France’s September Drought Orders Allocate the Water Still Available
September restrictions in Haute-Garonne and Gers raised the urgency of late-season water management.
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Spain’s Transport Energy Framework Looks Beyond the Charger Count
Spain’s draft national framework combines road charging, port electricity, airport ground power and alternatives for unelectrified rail.
Read analysisUruguaiana Redirects Sewer Availability Revenue Toward Household Connections
Rio Grande do Sul’s regulator approved R$291,621.34 from sewer availability-tariff revenue for connections serving Uruguaiana’s social residential category.
Read analysisNSW’s Solar Recycling Proposal Makes the Supply Chain Carry the Return Journey
NSW is consulting on mandatory stewardship for specified solar panels. The draft links brand owners, collection access, safe handling and recovery records, making responsibility for retired panels part of the market that supplies new ones.
Read analysisEngland’s Water Ownership Proposal Opens a Door Before Choosing a Model
England plans to remove limits on government shareholdings in major water companies. The proposal creates room for future intervention, while leaving the acquisition model, financing and local accountability powers to be defined through further reform.
Read analysisRooftop Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Water Resilience
Rooftop rainwater harvesting can reduce demand for treated water and ease storm runoff when storage, reuse, and maintenance are designed together.
Read analysisGermany’s Infrastructure Security Test Is Dependency Reduction
Germany’s National Security Council has ordered further action against espionage and sabotage while linking critical-infrastructure protection to investment screening, raw-material resilience and artificial-intelligence security.
Read analysisBrazil Is Making Insurability Part of Infrastructure Design
Brazil has opened consultation on an insurance policy for port, airport and waterway concessions.
Read analysisIllawarra’s Social-Housing Batteries Must Share Value With Tenants
An A$11 million Illawarra pilot will connect solar and batteries across selected social homes as a virtual power plant. Its design must prove that grid coordination produces clear, durable benefits for tenants as well as system operators.
Read analysisIndia’s Dam Emergency Plans Must Work Beyond the Control Room
India’s National Dam Safety Authority has brought local stakeholders into emergency-action planning for Lonavala and Bhushi dams.
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