Come and discover SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT’s “Le 17” showroom through a series of videos made using the mobile app, Vine.

During the 1980s, Japan was one of the first countries to develop membrane bioreactors for water reutilisation in buildings. Outside of Japan, this technique was mainly being implemented to treat industrial wastewater. In the early 2000s, things changed when techniques were developed that used organic membranes directly immersed in sludge.

In Chile’s Atacama Desert, Canadian NGO FogQuest had the idea of setting up membranes known as “Fog Catchers” which can recover water from fog. First, the water vapours are trapped in the membrane’s netting, where they transform into water droplets, before trickling down into reservoirs with capacity for up to 1,000 litres of water per day.

Vincent Chriqui, Managing Director of the Strategic Analysis Centre, accompanied by experts, will present a series of documents on the challenges facing water in France and in Africa and avenues for thought. This event will be in Paris, April 4th.

Many initiatives across the world are promoting World Water Day, including in Spain, France, the USA and Australia. Find out which events caught our attention:

The water cycle has served as inspiration for countless submissions, from biology manuals to interactive computer graphics. In this video, the artist Helen Friel, who specialises in works in paper, takes a creative and poetic look at the journey of a drop of water, from the tap to its descent during a downpour.