water Thanks to technological innovation, wastewater treatment is evolving to successfully handle application of European regulations, which are increasingly stringent. Tertiary treatment or regeneration of wastewater in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is an additional process to purification, aimed at providing the treated water with quality so that it can be used for new…
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What is water management like in the international context?
Water knows no regional borders, race, or religion. All living beings on the planet, without distinction, depend on quality water being available. This forceful (and also obvious) statement is at direct odds with the following reality: 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safely managed drinking water services, and over half of the population does not have…
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Cleaning rivers to protect oceans
Today, plastic is one of the materials we use the most in our daily lives. It is also the most abundant waste we produce. Excessive consumption has led to what we call plastic pollution. Plastic production has increased exponentially since the first synthetic polymer was manufactured in 1909. It is estimated that 350 million tonnes…
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Floods
Global floods and extreme rainfall events have increased by over 50% this decade, and they are now occurring at a rate four times higher than in 1980 (2020 United Nations report ‘Water and Climate Change‘). The main causes of floods: intense precipitation, rising groundwater levels, or rising sea levels and waves in coastal areas. Furthermore,…
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Water, At the Heart of Adaptation to Climate Change
(Estimated reading time: 3,05 minutes) – Audio version of article available. The changes brought about by climate change will affect the availability, quality, and quantity of water for human needs and will complicate sustainable management of water resources. Rising sea levels and melting glaciers are two of the consequences of global warming that possibly best…
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Reusing Water
(Estimated reading time: 2,48 minutes) – Audio version of article available. Proper management of water-cycle services is inextricably linked to reuse. This is mandatory to sustainably administer our available reserves. It is also mandatory to tackle challenges such as drought and water stress, which are forecasted to increase in upcoming years as a result of…
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How to Fight Water Stress
(Estimated reading time: 4,27 minutes) – Audio version of article available. Water is vital. In other words, there is no life without water. It guarantees the survival of all living beings. In 2010, the United Nations (UN) recognised access to water and sanitation as a right. Specifically, it decreed that “all human beings are entitled…
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HOW CAN WE “ADAPT” TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
There are many measures geared toward decreasing the causes behind climate change, but did you know that it is also vital that we learn to “adapt” to it? Its effects are already here, and with a few easy actions, not only will we reduce pressure on the planet, but we will also improve our quality…
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