Dr Muhammad Haris from RMIT’s School of Engineering is the first author of the study, with Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi and Associate Professor Nasir Mahmood. Dr Mohammad Haris is based in Punjab, Pakistan. The team is working with Indigenous‑owned company Fire and Test Australasia, based in Geelong, Victoria, to explore the possibility of treatment of stormwater and wastewater, including in community settings.
OpenAI’s $100 billion Stargate AI infrastructure project is being anchored in Abilene, Texas, a city where local hydrologists describe a “water-energy nexus crisis.”
In Middle East, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, climate change is increasing the frequency of droughts and changing the distribution of rainfall, according to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.
Water is a precious life-giving commodity; it becomes scarce because it is never treated as worthy as gold, oil, gas, or other natural resources of industrial importance.