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Satellite gravity data show that the snow-fed Upper Colorado River Basin lost more groundwater in the latest drought than the drier Lower Basin – a warning about what surface monitoring misses.
The European Commission's new Water Resilience Investment Accelerator will help 20 pilot projects become bankable and attract private finance, with applications open until the end of October.
A Stanford model shows that if neighbouring wastewater plants plan their nutrient removal upgrades together, capital and operating costs can fall by almost half.
Two new studies on artificial intelligence in anaerobic digestion reach the same sober conclusion: so far, AI predicts and advises, but nobody has yet shown it delivering more methane on a live plant.
According to Wood Mackenzie, Europe's annual storage installations exceeded those of the United States for the first time in 2026, and Poland has become the world's top emerging market – while investors move from capacity payments to long-term trading contracts.
The EU's wastewater directive makes producers of medicines and cosmetics pay at least 80% of the cost of removing micropollutants, but an Advocate General's Opinion has thrown the whole financing model into doubt.
The European Biogas Association has mapped what is slowing the growth of biogas and biomethane across five areas, and points to national examples that show how each barrier can be overcome.
A measurement campaign at 65 German biogas plants suggests the sector emits around twice as much methane as the national inventory implies – but most of the loss is concentrated in a few plants and can be prevented.
The Commission has promised a new water initiative to tackle leakage, while the Drinking Water Directive already sets a binding timetable for measuring and reducing network losses.
From 1 January 2027, harmonised EU hygiene requirements will apply to pipes, fittings and seals in contact with drinking water – yet a new survey suggests most manufacturers are not ready.
The Czech government's first biomethane support auction drew bids for more than four times the expected capacity, pushing down the price of the winning offers.
According to the latest BloombergNEF data, $327.5 billion flowed into renewable energy worldwide in the first half of 2026, while solar projects combined with storage attracted record investment.