AWS Educate, a program that helps educators and students use real-world cloud technology in the classroom, now offers students cloud learning pathways. These learning tracks are made up of 30+ hours of curriculum across job families like Cloud Architect and Software Developer. The program also offers specialty AWS Educate Badges as add-ons to the pathways, for which students can achieve competency in specializations like IoT, start-up, and gaming.

Amazon EC2 now supports Windows Server 2016 with several new AMIs, providing you with an easy and flexible way to get up and running with the latest version of Windows Server. Windows Server 2016 comes loaded with a variety of new features including Windows containers and support for Docker. The release also features a Nano Server deployment option that boots faster than the Standard Edition and uses a fraction of the disk space. By running Windows Server 2016 on Amazon EC2, you can combine the scale, performance and elasticity of AWS with the powerful new capabilities in this newest version of Windows Server. 

Dow Water & Process Solutions is planning to demonstrate a new treatment solution for petrochemical wastewater at its site in Tarragona, Spain, from next year.

Mekorot National Water Company, the Israeli government-owned water projects developer, has signalled its intention to sue the Cypriot government for E50 million in alleged damages, reports Israeli business news outlet, Globes.

A study by the Pacific Institute has found that seawater desalination is among the most expensive solutions to water scarcity in the state of California, US.

Investment house AMP Capital has acquired a 5.2 per cent stake in the Victorian Desalination Plant (VDP), Australia, from Pacific Partnerships.

The software portfolio equips the City with the most comprehensive ArcGIS-centric (Esri, Redlands, CA) solution for managing and optimizing its sanitary sewer and stormwater systems.

Xylem’s filtration technology to provide additional drinking water for communities in Western Pennsylvania.

About 150,000 gallons of water containing PFC compounds made its way into the sewer system of the adjacent city of Colorado Springs.

 

The new head of research at the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation, US, outlines a vision for research to support integrated water resource management.