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2025	Water scarcity Estimated 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be under water stress conditions.
2025	Water scarcity Projected water withdrawals expected to rise by 50 percent in developing countries and 18 percent in developed countries.
2024	WASH Projected end of the REACH research program, which focuses on developing climate tools to support water management and climate resilience in targeted countries.
2023	WASH Data from centralized sewage treatment plants in the United States revealed methane emissions were approximately twice the 2019 IPCC estimates, measuring 10.9 ± 7.0 MMT CO2-eq/yr compared to the previous 4.3-6.1 MMT estimate.
2023	WASH WHO published a comprehensive summary of WASH service impact, detailing the specific health outcomes and regional disparities in WASH-related mortality rates.
August 2023	Lakes380 Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa launched a programme with Cawthron Institute and GNS Science to understand Lake Wairarapa's water quality, building on previous Lakes380 research by analyzing sediment cores to track historical environmental changes and ecosystem impacts.
August 2023	Blominmäki sewage treatment plant The Blominmäki sewage treatment plant was brought into service, becoming a major waste water treatment facility in Espoo, Finland.
2022	Lakes380 Completion of the initial five-year research programme funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Endeavour Fund grant.
2022	Water scarcity Half a billion people reported to be living in areas with severe water scarcity throughout the entire year, highlighting the ongoing global water crisis.
2022	Water scarcity A modeling study revealed that northern China experienced more severe ecological water scarcity compared to southern China, with water pollution identified as the primary driving factor in most provinces.
2021	Lakes380 Lakes380 research team presented their methodology and findings at the European Geosciences Union's General Assembly, highlighting their innovative approach combining traditional paleolimnological methods with environmental DNA techniques and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding to explore microbial community changes in lakes.
2021	Lakes380 Continued sampling of Rotorua lakes revealed long-term ecological changes, including altered bacterial communities in Lake Okataina and increased algae in most lakes, potentially due to land use changes and introduced species.
2021	Qanat British-trained architect Margot Krasojević designed a luxury eco hotel concept in Iran based on qanat and windcatcher principles.
June 2021	Lakes380 Emeritus Professor Carolyn Burns was awarded Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to ecological research during the Queen's Birthday Honours.
May 2021	Lakes380 Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō hosted an information session with Lakes380, sharing their connections to local lakes and demonstrating sediment core collection techniques to explore lake histories.
2020	WASH Wastewater treatment plants were estimated to consume 3% of global electricity consumption.
2020	WASH Global methane emissions from non-sewered sanitation systems (NSSS) were estimated at 377 Mt CO2e/year, representing 4.7% of global anthropogenic methane emissions, with India and China being major contributors due to their large populations and NSSS utilization.
2020	WASH Planned milestones for NTDs including: eradication of yaws, elimination of trachoma and lymphatic filariasis as public health problems, and intensified control of dengue, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminthiases.
2020	Lakes380 Around 26 lakes in Waikato were sampled in a large-scale campaign, with scientists collecting sediment cores to analyze environmental history and water quality changes.
2020	Lakes380 Lakes380 collaborated with the University of Waikato to sample three lakes and investigate prehistoric earthquake activity around Hamilton, discovering potential unrecognized seismic events through tephra layer analysis.
2020	Perforene Projected initial release year for the Perforene membrane technology, with planned applications across multiple industries including water treatment, pharmaceuticals, energy, mining, food and beverage, and manufacturing.
2020	Water scarcity Escalation of water dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, with Egypt viewing the dam as an existential threat due to potential reduction of Nile water supply.
2020	Fresh water United Nations established Target 15.1 to ensure conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of inland freshwater ecosystems, including forests, wetlands, mountains, and drylands, in alignment with international agreements.
2020	Fresh water Target date set for ensuring conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems according to SDG Target 15.1
2020	Fresh water International commitment to ensure conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems, focusing on forests, wetlands, mountains, and drylands, as part of Sustainable Development Goal Target 15.1.
July 1 2020	Lakes380 Samples from Queenstown lakes were reported in the Otago Daily Times, revealing thousands of years of environmental history and changes in climate, environment, and ecosystems.
