UAE Among The World's Biggest Water Guzzlers
UAE is edging to the top of the global index for the highest water consumption, according to experts discussing water consumption at the Middle East Power and Water Conference 2007 in Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Muhammed Al Kindy, UAE's Minister for Environment and Water, has said the water situation will worsen if the current water resources management systems continue as they are because of the acute fresh water shortage experienced in many parts of the world.
According to Khalil Mohamed Foulathi, one of the leading speakers at the conference, the UAE has one of the highest per capita rates of water consumption in the world. He said the demand will only keep increasing in the coming years.
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LANXESS To Increase Prices For Ion Exchange Resins
LANXESS's Ion Exchange Resins business unit will increase its prices worldwide for the Lewatit* and Ionac* ion exchange product groups by four to six percent - depending on the energy and raw material requirement in the manufacture of the grade concerned and will become effective on April 1st, 2007.
Find Information and Suppliers of ion exchange resins.
The reasons for the price rises are the continued very high cost of the raw materials and the increase in energy prices, which also lead to more expensive transportation.
To benefit even more strongly from the growing demand in Asia, LANXESS is planning to make an eight-digit investment in a new facility for producing ion exchange resins. This was announced by the Chairman of the Board of Management, Axel C. Heitmann, at the recent Financial News Conference.
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Southeast Asian Residential Water Treatment Equipment Markets Are Experiencing Steady Growth
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.environmental.frost.com), Southeast Asian Residential Water Treatment Equipment Markets, reveals that the markets earned revenues of $193.6 million in 2005 and estimates this to reach $390.2 million in 2012.
If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides manufacturers, end users, and other industry participants with an overview of the Southeast Asian Residential Water Treatment Equipment Markets, then send an e-mail to Donna Jeremiah -- Corporate Communications at djeremiah@frost.com with the following information: your full name, company name, title, telephone number, e-mail address, city, state, and country. We will send you the information via email upon receipt of the above information.
"Several health problems in Southeast Asia are linked to the deteriorating quality of drinking water, and the escalating healthcare cost is a prime driver for the installation of water treatment systems at home," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Sundhar Parthasarathy.
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15 Million Gallons Of Sewage Sinks In Michigan
About 15 million gallons of partially treated sewage water disappeared from a 250,000 square-foot storage lagoon into a sinkhole, but officials don't know where it went after that.
Kent County utility operator Nathan Danenberg, who runs the sewage treatment system for Sand Lake, discovered the leak in the 8-foot-deep lagoon on Friday while taking samples. It wasn't clear when or why the leak occurred.
"I don't know if maybe there are old mines in the area," Danenberg told The Grand Rapids Press for a story published Tuesday.
"It's an odd case. A sinkhole gobbled up all the water and we don't know where it went... It seems to have just gone down into the earth.
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FDA Warns Again About Arsenic in Mineral Water
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is re-issuing its warning to consumers not to drink "Jermuk" brand mineral water due to the risk of exposure to arsenic, a toxic substance and a known cause of cancer in humans. The agency is providing this information again to consumers due to an expansion of the recall initiated by the products' importers and distributors. "Jermuk" water is imported from Armenia and distributed under different labels in California. Five brands of these products have been recalled since March 7.
The latest recall, which was initiated on March 16 by the product's distributor, Andreas Andreasyan DBA Arnaz & Nelli Co., North Hollywood, CA., is for "Jermuk Natural Mineral Water Fortified with Gas from the Spring". This product is additionally labeled as "Produced by Sam-Har Co. Republic of Armenia" and "Exclusive Distributor in USA: Arnaz & Nelli Inc., CA 91605".
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