Here’s the latest news about water-related issues. More to come…

Port-au-Prince Water System Reconstruction Underway, Partnering with UNICEF and Other Orgs: Five months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, about 60% of the quake-affected displaced population still do not have access to safe water. Progress toward getting the nation back on its feet is slowed by water-related diseases which hurt hundreds of thousands of people.

Bill Gates & Other Corporate Leaders Call for Renewable Push: The American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC), the brainchild of Bill Gates and GE’s Jeff Immelt, launched this week. The recommendations for energy innovation published by the AEIC might have the power to put the spotlight on clean energy technologies. See below…

X-Rays Mark the Spot to Drill for Water in Chad: “Magnetic imaging lets scientists peer beneath the surface to see exactly where groundwater sources are located.”

Firm develops ‘forgotten’ wave power technology: “A renewable energy company has gone ‘back to the future’ to develop a device to harness power from waves.”