HONG KONG (23 Jan 2008) — The Chinese government unveiled a detailed plan on Tuesday to limit pollution in China’s lakes by 2010 and return them to their original state by 2030.The State Council, China’s cabinet, ordered strict regulation of the release of wastewater, the closing of heavily... Read more...
BEIJING (AP) [17 Jan 2008] — Sea levels off Shanghai and other Chinese coastal cities are rising at an alarming rate, leading to contamination (salt water intrusion) of drinking water supplies and other threats, China's State Oceanic Administration reported. Global climate change and the sinking of... Read more...
Vestergaard Frandsen , an international public health intervention company, in Ghana, yesterday launched an instant microbiological water purifier, as part of their basic efforts towards eradicating water-borne diseases in the country. The instant water purifier, which is known as the LifeStraw... Read more...
The European Union (EU) has called for gender equality in water supply and sanitation sector in Nigeria. Head of Rural and Social Development Reform Programme, European Union, Daniel Plas, made the call at a workshop on mainstreaming gender issues in the water supply and sanitation sector, Thursday... Read more...
The European Commission (EC) and the government have signed agreements for the Kampala Sanitation Programme to which the EC gave about 7 million euros (Shs17.5 billion) and the Mapping of Ground Water Resources to which the EC has contributed more than 1.5 million euros (Shs3.5 billion). The... Read more...
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has temporarily suspended plans to take over the cit of Bulawayo's water and sewer system -- at least, until after the elections. Sources said Zanu PF feared a backlash against the party from voters over the unpopular takeover, which has rallied the... Read more...
WINDHOEK, Feb 5 (IPS) - The Namibian government, frequently accused of making water unaffordable to the poor, is finally taking steps to address this countrywide problem. It is considering the viability of including water subsidies for poorer families in a new development plan set to begin in April... Read more...
Nigeria: Lagos Set to Construct Modern Toilets Project in Public Schools As part of its advocacy programme the Lagos State Government has disbursed the sum of N64.4 million [US$ 558,000 = EUR 385,000] for the construction of 23 modern toilets in various public schools within the metropolis. The... Read more...
Ms Carol Nampiina's posting to her new workplace coincided with her monthly menstrual flow that fell in July, and it took her less than two days in her new office to try and confide in someone about her discomfort. Nampiina was uncomfortable at office for unlike her previous residence where she... Read more...
Some residents in Harare have gone without water for more than three weeks while some areas of Bulawayo have experienced water cuts lasting more than five months. Amid all this chaos, blame shifting has been the order of the day. Power cuts, unreliable water reticulation equipment and lack of... Read more...
For people of Chirimbi, Gana and Jamus, all communities dotted in Jigawa State, getting good drinking water has been life ambition. But their dreams, it seemed, are sunk with the holes drilled by the contractors. For, close to two years after the new boreholes were sunk and the reservoirs built,... Read more...
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Scientific organisations and researchers working in developing countries will be brought together through a network to be launched on 12 May in New York.The programme, Scientists Without Borders SM, is an initiative of the New York Academy of Sciences. It seeks to integrate the efforts of the... Read more...
"Across India, there is a rising tide of water privatisation projects made possible in recent years by a radical departure in the way national policy views water. Water is no longer just a public service to be delivered by governments but a resource to be managed well if need be, with the... Read more...
(January 25, 2008) International Development Enterprises (IDE) today announced a grant of $27 million over four years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its micro-irrigation programs for Indian smallholder farmers. Facts about the project: The project will be carried out in... Read more...
The environmental damage caused by [...] poor clean-up methods could be disastrous, Emmanuel Emmanuel, an environmental scientist in Port Harcourt, said. “Oil does not burn at 800 degrees Celsius,” he explained, “so when you burn it, you just flare off the volatiles and gas. The dense crude remains... Read more...
