He Iruro irrigation project It will be located between the regions of Arequipa and Ayacucho. This large-scale work had the objective of adding around 10,250 hectares under an irrigation system. However, it experienced several interruptions over time. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri), the long-awaited project has finally been unlocked. What […]
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Side B of ‘nearshoring’ in Mexico: experts urge water regulation
Environmental experts urged this Thursday to regulate the use of water in the face of the arrival of large companies to Mexico, as teslain the midst of the drought that the country is suffering and the rise of the relocation of value chains or “nearshoring”. During the ‘Meeting of experts: Challenges and drought scenarios’, members […]
Five key facts about the Gaza Strip, a territory devastated by poverty and wars
The Gaza Stripscene of a new war with Israel Since Saturday, it is a Palestinian enclave ruled by the Islamist movement Hamas that suffers from conflict, poverty and blockades. meager territory Bordered to the north and east by Israeli territory, to the west by the Mediterranean and to the south by Egypt, the Gaza Strip […]
Roque Benavides proposes an alliance with mining companies to guarantee water in Arequipa
The president of the board of directors of Compañía de Buenaventura Mines, Roque Benavides, was passing through Arequipa, where he addressed various issues related to the extractive sector. Among these issues are the viability of stopped projects, such as Tía María, the availability of water resources and the relationship between mining entrepreneurs and the Executive. […]
Colombia: under the magnifying glass one of the world’s largest coal deposits
The largest open pit coal deposit in Latin America is under the magnifying glass Colombia. Critical of its impact on water, the president Gustavo Petro search one “arranged departure” from the Swiss company that obtains the mineral in a poor region whose indigenous people suffer from thirst. Aerial images show the gigantic craters that multinationals […]
Swiss university student designs a device that transforms water into disinfectant
A master’s student at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL), in Swisshas designed a portable and low-cost device for his six-month project that transforms the water ordinary into antiseptic in less than a minute, which would improve the hygiene of hospital equipment in poor countries. The prototype, which at the moment can produce between […]
Uruguay decrees the end of the water emergency in the most populated area of the country
The government of Uruguay decreed on Wednesday the end of the water emergency in the capital and its surroundings, declared two months ago to ensure the supply of water drinking water in the midst of a prolonged drought. President Luis Lacalle Pou said that the decision was made due to the recovery of part of […]
The rains and the development of public works appease the drought in Uruguay
The arrival of the rainyalthough intermittently, together with the development of infrastructure works by the Government have allowed Uruguay appease the worst drought of which there is a record in that country which, according to official figures and forecasts, is constantly improving. “We cannot claim victory, it has to rain”assured the Uruguayan president, Luis Lacalle […]
Why would Japan dump Fukushima wastewater into the sea and what would be its impact?
Japan today received the final approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to dump into the Pacific water contaminated with radiation and purified from the Fukushima, a measure considered key to the dismantling of the plant but which comes surrounded by controversy and questions. Why is polluted water going to be dumped into the […]
Salar de Maricunga, is the water or lithium in the second largest reserve in the world
Located in the heart of the Atacama desert, in the foothills of the foothills that ascends to 6,000 meters of the impressive volcano “The Eyes of the Salty”on the border with Argentina, the Maricunga salt flat is one of many landscapes of Chili that takes your breath away for its beauty. A pristine space, only […]