A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for the week of May 16, 2016.
Announcing Third Edge Location in Seoul, Korea for Amazon CloudFront
We are excited to announce a new edge location in Seoul, Korea for Amazon CloudFront. This is the third edge location in Seoul, Korea and brings the total number of worldwide edge locations to 55. The new edge location helps improve performance and availability for end users of your application and supports Amazon CloudFront features at no additional cost.
AWS Config provides faster recording of tag changes, new managed rule and other usability improvements
AWS Config made available several improvements to customers of Config Rules. Customers now receive notifications about changes to tags on resources within minutes, enabling improved accuracy of the required-tags Config Rule. Customers also get a new managed rule that checks if Multi-factor authentication is enabled for IAM users with root credentials, and a new Java sample for this rule is now available in the Config Rules GitHub repository . Additionally, customers can now view their custom annotations for compliant or noncompliant changes on the Config Rules console, and receive finer grained status about rule invocation and evaluation timestamps on the Config Rules detail page.
Algal bloom proof desalination target in new Qatari research
Qatar has joined efforts underway by other Middle Eastern nations such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE to bring down the energy consumption of desalination plants…
Qatari research aims to “radically reduce” cost of desalination
The Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QWEC) and Qatar Environment and
Energy Research Institute (QEERI) have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to develop two pilot projects that could ‘radically
reduce the cost and energy use’ of desalination.
Cambrian Innovation and Seismic Brewing partner in bid for Most Water Efficient Brewery
The EcoVolt solution will allow Seismic Brewing Company to reuse water by completely removing contaminants and solids from the spent brewing water.
Black & Veatch welcomes Jonathan Loveland to Alternative Water Supply business
Loveland will serve as Global Practice Leader, overseeing all types of desalination, reclaimed and recycled water projects.
Energy and Water Appropriations Bill passed by US Senate
The $37.5 billion package will fund energy and water programs.
American Water to participate in drinking water safety study
This invitation-only workshop will take place on May 18 in Washington, D.C.
Mitsubishi Motors Falls To France
Japan’s corporate elite are falling like flies. Sharp falls to Foxconn, now Mitsubishi Motors, Japan’s 6th biggest car-maker, falls to French-controlled Renault-Nissan. The Renault-Nissan thing is a curious relationship in which Renault has 43.4% of Nissan’s shares – all fully voting, while Nissan has 15% of Renault’s shares – all non-voting. This gives the French …