2019	WASH A World Bank study revealed a growth in the proportion of female water professionals in recent years, indicating progress in gender representation in water-related occupations.
2019	WASH World Health Organization estimated that one in four healthcare facilities globally lack basic water services, impacting approximately 2.0 billion people, and one in five facilities have no sanitation service, affecting about 1.5 billion people.
2019	WASH Data revealed significant disparities in basic water coverage across 24 countries, with the richest wealth quintile having at least twice the water access compared to the poorest quintile.
2019	WASH 435 million people were reported to be using unimproved water sources for drinking water, with 144 million still using surface water like lakes and streams.
2019	WASH IPCC released initial estimates of methane emissions from sewage treatment plants.
2019	WASH WHO analysis revealed that lack of safe WASH services could have prevented the loss of at least 1.4 million lives and 74 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from four health outcomes, representing 2.5% of all global deaths and 2.9% of all DALYs.
2019	WASH The Empowerment in WASH Index (EWI) was developed to help WASH practitioners measure and monitor gender outcomes, empowerment, and inclusivity in WASH interventions.
2019	Lakes380 Lakes380 scientists conducted data collection from four lowland shallow lakes in the Southland region to improve understanding of current and historical lake conditions.
2019	Lakes380 Lakes380 scientists collaborated with Ngāti Kurī to study the health of dune lakes in Northland, focusing on highly threatened aquatic habitats. Harry Burkhardt, chair of the Ngāti Kuri Trust, supported the project's goal of protecting the area's unique biodiversity.
2019	Lakes380 Lakes380 conducted a workshop in Rotorua teaching students about lake sediment analysis, environmental DNA data gathering, and interpreting sediment core layers, including discussing the grey ash from the 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption.
2019	Lakes380 Initial sampling of lakes in the Rotorua area began to investigate the impact of human arrival and the 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption on local ecosystems.
2019	Lakes380 The Partnership Through Collaboration Trust collaborated with Lakes380 scientists to create educational workshops in Whanganui, focusing on sediment core collection, cyanobacteria management, and environmental DNA biodiversity assessment. Mike Paki from local iwi facilitated traditional knowledge sharing about lakes.
2019	Water scarcity A major report by over 200 researchers revealed that Himalayan glaciers could lose 66 percent of their ice by 2100, threatening water sources for approximately 2.4 billion people across major Asian river basins.
2019	Water scarcity World Economic Forum listed water scarcity as one of the largest global risks for the next decade, highlighting the potential severe impact of water availability challenges.
2018	Qanat IOM completed rehabilitation of more than 163 kahrizes, supported by multiple international funding agencies including the UN Development Programme, European Commission, and various international development organizations.
2018	Water scarcity FAO provided a comprehensive definition of water stress, introducing a detailed methodology for measuring water resource usage by calculating the ratio between total freshwater withdrawn and total renewable freshwater resources while accounting for environmental flow requirements.
2017	WASH 844 million people were reported to lack even a basic drinking water service globally.
2017	Lakes380 Lakes380 research programme begins, focusing on investigating approximately 380 of New Zealand's lakes to understand their health, history, and environmental conditions through comprehensive scientific analysis.
2016	WASH A World Health Organization report analyzed WASH-attributable disease burden, finding that 3.3% of global deaths and 4.6% of global DALYs could have been prevented, with 1.9 million deaths and 123 million DALYs potentially avoidable through adequate WASH services.
2016	Qanat UNESCO inscribed the Persian Qanat as a World Heritage Site, listing eleven significant qanats from Iran.
2016	Water scarcity A study calculated the global population suffering from water scarcity increased from 0.24 billion (14% of global population) in the 1900s to 3.8 billion (58%) in the 2000s.
2016	Water scarcity A group of scientists provided a new scientific definition of water stress, describing it as the impact of high water use relative to water availability.
2015	WASH Several large Asian countries (China, India, Indonesia) began significantly improving their 'safely managed sanitation services', increasing coverage by more than 10 percentage points by 2020.
2015	WASH World Health Organization (WHO) developed a global strategy and action plan to integrate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) with other public health interventions to accelerate elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
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