Food

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Water Recycling: A Sustainable Solution for All Sectors

Water recycling treats wastewater to meet the needs of specific applications. It plays a vital role in addressing water scarcity and...
Robert C. Brears
3 min read

The Sunshine State’s more crop per drop program

The world’s population is projected to increase from 7.6 billion in 2017 to 9.7 billion in 2050. With agriculture already consuming...
Robert C. Brears
1 min read

Future water utility: Wastewater is not waste

DC Water has created Blue Drop, a nonprofit organization, to market products and services as well as provide ratepayer relief from...
Robert C. Brears
1 min read

The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

The Green Economy and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus argues that a variety of policies will be required to create synergies between the...
Robert C. Brears
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Achieving water security and the SDGs

The Water Show Africa, held in Johannesburg over March 28th and 29th, brought together a series of speakers, both locally and...
Robert C. Brears
9 min read

The Danish food-water nexus challenge

With the global population projected to reach 9 billion in 2050, demand for food is expected to increase by 70% in...
Robert C. Brears
2 min read

Reducing water-food nexus pressures

With the global population projected to reach 9 billion in 2050, demand for food is expected to increase by over 50%...
Robert C. Brears
2 min read

Western Australia’s farmers growing more crop per drop

By 2050, the world’s population is projected to reach 9 billion while per capita income is expected to almost triple. This...
Robert C. Brears
1 min read

A floating dairy farm in Rotterdam

90% of all large cities are located near water. With rising sea levels threatening many cities around the world one city...
Robert C. Brears
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San Francisco’s urban water-food efficiency program

San Francisco has committed itself to a food secure and hunger free city by 2020. The challenges of achieving this goal...
Robert C. Brears
1 min read