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30 Apr 2013 - 09:51 by Local Press Report
TASHKENT (Central Asia Online) — Uzbekistan is calling for soil improvement and a new power station, media reported. President Islam Karimov signed an April 19 resolution approving a 2013-2017 plan to improve the condition of
29 Apr 2013 - 08:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TURKMENISTAN, ASHGABAT — Turkmenistan is creating an artificial lake at Garashor to collect and treat drainage water and sewage and then reuse it for irrigation, according to the project’s planning engineer.
29 Apr 2013 - 08:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian nitrogen fertilizer producer URALCHEM, OJSC announced that it invested $14.7 million USD last year for environmental protection measures, a 28 percent increase from the previous year.
29 Apr 2013 - 08:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
WARSAW, Poland — Polish water industry association IGWP has submitted a proposal to the Polish Ministry of Economy to recognize sewage sludge as biomass in the renewable energy bill currently the ministry is curren
29 Apr 2013 - 09:45 by Local Press Report
BUCHAREST (Bloomberg ) — Apa Canal SA, a Romania utility, awarded a $12.5 million USD contract for water infrastructure works in the eastern county of Galati. The contract went to the Romanian companies Tancrad SRL
29 Apr 2013 - 09:35 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Azerbaijan Business Center) — National water operator Azersu OJSC is preparing a working documentation of the 3rd tranche of Multi-Tranche Financing Facility (MFF) Water Supply & Sanitation Investment Program, financed by
26 Apr 2013 - 10:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
SOFIA, Bulgaria — The Bulgarian government commission responsible for determining conflict of interest actions this week found the former head of the State Energy and Water Regulator Commission (SEWRC), Angel Seme
26 Apr 2013 - 08:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — A growing number of Czech households are digging their own wells or upgrading existing wells to provide water for non-potable uses, due to the high cost of tap water.
26 Apr 2013 - 08:01 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — The Tajik government is preparing to host a high-level international water forum in August to celebrate the International Year of Water Cooperation, according to participants at the 16th Network Me
26 Apr 2013 - 10:21 by Local Press Report
WASHINGTON DC (eNews Park Service) — A new report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that nanomaterials added to soil via fertilizers and treated sewage waste used to fertilize fields could threaten soil he
26 Apr 2013 - 08:57 by Local Press Report
BUCHAREST (Water World) — Romanian construction company Selina won a $6.4 million USD contract for the extension of the water and sewage network in the town of Nadlac, a notice in the EU's procurement journal indicated on
26 Apr 2013 - 08:54 by Local Press Report
SARAJEVO (Reuters) — Britain-based trading and investment group Energy Financing Team (EFT) received a permit on Thursday to build a 35 megawatt (MW) hydro-power plant on the Neretva river in southeastern Bosnia at a
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.
25 Apr 2013 - 08:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Kazakhstan, SHYMKENT — Some of the state funds allocated for the Drinking Water Program in South Kazakhstan Province have disappeared and some have been wasted, the South Kazakhstan Prosecutors’ Office said on April 20.<
25 Apr 2013 - 08:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, TYUMEN — Russia’s Tyumen region has announced a new project to change the way its capital city and surrounding areas provide residents with freshwater, by utilizing underground reservoirs rather than relyin
25 Apr 2013 - 08:05 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Geneva, switzerland — A new report by World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) called on businesses to focus on water management beyond the “fence-line,” or outside the company, to ensure sustainable u
25 Apr 2013 - 10:30 by Local Press Report
VASKA (dalje.com) — Agriculture Minister Tihomir Jakovina on Wednesday formally marked the resumption of work on the irrigation system from Kapinci to Vaska in Virovitica County in the northeast of Croatia, and the va
25 Apr 2013 - 09:55 by Local Press Report
SIBIU (Bloomberg Businessweek) — Apa-Canal SA, a Romanian water utility, awarded a $5 million USD contract in central Sibiu county to Universal Business SA for water and sewage upgrades. Apa-Canal plans to expand and improve
24 Apr 2013 - 07:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Bulgaria, VARNA — Bulgaria’s Varna municipality plans to start 16 water and sewerage projects worth $521 million USD.
