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R&D and Innovative Technologies in Wastewater Treatment

2 October 2018
Water demand is projected to double globally by 2060. While demand management remains a key approach to ensure water sustainability, research and development (R&D) has also been working on securing a robust, sustainable, affordable and reliable water supply. R&D efforts are geared towards…

Nakhchivan's Urban Water Overhaul

2 October 2018
Nakhchivan's population reaches about 400,000, and many of them live in the city with only two hours of water supply and no sewerage network. Most households use pit latrines while some have septic tanks that usually overflowed. This presentation shares how the government, through a joint venture,…

Real-time Water Dashboard: Intersecting Science and Digital Platforms to Deliver Big Data for Flood Management

2 October 2018
The Real-time Water Dashboard offers features that are not only useful, but lifesaving, too. These include hydrological, hydrodynamic modeling and flood forecasting, early warning against floods, and river basin management. The dashboard provides data that can help us look at vulnerability under…

Data Clearing House for IWRM

2 October 2018
Recent improvements in GIS and remote sensing technology has made spatial data widely available. These data are huge, complex, and wide spread. A centralized library or a common platform can help manage and analyze these data to see their patterns, trends and associations.

Mahaweli System Daily Water Balance Model Using RiverWare in Sri Lanka

2 October 2018
This model aims to ensure the adequacy of water for planned inter and trans basin transfers without affecting existing water users. It aims to enhance water management and provide more precise control of water flows throughout the system.

Basics of Image Classification and Geographical Information Systems

26 September 2018
The webinar answers the questions: How can I generate information from satellite imagery? What is GIS? How can it be used?

The Role of Regulation and Supervision for Enhancing Innovative Insurance, Reinsurance and Capital Market Solutions

26 September 2018
Innovation can make disaster risk insurance more responsive and effective. The use of FinTech and artificial intelligence, for instance, has attracted investments in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and has made banks in Spain more efficient, respectively. Innovations such as FinTech enable…

Nereda: An Alternative and Natural Way of Treating Wastewater

21 September 2018
This learning event discusses the Nereda, an advanced biological wastewater treatment technology. It purifies water using aerobic granular biomass that results in a chemical-free operation. Compared to conventional processes, Nereda requires less mechanical equipment and footprint, resulting in a…

UN Web Buy: Fostering Private Sector Partnerships and Digital Entrepreneurship

20 September 2018

E-Procurement Implementation

20 September 2018