Water

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Africa’s largest hydroelectric project Comes True

Work has been completed on the mega project, which will change the future of Ethiopia. Discover the infrastructure's figures: from the size of the reservoir to the sustainable energy produced by the F...

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: From Nothing to a Whole City in Ethiopia

Schools, hospitals, a large reservoir, and a water treatment plant: around the construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, in a remote Ethiopian region, an entire community has sprung up...

How Infrastructure Changes Countries, from Panama Canal to Aswan Dam

Some of the world's most famous infrastructure projects have changed the history of nations and the vision of humanity as a whole. These include the Panama Canal, the Autobahn, the Trans-Siberian Rail...

From Wastewater to Hydroelectric Power: How Water Systems Changed Our Lives

Human ingenuity has always recognized the importance and power of water: this is why so many water systems—such as hydroelectric power stations, water supply systems and wastewater treatment plants—ha...

The United States Invests in Water Infrastructure Against Climate Change

From New York's drinking water distribution system to Washington's wastewater treatment plant: major cities in the US are investing in water infrastructure to cope with frequent torrential rains, a co...

Water Supply Systems: Extraordinary Infrastructures to Protect Cities and People

Water supplies are essential for life, and it is important to treat it as well as possible.Water systems around the world help the environment and people be better off with extraordinary infrastructur...

The infrastructure that will save Florida from being submerged

Starting with wastewater treatment systems and other water management plants, the Sunshine State builds new infrastructure against the effects of sea-level rise, flooding and hurricanes, which are oft...

From Wooden Water Infrastructure to Desalination: How the U.S. Water System Was Born

From the early wooden pipelines of 19th-century Philadelphia to massive water infrastructures, the history of the U.S. water supply system is a story of ingenuity, adaptation, and ongoing challenges—r...

From the Thames to the Cheonggyecheon: 4 Global Comebacks of Clean Water

From London to Washington, Seoul to Buenos Aires, these stories show that restoring rivers is about more than just treated, cleaner water. Building sustainable infrastructure and sewage treatment plan...