WATER DECONTAMINATION BY SUNLIGHT-DRIVEN FLOATING
PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS

If you are interested in our project, read the last interview of Prof. Claudia Bianchi about SUNFLOAT results on the following website: Advance Science News.

According to the United Nations, two billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water.  Simulations predict more than 5.5 billion people will struggle with the water pollution crisis by 2100.
Interested readers can find more information on water pollution predictions on the following website: www.nature.com.

Water is one of the planet’s most precious resources, that’s why it’s important to stay aware of the issues surrounding it.
World Water Day is observed each year on March 22 to promote the responsible use of water and access to safe water for everyone.
Water holds immense value. Every day, people use water in different ways including drinking, agriculture, industry, recreation, hygiene, sanitation, and health care. Water resources are precious and finite. Warming temperatures and other natural and human-made stressors threaten to further impact the quantity and quality of our water on a large scale.  

It is an honour to announce that Dr. Ermelinda Falletta, Assistant Professor of the ISMER Group, participated to the competition related to the call of the Seed4Innovation.
She presented as Principal Investigator a very interesting project, called VisioNing (Valorization of agro-industrial wastewater: an integrated and sustainable approach towards Nutrients recovery and energy production) that has been selected as one of the winning projects of the competition.
Here a brief description of the project.

Drought during the summer period is an ever more alarming issue impacting on our environment. Here you can find some advices to follow to not waste too water in daily habits and in agriculture.

Despite the coverage of 71% of the earth’s surface with water, only about 2.5% of this resource is fresh and drinkable. Currently, the severe contamination of water cycles by industrial sectors, as well as rapid growth in population, have aroused the need for accessing clean water.
To address these challenges, many countries and governments are investing in discovering innovative and sustainable approaches to purify wastewaters. Interested readers can obtain more information about the awareness and necessity of wastewater purification on the following websites:

   www.who.int
   www.sac-isc.gc.ca

Here's what unsuspecting supermarket customers found themselves in front of. The Action Against Hunger initiative to denounce that 319 million Africans do not have access to safe water.
"Water of Africa" is pale yellow, sometimes brown or reddish. In recent days, it has been provocatively put up for sale in stores and supermarkets.

Water covers over 70% of the Earth's surface and is a very important resource for people and the environment. Water pollution affects drinking water, rivers, lakes and oceans all over the world.
This consequently harms human health and the natural environment. Here you can find out more about water pollution and what you can do to prevent it.

Created for young people

Worldrise develops projects to conserve and safeguard the marine environment, which are based on awareness-raising, creativity and education.
Worldrise projects are designed and ran with students and graduates.

All life needs water. It is the world's most precious resource, fueling everything from the food you eat, to the cotton you wear, to the energy you depend upon every day. Yet despite the massive role water plays for people and nature, it is a surprisingly finite resource.

This year's theme World Water Day is about what water means to people, it's true value and how we can better protect this vital resource. The value of water is about much more than its price - water has enormous and complex value for our households, culture, health, education, economics and the integrity of our natural environment. If we overlook any of these values, we risk mismanaging this finite, irreplaceable resource.