24 Apr 2013 - 07:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, KUSHVA — During the night of April 18 the city of Kushva in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Region suffered a catastrophic sewage leak.
24 Apr 2013 - 07:46 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — The European Union has approved an additional $13 million USD to rejuvenate slum upgrading programs in eight African countries.
24 Apr 2013 - 09:50 by Local Press Report
SARAJEVO (Balkans.com) — Business Monitor International stated in its recent report about infastructure in Bosna Herzegovina that the lack of confidence from investors, combined with government infighting, means the constr
24 Apr 2013 - 09:02 by Local Press Report
LONDON (CropLife) — CropWorld Global 2013, the annual agricultural industry event run by UBM Live, has
24 Apr 2013 - 10:06 by Local Press Report
LONDON (Metro UK) — Swallowing everything dragged towards its direction, this monstrous whirlpool in Latvia looks as if a plug has been pulled from the ground beneath. The astonishing footage was apparently cap
23 Apr 2013 - 10:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, CO, DENVER — US-based international water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) NGO Water For People announced last week that it was releasing the first version of its new monitoring platform, Re-Imagine Reporting.
23 Apr 2013 - 00:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Romania, CRAIOVA — The Dolj County government in Romania is investing another $306.8 million USD on top of the $241.5 million USD already allocated for a project to extend and upgrade water and sewage infrastructure.
23 Apr 2013 - 00:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian private water utility operator Rosvodokanal, along with the Lipeck City Energy Company (LGEK), has proposed benchmarking for Russian vodokanals (water companies) in order to assess the coun
23 Apr 2013 - 10:20 by Local Press Report
UFA (General Electric) — GE and Russian oil company Bashneft have launched pilot testing of GE’s ZeeWeed*membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology for biological treatment of sewage water from the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil pr
23 Apr 2013 - 09:50 by Local Press Report
ASTANA (Water World) — In Kazakhstan, 96 percent of the drinking water supplied to residents of rural areas is subsidized by the state, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies Amanzhol Alpysb
23 Apr 2013 - 10:26 by Local Press Report
22 Apr 2013 - 09:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, WASHINGTON DC — The World Bank opened its annual spring meeting on April 19 with a panel discussion on the importance of proper sanitation in achieving all development goals, as well as the importance of private
22 Apr 2013 - 07:50 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran last week announced the launch of a $1.5 billion USD project to bring water from the Caspian Sea to its central desert for drinking and irrigation purposes.
22 Apr 2013 - 09:44 by Local Press Report
BAKU (News.az) — Azerbaijan water company Azersu and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have discussed implementation of the “Water Supply and Sanitation Investment Program." Chairman of Azersu Gorkhmaz Huseynov
22 Apr 2013 - 09:53 by Local Press Report
19 Apr 2013 - 08:14 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — A Russian water expert has recommended that the Russian government tackle the growing crisis in the country's water industry by re-establishing the former Ministry of Housing.
19 Apr 2013 - 09:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
washington, dc, united states — An estimated $260 billion USD is lost every year from a lack of access to sanitation, according to the World Bank.
19 Apr 2013 - 08:15 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Poland, SOSNOWIEC — Sosnowiec municipality in southern Poland is planning to build 18 kilometers of new sewage networks and three sewage pumps, and to modernize its existing sewage infrastructure as part of a $20 mill
19 Apr 2013 - 09:44 by Local Press Report
MOSCOW (Hydro World) — he shareholders of top Russian hydropower company RusHydro elected a new board of directors at an extraordinary general meeting on Friday, RIA Novosti reported. The shareholders reelected fi
19 Apr 2013 - 09:40 by Local Press Report
ASTANA (Hydro World) — Launch of both Kambar-Ata hydropower plants will allow to additionally produce up to 6.3 billion kWh of power annually.
18 Apr 2013 - 09:21 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
new yorK, ny, united states — International water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) NGO WaterAid announced this week that it has joined the United Nations’ Water Action Hub, an online platform that allows users to identify poten
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