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20 Feb 2012 - 19:13 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Naftali Mwaura, OOSKAnews, NAIROBI, Kenya -- The loss of topsoil due to mechanized farming, urbanization and population growth is contributing to depletion of freshwater ecosystems, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
17 Feb 2012 - 11:01 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KYIV (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Ukraine has been scrambling to improve utility services in the cities of Kyiv, Lvov, Donetsk and Kharkov in anticipation of the Euro 2012 soccer championship, which it is co-hosting this summer.
The sporting event is expected to bring in 400,000 foreign tourists.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Over one-fifth of drinking water distributed in 2011 by Prazské vodovody a kanalizace (PVK), Prague’s water utility, was lost before reaching customers, according to new figures from the water operator.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, YAKUTSK (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The isolated Siberian city of Yakutsk is planning a large investment project in sewage and freshwater treatment plants, after analysis of a lake in the region showed that raw sewage was leading to eutrophication.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:22 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KREMATORSK (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The town of Krematorsk, in eastern Ukraine, is battling a group of Russian investors for control of its local water utility.
The controversy started at the end of last year, when the Krematorsk Town Council voted to annul its lease agreement with a mysterious consortium of Moscow-based investors, known as NII IVOV.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:05 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Tajik authorities on February 10 announced that water quality had returned to normal in the city of Chkalovsk.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, ORENBURG (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The prosecutor in Russia’s Orenburg district found that the local vodokanal (water utility) illegally increased water tariffs for consumers last year, despite a freeze imposed by the central government. The case is being eagerly followed by water utilities across Russia that are keen to increase their prices to keep up with sharply increasing costs.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:17 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Poland, TORUN (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Local water utility Torunskie Wodociagi (Torun Waterworks) this month announced it would invest $26.5 million USD in a number of water and sanitation infrastructure projects.
The company plans to modernize the sewage treatment plant and expand and overhaul the water supply and sewage network in the city of Torun.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:15 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov says the country’s Ak Bulak (Clean Water) program is a “good” one. But at a meeting with other officials this month, he acknowledged its shortcomings, particularly problems with urban water utilities.
17 Feb 2012 - 11:12 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TURKMENISTAN, ASHGABAT (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Turkmenistan started building a new water reservoir in the northern part of the country earlier this month.
The new reservoir will be located near Konya-Urgench, a town of about 30,000 people in Dashoguz province, just south of the border with Uzbekistan, near the left bank of the Amu Darya River.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:48 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Local Press Report) — Due to cold weather, Azerbijani national water operator OJSC Azersu increased the pressure of its supplied water by 1.5 cubic meters a second. Azersu spokesman Anar Jabrayilli said, “In all 11 central water reservoirs of Azersu there are currently 600 cubic meters of water that provides regular water supply to the population.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:45 by Local Press Report
SOFIA (Local Press Report) — Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has sent a note warning the authorities of Turkey and Greece about the overflowing of major water dams on Bulgarian territory. Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Greek and Turkish authorities that the Ivailovgrad water reservoir and the Studen Kladenetz water reservoir will begin to overflow.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:41 by Local Press Report
TALLINN (Local Press Report) — Estonia’s biggest water utility AS Tallinna Vesi saw its stock rise by 7.1 percent in the last 21 months after the Tallinn Administrative Court kept suspended an order by the competition authority to cut the company’s tariffs until a final ruling was made.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:31 by Local Press Report
ASTANA (Local Press Report) — Kazakhstan announced plans earlier this month to implement projects with a total worth of $520 million USD this year as part of the state program for water supply systems development.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:27 by Local Press Report
BUCHAREST (Local Press Report) — Romania’s tourism ministry announced plans to pay an estimated $210 million USD for wastewater treatment and water supply systems in 12 counties, tender notices showed.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:55 by Local Press Report
TIRANA (Local Press Report) — The European Union announced earlier this month that it will provide more than $107 million USD in aid to Albania over the next two years for infrastructure projects and reforms. A statement from the EU office in Tirana said the aid will fund road projects, water treatment, farm competitiveness and social inclusion of the country’s Roma community, as well as justice and education programs.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:23 by Local Press Report
ST. PETERSBURG (Local Press Report) — Russian scientists have reported success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice. It is the first time such a breakthrough has been made into one of the more than 300 sub-glacial lakes known to exist on the White Continent. Researchers believe the lake can give them some fresh insights into the frozen history of Antarctica.
17 Feb 2012 - 10:51 by Local Press Report
DASHTAVAN (Local Press Report) — The Armenian Water and Sewerage company promised to deal with what hundreds of villagers in Dashtavan, Armenia regard as unfair water bills.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:34 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Czech Ministry of Environment has failed in its bid to persuade the European Commission to provide $314 million USD to rebuild the water treatment plant in Troja, a suburb of Prague.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BUCHAREST, Romania (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Romanian government plans to invest $137.75 million USD this year to reduce flood risks in the country.
The funds will go toward seven large projects considered a priority for Romania, most of them involving dam rehabilitation.
08 Feb 2012 - 09:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The first attempts at social reconstruction in war-torn Afghanistan have already increased tensions in the Central Asia region over water supply.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:32 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Russian Ministry for Regional Development on January 27 submitted an edited draft of the Clean Water Law that reduces the minimum size of private investment in future water infrastructure projects.
