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Ethiopian Government to Implement Programs to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Change
Ethiopia is preparing a draft program to help adapt to the effects of climate change in the country. According to local media reports-Ethiopian Radio, the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) said that the country is developing hydro, wind...
Niger Government to Invest 29bn CFA Francs to Improve Water Quality in 2010
The Nigerien government will invest 29 billion CFA francs in the year 2010 for the construction and rehabilitation of hydraulic structures, and further studies on improving the quality and installation of new units of water management as well, official...
Denmark Helps Fund Water And Sanitation Projects in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has received some 40 billion CFA francs from Denmark for the water and sanitation sector, the Economy and Finance Ministry has told APA. The current access rate to clean water in Burkina Faso is 61 per cent, with 40,000 wells and boreholes,...
President Jacob Zuma Says It is Unacceptable That Most Rural Communities in South Africa Lack Clean Water
It is unacceptable that most rural communities still do not have access to clean water, says South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Zuma, who was speaking during the official launch of the upgrade of the Nsezi Water treatment plant in Richards Bay...
Controversial Queensland Dam ‘Unnecessary’
A report commissioned by the Mary River Council of Mayors in Queensland, Australia has found the contentious Traveston Crossing dam to be both unnecessary and undesirable. The review, carried out by the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) Institute...
Mayor of London Sets Out Plan to Protect the City’s Water Supplies in a Changing Climate
The average London resident uses nearly 160 liters of water a day – saving just 10% of this total, through easy measures, would fill an incredible 48 Olympic-sized swimming pools every day. With rising population, climate change and leaky Victorian...
Jalimudi in Andhra Pradesh the First Village in the World to Get Water From Air
WaterMaker (India) Pvt Limited, has announced February 17th 2009 as the official launch date for the Air Water / WaterMaker Water Station at Jalimudi village, East Godavai dist., Andhra Pradesh, India. The Water Station will be inaugurated in the presence...A Third of Ugandans Use Unsafe Drinking Water
About 36% of Ugandans lives on unsafe drinking water drawn from rivers, lakes and unprotected wells and springs, Water Minister Jennifer Namuyangu said on Tuesday.
