Water Management

In tropical peatland, the three key elements Water, Carbon, and Nutrients are interrelated, interconnected, and interact. When these elements are in balance, a Triharmony state arises. Conversely, a Trilemma state occurs when these elements are out of balance. Here, we focus on Water Assets in the context of tropical peatland…

Overview Global warming and climate change are present persistent threats to our planet, an urgent problem that the TDK Ventures team is passionate about addressing. Key solutions missing from the current technological landscape are methods by which to precisely measure real-time hyper-local water data to provide political leaders, first responders…

Water management is a critical issue that affects not only the availability of fresh water, but also the quality and safety of the water we drink, bathe in, and use to grow our food. …

Welcome Back! This is the second, in a three-part series, on the great solutions TIW participants developed to solve some of our biggest problems. The Jaguar Innovators (a Micro:bit-backed device that raises awareness of wasteful energy consumption) remind us that solutions do not have to reinvent the wheel in order…

On Nov. 30th, the AI research institute OpenAI launched a public test of its new AI chatbot: ChatGPT. While this chatbot has been taking the tech world by storm because of its extremely impressive capabilities and ease of use, I suspect that it hasn’t gone mainstream yet. To help that…

This blog post is a primer on water management in Sikkim, a state where the drying of springs is emerging as a major concern for long-term water sustainability. — Abriti Moktan and Sarala Khaling The rural drinking water situation in Sikkim is unique. The challenges here are similar to other Himalayan states and mainly stem from the fact that water supply is from distributed public and private sources and the characterisation of water quality and quantity is virtually non-existent.

The Water Resilience Coalition, an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact CEO Water Mandate, aims to preserve the world’s freshwater resources through collective action in water-stressed basins and ambitious, quantifiable commitments. As part of this initiative, the Water Resilience Coalition has undertaken analyses to understand the status of water-stressed basins across the world in order to drive water-related collective action among companies and create a positive impact in 100 basins across the world.

One of the most important activities in every household is doing the laundry. It is a typical activity, even though in these times of consumerism and fast fashion it might seem that some people do not use washing machines and dryers. We all do it. However, doing our laundry generates…

Estimate water demand using multiple linear regression — Predicting hydrological variables — Would you like to make predictions about a hydrological variable? If you nod positively, this tutorial is for you. In this example, we will have a look at multiple linear regression. This method is straightforward and used in a variety of fields. Let’s get started! The table of contents is…