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Xinxiang Environmental Authorities Search for Source of "Red River" Pollution

6 May 2013 - 09:12 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

China, XINXIANG — Environmental authorities in Xinniang City in China’s Henan province are investigating the cause of pollution in the West Meng Jiangnu River, after local residents and bloggers last week reported&n

Conversations With Water Leaders: Pat Mulroy on Urban Water Conservation and Trans-Boundary Cooperation

25 Apr 2013 - 08:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

united states, NV, LAS VEGAS — First in a series “Conversations With Water Leaders” conducted by OOSKAnews in association with Singapore International Water Week.

Henan Government Buys Water to Replenish Polluted Li River

22 Apr 2013 - 07:54 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

China, LUOHE — The government of China’s Henan Province has resorted to purchasing water from an upstream reservoir to replenish the polluted Li River, the main source of drinking water for the city of Luohe, acc

Puerto Rico at Risk of Water Shortages

27 Mar 2013 - 07:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is facing water shortages, with the territory’s Aqueduct and Sewerage Authority (AAA) announcing on March 25 that water volume in all eight of its main reservoirs are below optimum

Taiwan to Require Chemical Registration to Better Control Pollution

1 Mar 2013 - 10:25 by Local Press Report

TAIPEI (Focus Taiwan News Channel) — Taiwan can achieve better control of the toxic substances discharged by high polluting industries if local companies are required to register the toxic chemicals they use in production, experts sai

Obama Reiterates Call for Climate Change Action

14 Feb 2013 - 10:39 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

united states, WASHINGTON DC — In his first State of the Union Address address since being elected to a second term as president, Barack Obama emphasized the need for the United States to lead the way in taking action on clima

Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority, Facing Financial Crisis, Pushes Major Rate Hike

13 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (AAA) is facing a financial crisis, with a deficit of $350 million USD and financial obligations to the Environmental Protection Agency of over $3 billi

Industrial Wastewater Threatens Karachi Water Supply

11 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Pakistan, karachi — Industrial effluents are contaminating a major source of water supply Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, according to a new analysis released last week.

Taiwan's EPA Approves Science Park Expansion

5 Feb 2013 - 10:42 by Local Press Report

TAIPEI (Taiwan Today) — Amendments to an impact assessment on fourth-phase expansion of Central Taiwan Science Park in Changhua County’s Erlin Township were approved Feb.

Ethiopia Plans to Use Hydropower to Increase Energy Export Capacity

31 Jan 2013 - 08:37 by Local Press Report

ADDIS ABABA (AlertNet) — Ethiopia is gearing up to export large amounts of clean power across East Africa in the coming years, starting with neighbouring countries Djibouti and Sudan.

Kuwait Looks to Remove Saudi Bottled Water From Existing Stocks

4 Jan 2013 - 10:50 by Local Press Report

KUWAIT CITY (Arab Times) — The Green Line Group has bid the concerned governmental authorities particularly Kuwait Municipality, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Health and Environment Public Authority (EPA) to take quick p

Taiwanese TV Manufacturer Given One-Week Deadline for Proposal to Halt River Pollution

17 Dec 2012 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) last week gave Taiwanese company Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.

Mexican Utilities Sign Grant Agreements

30 Nov 2012 - 09:34 by Local Press Report

MATAMOROS (Bloomberg ) — Water utilities in two Mexican cities signed grant agreements with the North American Development Bank to help finance $76 million USD of wastewater and water infrastructure projects. Sewer

Guyana to Establish Hydropower Monitoring Body

21 Sep 2012 - 09:41 by Local Press Report

GEORGETOWN (Demerare Waves) — The Guyana government is to establish a monitoring body for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project with direct supervision from President Donald Ramotar who will chair the secretariat. This was

Gold Producer to Build to Water Treatment Plant in Ghana

27 Jul 2012 - 09:56 by Local Press Report

ACCRA (Business Day) — GOLD Fields, one of the world's largest gold producers, said yesterday it was building two new water treatment plants at its Tarkwa mine in Ghana after the Environmen

Clinton Will Head US Delegation to Rio+20

13 Jun 2012 - 14:41 by Local Press Report

WASHINGTON DC (U.S. State Department) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will head the U.S.

