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Zimbabwe, Harare: City gets US$ 17 million for water and sanitation, aid agencies fear more cholera

dietvorst wrote 1 day ago: Government has given more than US$17 million to the Harare City Council  to upgrade water and sewera … more →

Tags: Financing, Sewerage, water distribution, Water treatment, water related diseases, Cholera, urban sanitation, urban water supply, water treatment chemicals

Liberia: Community demands answers on rubber pollution

dietvorst wrote 3 days ago: People living next to Firestone Natural Rubber Company’s plantation in Harbel, 45km outside of Liber … more →

Tags: Liberia, Water Quality, water related diseases, surface water pollution, rubber industry, Firestone Natural Rubber Company

Peru: cleanup of Lake Titicaca to start in November 20091 comment

dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: In November or December [2009], the Peruvian side of lake Titicaca will start to use microorganisms … more →

Tags: Perú, effective microorganisms, Lake Titicaca

Peru: Govt decree on Taboada puts ProInversión in question

dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Peru’s government published an emergency decree Friday [03 July 2009] in which the Taboada was … more →

Tags: Policy & Legislation, Financing, Perú, Tenders, Proinversión

Waste Water Treatment Plant Mud Used As 'green' Fuel

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: Scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel … more →

Tags: Europe & Central Asia, Alternative Energy, Sludge, sludge use

History of Delhi Water Supply - interactive map

dietvorst wrote 4 weeks ago: The Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) in India has produced an interactive map depicting th … more →

Tags: Web sites, water treatment, water collection, South Asia, India, urban water supply, New Delhi, S0907-Net

PRoACC: UNESCO-IHE Post-Doctoral Research Programme on Adaptation to Climate Change

dietvorst wrote 4 weeks ago: The overarching objective of this 18 month project (15 October 2009 – 15 April 2011) is to investiga … more →

Tags: capacity development, governance, Storm drainage, Water Resources Management, Water Supply, climate change, Coastal Management, River Basin Management, UNESCO-IHE

Web4Water

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Web4Water is a web site of UK media company Faversham House Group combining information from its wat … more →

Tags: Europe & Central Asia, News Services, Water supply, Web sites, united kingdom, Water industry

Dr. Akissa Bahri: IWMI Africa director wins Prof. C.N.R. Rao Prize for Scientific Research

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Dr. Akissa Bahri, Director – Africa Director of the International Water Management Institute,  … more →

Tags: Africa, Akissa Bahri, International Water Management Institute, Prof. C.N.R. Rao Prize, wastewater reuse

South Africa: wastewater is a resource

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: South Africa faces chronic water shortages, yet billions of litres are flushed away every year. Bein … more →

Tags: ecological sanitation, South Africa, Water Quality, Water Resources Management, vacuum toilets, wastewater reuse, water pollution, water shortage

South Africa: mining and water safety do not mix1 comment

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Every day 300 million litres of water laced with sulphuric acid and heavy metals, known as acid mine … more →

Tags: Water Resources Management, South Africa, Water Quality, Policies & legislation, water pollution, acid mine drainage, water pollution control, S0907-Africa

China: Beijing’s Water and Waste Performance at Olympics Earns Gold, says WRI report

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Beijing achieved and largely exceeded the drinking water and waste-management goals it set as part o … more →

Tags: Campaigns & Events, China, solid waste management, Urban WASH, Water quality, Water Resources Management, Water treatment, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, urban water supply

Biogas: Chilean water utility inaugurates largest plant in South America

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Chilean natural gas distributor Metrogas and water utility Aguas Andinas started up operations at th … more →

Tags: Latin America & Caribbean, water treatment, Aguas Andinas, biogas, Brazil, Chile, JICA, Metrogas

Chile, Brazil: water utilities become energy producers with biogas

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Chilean natural gas distributor Metrogas and water utility Aguas Andinas started up operations at th … more →

Tags: Brazil, Chile, Urban WASH, water treatment, Water Utilities, JICA, Aguas Andinas, biogas, Sanepar

Peru, Lambayeque: Swiss development agency to finance basic services projects

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: SDC – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (in Spanish Cosude) is interested in finan … more →

Tags: Financing, Perú, Water supply, solid waste management, COSUDE, SDC

Chile, Santiago: water utility fined over US$4mn for "big stink", will appeal ruling

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Chilean water utility Aguas Andinas, serving capital Santiago, will have to pay over 2.5bn pesos (US … more →

Tags: Policy & Legislation, Chile, Water Utilities, Aguas Andinas

Sweden: The great frontier

msewell wrote 1 month ago:   Thursday, May 21 – Radu, Etienne, and I (Micah) leave Hurdal and Norway behind in the morni … more →

Tags: Field Report, sustainability, Travel, Lifestyle, Community, Ecovillage, Sweden, Documentary, One Step Beyond

Jamaica: government to deal with Portmore's sewage problems in 2010

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Prime Minister the Bruce Golding told residents of Portmore, Tuesday night (May 26, 2009), that the … more →

Tags: Financing, sewerage, Jamaica

I'm Shovel-Ready

logicalecology wrote 2 months ago: I was surprised last month while attending the Florida Water Resources Conference. While finishing d … more →

Tags: Environment, Florida, Waste Water, water, Florida Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers, Florida Water Environment Association, Florida Water Resources Conference 2009, Shovel ready, water treatment


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