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Heat from Cities Playing a Role in Climate Change

29 Jan 2013 - 08:21 by Local Press Report

SAN DIEGO (The Guardian) — A study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that the heat thrown off by major metropolitan areas on America's east coast caused winter warming across large areas of North America

Brown Tide Invades China’s East Coast

19 Jul 2012 - 08:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

BEIJING, China — Chinese researchers have found massive “brown tide” blooms in waters along the Bohai Sea on China’s east coast.

Madagascar Fights Local Toilet Taboo

27 Mar 2012 - 09:18 by Local Press Report

TAMATAVE (IRIN) — In Madagascar’s east coast city of Tamatave, a local taboo against having a toilet in your house or on your land has complicated the task of trying to improve the region’s dire sanitation situati

GWI Advises of Disruptions in East Coast Demerara

13 Oct 2011 - 10:36 by Local Press Report

GEORGETOWN (Starbroek News (Guyana)) — Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) last week advised customers in East Coast Demerara, who are served by the Mon Repos Water Treatment Plant, of service disruptions or low water pressure due to operat

Power Fluctuations Cause Water Shortages in Demerara

22 Sep 2011 - 10:34 by Local Press Report

GEORGETOWN (Demerara Ways (Guyana)) — Power fluctuations that affected water production sites were behind the water problems in East Bank and East Coast Demerara, according to Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

GUH, Salcon Expand Activities in Water Projects in Malaysia, China

23 Aug 2011 - 10:02 by Local Press Report

KUALA LUMPUR (Business Trends Asia) — Malaysian firms GUH Holdings and Salcon Bhd are expanding their activities in water projects in Malaysia and China. Both countries are expected to invest heavily in water treatment facilities.

GWI Starts Coastal 2011 Program

30 Jun 2011 - 10:26 by Local Press Report

GEORGETOWN (Demerara Waves (Guyana)) — Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has started work on the government-funded Coastal 2011 Program, which aims to improve water services to over 60,000 residents of the country’s coastal areas.

Shanghai Plans Alternative Water Sources to Meet Emergency Needs

29 Mar 2011 - 13:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

China, SHANGHAI — Civic authorities in Shanghai have made plans to look for alternative sources of water in response to the discovery of radiation-tainted water following the nuclear plant explosion in Japan. 

Quake Disrupts Supply in Japan

22 Mar 2011 - 18:48 by Local Press Report

TOKYO (Water World) — The earthquake that hit Japan’s east coast earlier this month has caused major to its water supply, leaving 1.4 million households without running water.

Hope North Relief Channel Site Inspected

24 Feb 2011 - 10:07 by Local Press Report

GEORGETOWN (Government of Guyana) — Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud last week inspected the resumption of clearing works for the East Demerara Water Conservancy’s Northern Relief Channel at Hope/Dochfour.

Fujairah Asia Power Co. to Complete Power and Desal Plant

23 Aug 2010 - 14:47 by Local Press Report

UAE, FUJAIRAH (Industrial Fuels and) — The Fujairah Asia Power Company (FAPCO) plans to complete a 200-megawatt power and desalination plant on the east coast of Fujairah by the end of the year. The project will cost an

George Kent Wins Water Infrastructure Contract in Malaysia

2 Aug 2010 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Malaysia, KUANTAN — George Kent Bhd won a $40.7 million USD water infrastructure contract at the end of July from the East Coast Economic Region Development Council.

The contract calls for construction of a water

Singaporean, Indonesian Water Supply Not Contaminated by Oil Spill

7 Jun 2010 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

sinGapore — The Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore's national water agency, announced at the end of May that the oil spill in the Singapore Straits has "seeped

Oman: Shipwreck Raises Pollution Concerns

23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report

OMAN, MUSCAT (Oman Daily Observer) — —The pollution control department at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources is on the alert for possible environmental contamination

German Company Takes Fujairah Pipeline Design

9 Apr 2007 - 08:14 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

united arab emirates, ABU DHABI — — The Abu Dhabi Transmission and Dispatch Company (Transco) has awarded Germany's ILF Consulting Engineers the front-end engineering and design contract for the expansion of the