Nowogrodziec Sewage Project Aims to Attract Investment, Industry to Polish Region

25 Apr 2012 - 12:28 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Poland, NOWOGRODZIEC — Nowogrodziec municipality in Poland’s southwestern Dolnoslaskie region has started operating its new, 280,000-cubic-meter-per-day sewage treatment plant, which it hopes will make it a more attrac

Four Taiwan Reservoirs Heavily Polluted

17 Apr 2012 - 10:26 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Four reservoirs in southern Taiwan are heavily polluted due to eutrophication, according to the Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration’s latest report on the water quality of 20

Leningrad Region Aims to Meet EU Environmental Standards

7 Mar 2012 - 17:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Russia, ST. PETERSBURG — The head of Russia’s Environmental Protection Agency, Vladimir Kirillov, announced in late February that the Leningrad region would be the first part of the country to achieve and maintain Europe

Taiwan’s EPA Rejects EIA for Kaoping Reservoir

21 Feb 2012 - 23:33 by Local Press Report

TAIPEI (Focus Taiwan News Channel) — The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) last week rejected an environmental assessment of a long-stalled reservoir project in southern Taiwan presented by the Water Resources Agency (WRA)

Tainan Irrigation Project Passes Environmental Assessment

15 Feb 2012 - 08:30 by Local Press Report

TAIPEI (Focus Taiwan) — A project to build an irrigation waterway that will run through Wusan Mountain in Tainan, southern Taiwan, conditionally passed an environmental assessment by the Environmental Protection Administr

Environmental Group Warns of Water Pollution in Sousse

16 Jan 2012 - 16:45 by Local Press Report

TUNIS (Tunisia Live) — Tunisian environmental group Biledi warned that it has detected a significant layer of oil mixed with the groundwater in the Sousse region of the country.

EPA Fines CPC Corp for Illegally Discharging Wastewater

28 Nov 2011 - 15:36 by Local Press Report

TAIPEI (Taipei Times (Taiwan)) — Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) fined state-run petroleum refiner CPC Corp.

Environmental Groups Call for Stricter Regulations for Industrial Wastewater Discharge

13 Sep 2011 - 10:15 by Local Press Report

TAIPEI (Taipei Times (Taiwan)) — Taiwanese environmental groups are calling for stricter regulatory standards on industrial wastewater discharge, ahead of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) public hearings on propos

Water Polluters Face Hefty Fines in Taiwan

30 Aug 2011 - 09:31 by Local Press Report

TAIPEI (The China Post) — Entities that pollute drinking water will face fines of up to $338,000 USD, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) announced. It is the first time the agency has done so.

National Water Information System to Improve IWRM

18 Aug 2011 - 09:36 by Local Press Report

GEORGETOWN (NCN Guyana) — The country’s new National Water Information System (NWIS) will provide a decision-making tool to improve integrated water resources.

Waste Management Authority Gives Update on Wastewater System

19 May 2011 - 10:07 by Local Press Report

ST. THOMAS (Virgin Islands Daily News) — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority last week appeared in court to give an update on the status of the territory’s wastewater system, which has faced numerous failures at the pumping stat

Chinese Companies Eye Indian Water, Wastewater Markets

22 Mar 2011 - 19:26 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

CHENNAI, India — A number of Chinese and other Asian companies are showing interest in the Indian market for water and wastewater treatment, from supply of technology for wastewater treatment to desalination to p

Taiwan Dam Report Reignites Opposition

22 Mar 2011 - 19:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

TAIPEI — Recent reports that work on the Hushan Reservoir construction project in western Taiwan’s Yunlin County is past the halfway point and set for a 2014 finish has rekindled anger over the project.

Toxic Sludge Still Being Released Into Danube Tributary

16 Feb 2011 - 10:36 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

HUNGARY, BUDAPEST — Toxic sludge from the Ajkai Timfoldgyar Zrt aluminum production plant, owned by MAL Zrt, is still being released and polluting waterways as wastewater, according to the Hungarian branch of intern

Researchers Aim to Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms

27 Oct 2010 - 14:48 by Local Press Report

MI, EAST LANSING (Michigan State University) — Michigan State University researchers are working to reduce problems triggered by harmful algal blooms, using a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Although the research is

Researchers Aim to Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms

27 Oct 2010 - 16:02 by Local Press Report

WASHINGTON DC, MI, EAST LANSING (Michigan State University) — Michigan State University researchers are working to reduce problems triggered by harmful algal blooms, using a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Although the research is

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