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Singapore Tests Five Coastal Defenses Before Choosing What to Scale
PUB is funding five Living Lab projects to compare coastal technologies under operating conditions in Singapore. The three-year assessment will examine options including XblocPlus and a modular structure that can be raised incrementally.
Read analysisAuckland Puts Stormwater Sediment Through an Operating Test
A Swiss-engineered mobile dewatering plant is being trialed at a Wairau Valley stormwater pond. Auckland Council says the technology could reduce pond sediment sent to landfill by 60 percent, but the figure remains prospective.
Read analysisGoldfields Pipeline Upgrade Ties Regional Capacity to Local Delivery
Stage 1 of the Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply Scheme upgrade will replace 44.5 kilometres of aging pipeline, upgrade valves and duplicate the Binduli Reservoir.
Read analysisAuckland Tests Stormwater Maintenance as a Resource-Recovery System
A mobile plant at a Wairau Valley stormwater pond is testing on-site dewatering and material separation.
Read analysisThe circular economy and the water-energy-food nexus
Since the industrial revolution the total amount of waste generated has constantly grown as economic growth has been based on a ‘take-make-consume and dispose’ model. This linear model assumes that resources are abundant, available and cheap to dispose of.
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