Speaking to the press on 27 April 2011 Water Management Resources Authority Narok official Jared Anekeyah said "We need to move towards greener water and sanitation projects such as rainwater collection to keep pace with booming urban populations. We should encourage the harvesting of rain water... Read more...
People across all walks of life have passionately appealed to the President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, as a matter of urgency, not to renew the water management contract with Aqua Vitens Rand. According to them, the company has worsened the urban water situation in the country. Aqua Vitens... Read more...
Most households in Northern Ireland have their water supplied by a government owned company called Northern Ireland Water (NI Water). Recently NI Water has been harshly criticized for a lack of transparency in procurement procedures. The Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report... Read more...
Despite a significant increase in public water supply, one million families in Chennai, about a third of the city's population, rely on sachets, PET bottles and cans of water for daily consumption. Sales of packaged water continue to soar in a state that already has 680 licensed private drinking... Read more...
His childhood experience with ill-equipped schools in the provinces inspired businessman Napoleon Co to build toilets for poor Muslim and Christian kids in Mindanao. Read more...
An interim water supply project will hopefully provide relief to residents in south and north Thimphu city who have been going without water for almost four days a week. Authorities are blaming an unprecedented construction boom and the increasing population for the capital city’s persistent water... Read more...
Prisoners in Orissa state, India and in Sunsari District, eastern Nepal, are being deprived of proper sanitation and safe drinking paper, according to local newspaper reports. India, Orissa At a meeting in April 2011 on jail administration, Orissa's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik asked officials... Read more...
More than five projects aiming to augment water supply for the growing Mumbai metropolitan region are facing opposition from locals and the tribal population in rural areas. They are demanding that they get water first before going ahead with the projects. The projects, financed by the Mumbai... Read more...
Some 385 primary schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have no water purifiers. They are supplied by water tankers of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). A recent study by the MCD health department showed that 18 per cent of tanker water supplied by the DJB is contaminated. Therefore the... Read more...
The Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board ( KVWSMB ) is going to establish 30 monitoring centres throughout the Kathmandu Valley to curb rampant groundwater extraction. The centres, which are coming into operation by mid-May 2011, will monitor the quality and quantity of groundwater. Both... Read more...
The Sri Lankan government aims to reach 100 per cent coverage in safe sanitation and water by 2020, said Minister of Water Supply and Drainage Dinesh Gunawardena at the Fourth South Asian Conference on Sanitation ( SACOSAN-IV ). The current coverage figure for safe water and sanitation was 85.5 per... Read more...
UNICEF Nepal and Finland have signed an agreement on "Aligning for Action: Sanitation and Water for all in the Context of Climate Change in Nepal". The agreement outlines the Finnish Government's grant of Euro 9.8 million (US$ 14.3 million) over five years for UNICEF Nepal's Water and Sanitation... Read more...
India is sitting on 89.95 billion rupees (US$ 2 billion) of unused foreign aid for water supply and sanitation, according to a report by government auditor Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG). As of 31 March 2010, unutilised committed external assistance for 16 sectors, including water... Read more...
AfricaSan 3 vise à soutenir les pays africains pour atteindre les Objectifs du Millénaire en matière d'Assainissement et d'Hygiène. Plus qu'une simple conférence, AfricaSan 3 est un cadre pour les leaders d'opinion, une vitrine de l'innovation, et une occasion offerte aux décideurs politiques et... Read more...
“Act now to end the sanitation and water crisis in the Least Developed Countries”. With this message the End Water Poverty campaign coalition is asking its members to lobby for this with their national governments that go to the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries ( LDC-IV ) in... Read more...
Small-scale private providers increase water supply coverage and reduce time spent on fetching water, often providing a vital service, particularly for low-income households in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in the absence of a coherent policy framework with effective tariff enforcement and water... Read more...
More scientific evidence is needed on impacts of WASH in schools action on the ground in the developing world. This is becoming clear from the online WASH in Schools debate that UNICEF and IRC are running until the end of May 2011. Read more...
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched its Facebook page in January 2011 and an integrated SMS service in March 2011 to enable public monitoring of garbage collection sites and public urinals/toilets in areas under its jurisdiction. In the first month of operation 99 per cent of the... Read more...
Le service Source des nouvelles sur l’eau et l’assainissement est rendu en trois langages ( anglais , français et espagnol ) par le centre international sur l’eau et l’assainissement (IRC), en collaboration avec des partenaires locaux. Read more...
I hope I'm not bothering you, but I wanted to tell you that I have been using your Water for kids page ( http://www.irc.nl/page/30389 ) for my students at school, I hope that's OK! I am a student teacher working on my lesson plans and your page definitely has some great stuff I could use! Read more...
