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  1. Climate Change Will Increase Flooding in 42 Percent of Land Surface Area

    10 Jun 2013- 10:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent TOKYO, Japan By the end of this century, climate change could increase the risk of flooding on 42 percent of the Earth’s land surface along many of the world’s 29 major river systems, according to a new ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/10/2013 - 10:10

  2. Philippines’ MWSS to Hold Public Consultations on Water Rates

    7 Jun 2013- 10:01 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MANILA, Philippines The Philippines’ Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is holding a series of public consultations next week to give water consumers in the capital region a chance to clarify ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/07/2013 - 10:01

  3. Hyflux Signs Two MOUs with China’s Yunnan Province

    8 Apr 2013- 10:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent sinGapore Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd announced on April 4 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hyflux Investment Consultancy and Management Service, had signed two agreements to collaborate on water and environmental ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/16/2013 - 05:12

  4. Mekong Hydropower Projects Will Accumulate 16 Percent of River’s Water

    26 Feb 2013- 09:42 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Vietnam, HANOI If the hydropower projects planned within the Mekong River basin are completed, they will accumulate as much as 16 percent of the river’s water volume, or 475 billion cubic meters a year, ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 02/26/2013 - 10:02

  5. Japanese Trading Firms Entering Global Water Market

    20 Feb 2013- 09:36 by Local Press Report TOKYO Japan Daily Press Japanese trading houses, always known to be major players in global issues such as energy and commodities, have recently stepped up acquisitions in the global water industry. These companies ...

    Local Press Report - 05/21/2013 - 21:52

  6. Cambodia Approves $781 Million Dam Deal

    15 Feb 2013- 09:47 by Local Press Report PHNOM PENH Reuters Cambodia's parliament approved on Friday a $781-million USD guarantee for the purchase of electricity generated by a controversial hydropower dam that activists say could damage thousands of ...

    Local Press Report - 02/15/2013 - 10:15

  7. Red Cross Appeals for Over $30 Million for Typhoon-Hit Southeastern Philippines

    15 Feb 2013- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MANILA, Philippines The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has asked for an additional $30 million USD to support its aid operations for hundreds of thousands of survivors of Typhoon Bopha (known ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 02/15/2013 - 10:15

  8. Laos, Russian Investor Renew Mekong Hydropower Deal

    12 Feb 2013- 08:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent vientiane, laos Laotian authorities last week signed an updated eight-year-old deal with Russian investor Regional Oil for construction of three hydropower projects on Mekong River tributaries. The three ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 02/12/2013 - 09:47

  9. World Bank Rates Philippines’ New Sewerage Project Only “Moderately Satisfactory”

    24 Jan 2013- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MANILA, Philippines The World Bank’s evaluation group gave a rating of only “moderately satisfactory” to a sewerage project completed last year in Metro Manila, the Philippine capital, which the lender funded ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/16/2013 - 05:13

  10. Xylem Unveils New Pump Design at International Water Summit

    16 Jan 2013- 01:45 by OOSKAnews Correspondent united arab emirates, ABU DHABI Xylem, which celebrated its first birthday barely a year ago after being spun off from ITT, unveiled an innovative pump design, called the Flygt Experior, during the ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/15/2013 - 17:49

  11. Hyflux Consortium Signs Desalinated Water Deal in Gujarat, India

    16 Jan 2013- 00:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent sinGapore A consortium of Singapore water services company Hyflux and Japan’s Hitachi has signed a water purchase agreement to deliver desalinated water to the Dahej Special Economic Zone in Gujarat, India, ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/16/2013 - 05:13

  12. 60 Percent of Vietnam’s Surface Water Vulnerable to Actions of Other Countries

    19 Dec 2012- 09:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Vietnam, HANOI Up to 60 percent of Vietnam’s 840 billion cubic meters of surface water originates in foreign countries upstream, making the country highly vulnerable to pollution and water use issues in nearby ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 12/19/2012 - 09:33

  13. Laos Awards New Consultancy Contract for Contentious Xayaburi Dam to Finland’s Pöyry

    15 Nov 2012- 08:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent HELSINKI, Finland Global consulting and engineering firm Pöyry’s energy business group has won the technical consulting contract for the Laotian government’s controversial $3.5 billion USD Xayaburi hydropower. ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/15/2012 - 10:01

  14. ADB, AusAID Announce $87 Million Mekong Flood Package

    12 Nov 2012- 10:17 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MANILA, Philippines The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) last week announced an $87.39 million USD loan and grant package to Laos and Vietnam for ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/12/2012 - 10:17

  15. Southeast Asian Activists Criticize Sarawak Dams

    8 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Malaysia, SANDAKAN Environmental activists representing 11 Southeastern Asian nations have critized Malaysia’s plans to build 12 mega-dams in Sarawak state, citing the “inefficiency, failure and destruction” of ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/08/2012 - 09:22

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