Infrastructure News: Yearbook 2022

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WATER

Yearbook 2022

I Water sector a key player in managing climate change

ncreasing evidence suggests that unsustainable water and wastewater management is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Much more can be done by people who have the great responsibility for the management of water resources at the local, regional, or national level.

Managing water to reduce methane emissions

It is time the world wakes up to the pivotal role of improved water management in achieving Paris Agreement goals, Water Policy Group consultant Anthony Slatyer says 24 infrastructurenews.co.nz

Did you know that poorly managed wastewater is estimated to produce up to around 9% of humancaused global methane emissions? Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Better management of effluent can greatly reduce these emissions while also providing economic, health, gender equality, environmental, and human

rights benefits, and it can provide clean energy recovered from wastewater. With such immense benefits, it is shameful that 3.6 billion people still lack safely managed sanitation services. The added advantage of reducing methane emissions could finally tip the scales in favor of the imperative policy reforms and investments to get safe sanitation to all people by 2030, as promised under Sustainable Development Goal 6. Now is the time for the world to get serious about sanitation. Did you know that a similar percentage of methane emissions come from paddy farming using ponded water? Methane emissions from rice paddies can be mitigated by better management of water in these fields. The benefit of reducing


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Mental health when working from home

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page 79

Bastion NZ launch industrial glove range

1min
pages 90-92

Chemical safety relies on meaningful cooperation

3min
pages 88-89

Support for mentally healthy workplaces

2min
page 78

Critical infrastructure and supply chain support

4min
pages 76-77

Re-programming muscle memory

6min
pages 68-69

Industry leader in soft fall protection on construction sites

2min
pages 72-73

No better investment than chemical safety training

3min
page 67

Eight key themes shaping our future cities

3min
pages 52-55

Kiwi innovation leading the way in concrete slab insulation

2min
page 62

End year wrap-up reveals clues for 2022 property market

4min
pages 60-61

Facilities management with personal service

1min
pages 37-39

Rising from the Antarctic, a climate alarm

14min
pages 28-34

Industrial sector – big strides, small footprints

3min
pages 44-47

Biofuel mandate – lower emissions or just gher fuel prices?

3min
pages 35-36

Is it better to litigate or deviate to alternatives?

21min
pages 14-21

Treescape weathers the storm

2min
page 3

AC Filter – an engineered solution protecting worker health

1min
pages 26-27

Multi-purpose, safer, faster telehandlers increase productivity

3min
pages 8-9

Water sector a key player in managing climate change

3min
pages 24-25

Three ideas for building the future cities we need

4min
pages 10-13

Timely advice for Three-Waters investment management

4min
pages 22-23

Beware the Ides of March

10min
pages 4-7
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