Smart Water business intelligence week 09/01/2023

09 Jan. 2023

Market

In France, at least 20% of drinking water would be lost during leaks in the water networks. A problem that is all the more important in times of drought when this resource lost in nature is sorely lacking. Between replacing priority sectors and repairing leaks, in Limousin, intermunicipalities are getting organized:

Canalisation : fuites sur le réseau d’eau potable, un problème d’envergure

Technology

Professor Park Chi-Young’s team from the Department of Energy Science and Engineering of DGIST (South Korea) has successfully developed an “atypical porous polymer material” capable of completely eliminating phenolic organic contaminants in water at ultra-high speeds. The porous material developed this time can effectively remove not only microplastics in water but also very small VOCs based on photothermal effect. At the same time, it is expected to be used as a high-efficiency adsorption material that can be marketed in the future because it has competitive cost based on raw materials and enables energy-based water purification process. solar:

DGIST Researchers develop eco-friendly materials capable of purifying water

Regulation

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a final rule establishing a sustainable definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS ) to reduce uncertainty related to changing regulatory definitions, protect people’s health, and support economic opportunities. The final rule restores essential water protections that were in place before 2015 under the Clean Water Act for traditional navigable waters, territorial seas, interstate waters, as well as upstream water resources that significantly affect these waters. As a result, this action will strengthen the fundamental protections of the waters that are sources of drinking water while supporting agriculture, local economies and downstream communities:

EPA and Army Finalize Rule Establishing Definition of WOTUS and Restoring Fundamental Water Protections

Financing

The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) has approved the distribution of $270 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. A total of 157 projects will receive funding in 58 counties:

Arkansas approves $270 million for 157 water projects

Research

Librairy

2.05.2022

WEF Briefing paper May 2022

A Freshwater Future: Without Blue, There Is No Green Economy

In today’s challenging global context, water’s role as an enabler and impact multiplier to transition to a green economy is ever more critical.

4.01.2022

Hydreos White Paper

Water and adaptation to climate change in the "Grand Est" (French)

Water resources will be one of the main indicators of the effects of climate change in the Grand Est. HYDREOS offers a white paper in which its effects and impacts are exposed, as well as the solutions that exist to improve resilience in the face of this challenge.

8.06.2020

Water Europe Vision Implementation 2020-2027

Vision and the Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda

The present document will outline how the Vision and the Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA) of Water Europe relate to the renewed European strategies and policies, with a strong focus on the European Green Deal, as well as the Horizon Europe Framework Program for Research and Innovation, and how the Vision ad SIRA underlying values can accelerate the transition towards a regenerative growth model that gives back to the planet more than it takes, as highlighted in the EU Circular Economy Action Plan.

6.04.2020

RMC water agency activity report 2019 (French)

Summaries of projects carried out in 2019

2019 review of the actions carried out by the RMC water agency. Great projects, but an absence of smart water to deplore.

23.03.2020

2020 UN water report

Water and climate change

The climate is changing, and our world is in danger.

Around one million animal and plant species are facing extinction. Freshwater species have suffered the greatest decline, falling by 84% since 1970. Humans are also affected: around four billion people currently experience severe physical water scarcity for at least one month per year, a situation that has been exacerbated by the climate crisis.

As the planet warms, water has become one of the main ways we experience climate change.

2.03.2020

France's international strategy for water and sanitation (2020-2030)

Report from the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs

This 2020-2030 strategy is the result of broad, inclusive and participatory consultation by all French water stakeholders. Five colleges of actors were thus mobilized: the State and its public establishments, civil society, local communities and parliamentarians, the private sector as well as institutions of higher education, research and training.

These works revolved around three phases. A diagnosis first made it possible to specify the trends, challenges and international opportunities of French cooperation, as well as to identify good practices, national and international. From this basis was developed a strategic reflection defining the priorities for action and the objectives. The third phase was devoted to determining monitoring and results indicators, as well as defining monitoring and accountability procedures. Each phase was the subject of in-depth discussions within the framework of a concertation conducted within the five colleges of actors.

5.02.2020

UE directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption

New proposal

Directive 98/83/EC set the legal framework to protect human health from the adverse effects of any contamination of water intended for human consumption by ensuring that it is wholesome and clean. This Directive should pursue the same objective and should improve access to such water for all in the Union.

25.01.2020

FP2E / BIPE report: Public water and sanitation services in France

Economic, social & environmental data

The publication of this seventh edition of the BIPE-BDO / FP2E document on public water and sanitation services takes place in a national context where the political will to boost investments was asserted during the Water Assizes and improve performance by contracting between the players. The ambition for increased service efficiency is displayed, through the generalization of blueprints and transparency on the data. The objective of achieving good status for water bodies remains a priority, and is even reinforced with the revision of the European Water Directive. Adaptations to the impacts of climate change are becoming essential today.

15.01.2020

PROSPECTIVE Water of the future - challenges and prospects for companies in the sector

Report of the Interdepartmental Pole of Forecasting and Anticipation of Economic Changes (Pipame)

The Directorate General of Companies (DGE), in collaboration with the French Water Sector (FFE) and other representatives of the sector have launched a prospective study on the challenges and prospects of future water. Conducted within the framework of the Interministerial Pole of Prospective and Anticipation of Economic Mutations (PIPAME), this study aims to shed new light on stakeholders in the water sector on possible futures through operational recommendations for improvement of their competitiveness.