The revisions are in response to worsening investment conditions in more remote areas of the country.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:30 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KYIV (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Water and sewer pipelines have been breaking in cities throughout Ukraine this month as a result of bitterly cold temperatures and the poor condition of the country’s infrastructure, the Ministry of Emergencies said.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TURKMENISTAN, ASHGABAT (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Turkmenistan started building small-capacity water treatment plants throughout the country this month as part of a program that provides clean drinking water to small settlements.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Lithuania, VILNIUS (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Vilniaus Vandenys plans to start operating a new sludge drying plant by middle of the year.
The utility is already testing various systems at the facility.
The water and sewerage company treats some 113,000 cubic meters of wastewater daily.
Some of the sludge produced during the treatment process is used to produce fertilizer.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:26 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Poland, JELENIA GORA (OOSKAnews Corre...) — A consortium led by Polish construction companies Egbud and Buskopol won the $7.6 million contract to modernize and expand the water supply and sewage networks in Jelenia Gora.
The latest investment will be co-financed by a grant from the European Union Infrastructure and Environment operational program, local water utility PWiK Wodnik said.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:36 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, ODESSA (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The regional prosecutor’s office of the Odessa region opened a criminal investigation at the end of January into the construction of a sewage treatment and deep-water release facility.
It suspects corruption and embezzlement to be behind the loss of $5.6 million USD in public funds.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:12 by Local Press Report
DUSHANBE (Local Press Report) — State Unitary Enterprise Khojagiyu Manziliyu Kommunali is inviting tenders for water meters, appurtenances and fittings, and manholes for the South Tajikistan Water Rehabilitation Project.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:22 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Local Press Report) — National water operator Azersu has announced a tender for a contractor to build water supply systems and a sewer in the cities of Gabala and Shemakha. The work is part of a national water supply and sewerage services project carried out jointly with the World Bank. The tender is being issued for two lots.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:20 by Local Press Report
SARAJEVO (Local Press Report) — The Council of Europe Development Bank approved a $14.5 million USD project to co-finance, along with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, construction of the Plava Voda regional water supply network.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:18 by Local Press Report
BISHKEK (Local Press Report) — Kumtor, Kyrgyzstan’s largest gold mine, routinely ignores national environmental legislation, according to two new reports. One report suggested the mining operations could have a far-reaching, detrimental effect on Central Asia’s water supply. The mine is a major source of revenue for the country, and a major source of concern for local residents in Issyk-Kul Province.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:16 by Local Press Report
BUCHAREST (Local Press Report) — Romanian drilling and construction services group Dafora signed a $2.1 million USD contract with local water utility Apa Tarnavei Mari to build its headquarters, as well as carrying out other construction and upgrade works. The project is to be completed in 16 months. The other work will expand and overhaul the water and wastewater systems in several regions in Sibiu county.
08 Feb 2012 - 14:14 by Local Press Report
BUCHAREST (Local Press Report) — Romanian Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara met with German investors on the 190-kilometer Siret-Baragan irrigation channel project. The project will cost an estimated $4.5 billion USD. The channel will irrigate 700,000 to 1 million hectares of land in southeastern Romania at very low cost with no pumping needed.
06 Feb 2012 - 13:04 by Local Press Report
pa, TREVOSE (Local Press Report) — GE named Kevin Cassidy general manager of chemical and monitoring solutions in the water and process technologies department of GE Power & Water. Cassidy, who is based in Singapore, previously served as general manager of the Asia Pacific region for GE’s water business.
02 Feb 2012 - 14:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Poland, SRODA WIELKOPOLSKA (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Aiming to modernize its sewage network, the municipality of Sroda Wielkopolska is planning a $10.1 million USD water infrastructure project.
It will modernize some 13.26 kilometers of the municipal sewage network, and install another 300 meters of new pipelines. Some 90 percent of Sroda Wielkopolska’s residents will have access to the sewage network as a result.
01 Feb 2012 - 09:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KYIV (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Ukraine’s Ministry of the Environment is warning of a possible mass outbreak of cholera following a serious accident at a sewage treatment plant on the Dnieper River earlier this month. Settlements downstream have been put on alert. However, the worst effects are not expected until the spring thaw, due in March or April.
01 Feb 2012 - 09:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Authorities in South Kazakhstan are reporting success in completing the national drinking water program, but new construction projects and townships in several parts of the province have no access to the water supply and wastewater systems that are supposedly being built.
01 Feb 2012 - 09:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KYIV (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Ukrainian authorities in January continued their crackdown on water supply and wastewater violations. In one of the latest such incidents, the government commission overseeing the effort fined wholesaler Donetskprodtorg for stealing water, after an investigation revealed a hidden pipeline connected to the water supply on the neighboring premises.
01 Feb 2012 - 09:21 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
SOFIA, Bulgaria (OOSKAnews Corre...) — During the recent opening of one of Bulgaria’s latest water purification plants, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov took the opportunity to tout his administration’s track record in implementing EU-funded water and sanitation projects.
01 Feb 2012 - 09:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The death of an 18-month-old toddler in the city of Bryansk, southwest of Moscow, has plunged the Russian water industry into controversy.
The toddler died on January 8, after a collapsing area of pavement dropped the stroller pushed by his mother into a corroded sewage canal.
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