He did so together with researchers of the Water Engineering Department of UNESCO-IHE, faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at TU Delft and knowledge institution Deltares.
Zhang Tongli, head of the Henan province section of the project, says it's the largest water engineering project in the world, with a price tag of many billions of dollars.
Each USACE District has a tribal liaison that works one-on-one with tribal governments in areas of engineering, water resources, and other various environmental projects.
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Then it came up with the engineering to cut water use by 80%.
Examples include vaccination, fluoridation of water, and the genetic engineering of crop plants.
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And unlike its rivals, Hyflux is one of the few companies in the world that provide a full suite of water solutions, from basic engineering and design to managing "build-own-operate" projects.
It demonstrates how successful management requires the effective handling of two participatory processes: the stakeholder water management process and the co-engineering process required to organise this.
Engineering solutions like fish ladders, water-velocity regulators, and careful site design can mitigate many of these concerns.
"We need government bodies to accept certain civil engineering benefits, such as storm water amelioration, like the Germans, Austrians and Swiss do, " he told CNN.
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There are two types of water investments: water utilities, which provide the stuff, and water industrials, which service the utilities with engineering, construction, pumps, pipes and filters.
Before serving as mayor, Mr. Itta held a variety of project management and development positions for Arctic Slope World Services and the Arctic Slope Consulting Group from 1998 to 2004, where he was involved in the engineering and coordination of the North Slope Village water and sewer construction program.
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Kurita Water Industries, one of Japan's leading environmental-engineering firms, started building its soil remediation skills over a decade ago.
Engineering problems unique to a craft made of plastic water bottles forced the catamaran to make unscheduled stops, as has unpredictable weather.
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Carson has a civil-engineering degree and spent time in Honduras working as a water and sanitation engineer.
Other side events organized by UNESCO cover the areas of water resources, young women in science for sustainable development, and engineering for sustainable development.
The innovation is in the engineering of a racking system and floating structure that can accommodate water rising and falling.
"You have to get the recirculation system up and functioning so they can cool that water in the normal way, " said Gary Was, a nuclear engineering professor at the University of Michigan and a CNN consultant.
Markets for desal are broad: large water technology corporations, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, research groups, consulting engineering practices, and government agencies.
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Civil engineers design and develop the construction of transportation infrastructure and water supply and sewage systems, after attaining at least a bachelor's degree in engineering and several years of experience.
At the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), the Director-General will attend the ceremony for five students benefitting from scholarships in environmental engineering, specialized in sanitary engineering within the framework of the agreement between UNESCO-IHE Institute of for Water Education and ANII.
Most private well owners in the United States have not tested their water for arsenic levels, according to Jeff Lackovic, a graduate student majoring in environmental engineering, who has worked with Nikolaidis on the project since they began analyzing how arsenic moves in groundwater in 1994.
Still, engineering great synergies between the two groups looks a task for someone who walks on water rather than someone who sells it.
After graduating he worked briefly for the North Wales water authority and from 1985 to 1986 he worked as a sub-sea engineer and diver for British Underwater Engineering based in London, spending a lot of time off-shore.
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