Water Supply

At start of World Water Week, UN Assembly President says water and sanitation goals need ‘major push’

Encouraging global action to support clean water and sanitation, United Nations General Assembly President Peter Thomson today underscored that when it comes to the environment, everything is conne

Publication Date: 
29/08/2017
Eco Business
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Water Quality, Global, Corals, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Water Resources
Water Pollution

Water pollution from agriculture: a global review - executive summary

This executive summary of the FAO report, briefly reviews the “unsustainable trajectory followed by agri-food systems” and draws attention to “hotspots where crop production, livestock and aquaculture may be the key contributors to the degradation of water quality.”

Publication Date: 
27/08/2017
FAO
Tags:
Water Pollution, Agriculture, Water Quality, Livestock, Agricultural Systems, Aquaculture, Pesticides, India, Global
Water Supply

Future flows: global trends to watch on water and sanitation

Global shifts in water and sanitation will have a profound effect on societies and economies. Other transformations are shaping these shifts, including where people live, what they expect from governments and markets, their productive and polluting activities, how they innovate and whether they pursue conflict or peace.

Publication Date: 
25/08/2017
Nathaniel Mason, Miriam Denis Le Sève, Roger Calow
Overseas Development Institute
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Water Resources, Water Quality, Urbanisation, India, Global, Conflicts
Water Pollution

China launches 8,000 water clean-up projects worth $100 billion in first half of 2017

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China launched nearly 8,000 water clean-up projects in the first half of 2017 with projected total investment of 667.4 billion yuan ($100 billion), the environment ministry sai

Publication Date: 
25/08/2017
Reuters
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Water Pollution, Water Quality, China, Water Pollution Control, Groundwater, Asia
Water Supply

The rising tide: a new look at water and gender

The World Bank has published a report titled, ‘The Rising Tide: A New Look at Water and Gender,’ which characterizes water as “an asset, a service and a space” and illustrates how water can “reflect and even reinforce” gender inequality.

Publication Date: 
24/08/2017
Maitreyi Bordia Das, Gaia Hatzfeldt
The World Bank
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Women, India, Global, Water Quality, Unemployment, Open Defecation
Sanitation

Sustainable sanitation systems: health, environment and governance challenges

This report aims to highlight some existing sanitation system alternatives (e.g.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2017
Florian Thevenon
WaterLex
Tags:
Sanitation, Wastewater Treatment, Water Quality, Health Effects, Environment, Human Rights, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Global
Health

Worsened by Poor Water Infrastructure, New DRC Cholera Outbreak Claims Mostly Children

Worsened by Poor Water Infrastructure New DRC Cholera Outbreak Claims Mostly Children

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Big News Network
Tags:
Health, Cholera, Congo, Water Supply, Water Quality, Child Health, Waterborne diseases, Africa
Water Pollution

Burundian gov't calls for urgent measures to stop pollution of Lake Tanganyika

Burundian Second Vice-President Joseph Butore on Tuesday called for urgent measures to stop the pollution of Lake Tanganyika.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2017
Xinhua
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Burundi, Lake Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Freshwater Ecosystems, Water Quality, Africa
Water Resources

100-plus rivers and lakes to be improved

Freshwater improvement projects covering over 100 rivers and lakes across New Zealand are to receive grants of $44 million from the Government, Environment Minister Nick Smith announced today.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2017
Big News Network
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Quality, Rivers, Lakes, New Zealand, Water Pollution Control, Freshwater Ecosystems
Water Supply

Malawi: Parliament to Summon Lilongwe Water Board, Council Over Sewage Horror

Malawi Parliament's committee on environment and natural resources say it has summoned Lilongwe Water Board and Lilongwe City Council over the horror which residents in the capital especially those

Publication Date: 
08/08/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Water Supply, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Sewage, Malawi, Africa, Health Effects

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