The Waterly

Two-bladed floating wind turbines capable of withstanding cyclones will be deployed by 2024 

Amsterdam-based Seawind Ocean Technology signed a memorandum of understanding with London firm Petrofac to help deploy new two-bladed floating wind turbines in European waters by 2024, a press statement reveals.

5 COMPANIES SHAPING REAL-TIME SURFACE WATER MONITORING

Surface water monitoring technology is becoming an increasingly competitive landscape, as both the public and private sector seek to get a better understanding of the environmental impact on water sources.

STORMWATER’S NEW STAR? AUSSIE START-UP LOOKS TO IPO TO FUEL GROWTH 

STAR Water Group, which makes both biofiltration technology and bioretention systems, is aiming to raise between US$700,000 to US$1 million in its public offering as it values its equity at $4.9 million.

EPA Announces Availability Of $20M To Reduce Lead In Drinking Water 

Tthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $20M in available grant funding to assist communities and schools with removing sources of lead in drinking water. This grant funding will help make rapid progress on the goal of addressing lead and removing lead pipes across the country.

South Africa to boost water sector spending by 75%

South Africa is set to increase its spending on water infrastructure at an average annual rate of 19.9% over the next few years as it looks to enhance the security of the national water supply.

Study finds US flood damage risk is underestimated

In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States, suggesting that recent flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) do not capture the full extent of flood risk.

Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050, warns UN 

Wildfires that have devastated California, Australia and Siberia will become 50% more common by the end of the century, according to a new report that warns of uncontrollable blazes ravaging previously unaffected parts of the planet.

‘We can’t make it rain’: California farmers left out to dry as US government allots no water 

The federal government said Wednesday that it won’t deliver water to farmers in California’s agricultural belt, which produces roughly a quarter of the nation’s food, due to the extreme water shortages that are expected to deepen if the direly dry conditions continue through March.

PFAS pollution led to contamination of US drinking water wells, study finds 

The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology, detected PFAS chemicals in 20% of private wells and 60% of public wells sampled in 16 eastern states, and offered new insights on how to predict which drinking water sources may be contaminated.

Renée Martin-Nagle founded A Ripple Effect to focus on water sustainability and serves as its President and CEO. Renée came to the water sector after a 20-year career as chief legal officer for Airbus Americas. Her thesis on sharing the ancient waters sequestered in fossil aquifers won an award for environmental law scholarship, which led to her joining the Environmental Law Institute as a Visiting Scholar. Renee's doctoral thesis, Governance of Offshore Freshwater Resources, was published as a book and has been called ground-breaking by reviewers.