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CÉRRON GRANDE – EL SALVADOR’S RESERVOIR OF QUESTIONABLE FAME |
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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
 A WETLAND OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND THE MOST CONTAMINATED BODY OF FRESH WATER IN CENTRAL AMERICA
By Maeggi Hieber , El-Salvador
Cérron Grande is El Salvador's largest body of fresh water and the biggest of its Ramsar Sites, wetlands of international importance. At the same time, the reservoir is known to be one of the most contaminated bodies of fresh water in Central America. An actual investigation demonstrated its high levels of contamination and the manifold sources of pollution.
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Norwegian UMB's Ecosan Summer Course 2010 - Register now! |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 |
 Nearly half of the world's population is lacking adequate sanitation.
Decentralized and natural systems are often cheaper to build and
manage. In addition, systems based on separate treatment of excreta and
greywater, often termed ecological sanitation, offer new possibilities
for the design of sustainable systems.
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Waste to energy - a report from Bangalore |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
 Going green is not only a mantra but also a practice on the 16-acre campus of ACTS Academy of Higher Education in Bangalore. The success story of using renewable energy for lighting the campus is now paving the way for Australian schools to go green.
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Huber Technology Prize 2010: Future Water |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
 Deadline: 31 March 2010
The 2nd International Huber Technology Prize will be
awarded by the Huber Technology Foundation. Its theme is: "Water supply and
wastewater treatment - New solutions to old problems.
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New Book on Wastewater Irrigation and Health |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
 (to be published in Feb. 2010)
In most developing countries wastewater treatment systems are hardly
functioning or have a very low coverage, resulting in large scale water
pollution and the use of very poor quality water for crop irrigation
especially in the vicinity of urban centres.
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Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
UNC Annual Conference and networking and learning week and launch of the Water Institute at UNC
October 25 and 26, 2010
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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UPDATE: IEES Workshop at EECA conference |
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Monday, 16 November 2009 |
 At this year's Ecological Engineering conference in Paris (EECA, see Ecological Engineering conference in Paris ), IEES will be the host of a workshop on "Benefits of Ecological Engineering Practices". The workshop will take place on Dec. 3, 2009, from 14:50 CET to 17:15. Download program (PDF, 26 kB)
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Tropical House Frutigen Opens its Doors |
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Monday, 16 November 2009 |
 At Frutigen, Switzerland, a new tropical house opens its doors on November 21, 2009. The facility is running on warm water (100 Liters per second) flowing out of the
Lötschberg Base Railway Tunnel. This heat energy is used for the cultivation of fish and a variety of tropical fruit.
See http://www.tropenhaus-frutigen.ch/en.html for more infomation.
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Think Piece on Ecological Engineering |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 |
 By Dr. Ken Gnanakan
IEES board member
Ecological Engineering is a relatively new science but has made a timely entry as we confront increasing environmental degradation all over the world. With the ecosystems suffering from centuries of unrestrained exploitation we need eco-sensitive and multi-supportive solutions, and this field of studies has provided some very effective answers.
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