Controlling water quality in the age of pollution and natural disasters
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 08:00
in Earth & Climate
Two years ago, Hurricane Sandy damaged more than 100 drinking water supply facilities and sewage treatment plants, leaving the state of New York, with an unexpected €2 billion bill to repair them. On the other side of the globe, drinking water even kilometres from the Fukushima power plant in Japan still is, today, a life gamble. In a time when natural disasters and pollution catastrophes seem to be happening at an increasing pace, how to make sure that tap water is always safe?