Water Supply

Asia-Pacific tagged as ‘hot spot for water insecurity’

Economies in the Asia-Pacific region cannot sustain their present dynamic growth “unless water is brought into the equation” as the region faces a “crisis” in securing and managing the prime resour

Publication Date: 
06/09/2016
Eco Business
Tags:
Water Supply, Water Management, Asia, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Afghanistan, India, China, Pakistan, Singapore, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Water Resources, Water Quality, Indonesia, Wastewater Recycling
Hazardous Waste

Medical waste dumped in open poses serious threat to public health

KARACHI: Despite being the largest public sector hospital in the city and among the few that have an incinerator, the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JMPC) at present doesn’t have a proper syst

Publication Date: 
05/09/2016
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Hospital Waste, Waste Disposal, Pakistan, Health Effects, Hepatitis, Diarrhoea, South Asia
Science And Technology

Suparco to launch own satellite to replace Google Earth

SUPARCO is launching its own Remote Sensing Satellite to replace Google Earth through which a local search engine "Akas-e-Pakistan" will also be operated.

Publication Date: 
05/09/2016
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Science And Technology, Remote Sensing, Space Technology, Pakistan, Mining, Minerals, Forests, South Asia
Economy

Women’s economic empowerment - Navigating enablers and constraints

Men are more than twice as likely to be in formal full-time employment as women in 17 countries with poor records on gender equality.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2016
Abigail Hunt, Emma Samman
Overseas Development Institute
Tags:
Women, Poverty, Education, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Informal Sector, Children
Water Pollution

More than half of south Asia's groundwater too contaminated to use – study

Salinity and arsenic affect 60% of underground supply across vast Indo-Gangetic Basin, according to research published in Nature Geoscience

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Quality, Arsenic, Groundwater Pollution, South Asia, Drinking Water, Irrigation, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangaldesh, Water Supply, Drinking Water Quality
Water Resources

Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations

Groundwater abstraction from the transboundary Indo-Gangetic Basin comprises 25% of global groundwater withdrawals, sustaining agricultural productivity in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Recent interpretations of satellite gravity data indicate that current abstraction is unsustainable, yet these large-scale interpretations lack the spatio-temporal resolution required to govern groundwater effectively.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2016
A. M. MacDonald, H. C. Bonsor, K. M. Ahmed & et al
Nature Geoscience
1-7
Tags:
Groundwater Quality, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Water Salinisation, Arsenic, India, Pakistan, Irrigation, Bangladesh, Ganga, Indus, Rivers, Brahmaputra
Water Supply

Illegal hydrants case: KWSB ‘patronising’ water mafia, observes SC

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) observed on Thursday that the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) was patronising the mafia running the illegal water hydrants and selling the essential commodit

Publication Date: 
26/08/2016
Tribune (Pakistan)
Tags:
Water Supply, Pakistan, Illegal Trade, Supreme Court, Drinking Water, Karachi, South Asia
Health

Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

The eastern Mediterranean region is comprised of 22 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Since our Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010), the region has faced unrest as a result of revolutions, wars, and the so-called Arab uprisings. The objective of this study was to present the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the eastern Mediterranean region as of 2013.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2016
Ali H Mokdad, Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar, Farah Daoud & et al
Lancet Global Health
1-10
Tags:
Conflicts, Health Effects, Non Communicable Diseases, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Diarrhoea, Malnutrition, Indoor Air Pollution
Water Resources

Pakistan to become water scarce in 4 years

Senator Pakistan People’s Party, Sherry Rehman yesterday lamented that Pakistan was among the most climate stressed countries in the world.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2016
Nation (Pakistan)
Tags:
Water Resources, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Pakistan, Climate Mitigation, Glacial Melt, South Asia
Water Supply

Dirty water takes heavy health toll in Sindh, Pakistan

While major international forums have advocated for safe drinking water, and many developing countries are striving to provide safe drinking water, the quality of drinking water in urban cities, se

Publication Date: 
11/08/2016
Eco Business
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Water Quality, Pakistan, Sindh, South Asia, Health Effects

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