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11 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Growing demand for water in China and Uzbekistan could lead to a water supply crisis in Kazakhstan, according to Ainur Kuatova, an adviser to the Environmental Protection Minister.
11 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin last week gave a widely publicized speech in which he called for more “citizen involvement” in various aspects of the housing sector, including in the provision of
11 Feb 2013 - 10:21 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Azerbaijan Business Center) — Azersu OJSC, national water operator of Azerbaijan, has announced a tender procedure for assembly & construction work on the water and sewer systems of Baku, its suburbs and regions of the coun
8 Feb 2013 - 11:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
WARSAW, Poland — Local water utility SW-S Swarzewo will expand and modernize its sewage treatment plant in Swarzewo, Poland under a $34 million USD project.
8 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — On February 6, the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment published its annual list of the 100 most polluted cities in the country.
8 Feb 2013 - 09:48 by Local Press Report
new yorK (UNICEF) — UNICEF welcomed core contributions from Member States at the annual pledging event held on the third day of the first regular session of the Executive Board. Some $38 million USD was pledged d
8 Feb 2013 - 09:27 by Local Press Report
SKOPJE (Macedonia International News Agency) — Skopje drinking water is of highest quality, the safest in Europe after Vienna, said Stojan Srbinoski, director of the city's water distribution compan, on Thursday. He stressed citizen
8 Feb 2013 - 09:23 by Local Press Report
YEREVAN (Hydro World) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a $25 million USD loan that will help fund International Energy Corporation (IEC) rehabilitations of seven hydropower proje
7 Feb 2013 - 10:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, WASHINGTON DC — The United States Department of State, along with its partners the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Water Association (IWA), this week launched a new init
7 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KYIV — Merging regional utilities, including water companies, will considerably slash operating costs, as well as service tariffs, and create a unified tariff policy in every region, according to Ukrain
7 Feb 2013 - 08:57 by Local Press Report
BUDAPEST (Politics.Hu) — Hungary’s large municipalities have asked to be compensated for the government’s planned new 10-percent utility bill cuts, Szilard Nemeth, an official of the Fidesz party said at the ruling allia
7 Feb 2013 - 08:52 by Local Press Report
YEREVAN (HETQ.am) — The government is pushing ahead with its plan to build two large-scale hydro-electric plants on the Arax River with financial assistance from Iran. Today, the National Assembly discussed chang
6 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan allocated some $820 million USD from the national budget for the Ak Bulak (Clean Water) program last year, according to Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov.
6 Feb 2013 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
ASTANA (Tengri News) — Kazakhstan Agriculture Minister Assylzhan Mamytbekov is suggesting to annually plan budget expenses in preparation for possible drought, Tengrinews.kz reports. "It is preferable for the govern
6 Feb 2013 - 08:45 by Local Press Report
SYDNEY (CST Wastewater Solutions) — Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and rel
6 Feb 2013 - 08:38 by Local Press Report
MOSCOW (4-Traders) — HMS Group, the leading pump and compressor manufacturer as well as the provider of flow control solutions and related services to oil and gas, nuclear and thermal power generation and water utiliti
5 Feb 2013 - 10:39 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Water Stewardship (EWS), an initiative of the Brussels-based European Water Partnership, announced last week that it had awarded its first-ever “Gold level” standard certification to t
5 Feb 2013 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — The Russian Association of Water Supply and Sanitation on February 4 published its survey of the water and sewage networks throughout Russia. It is the most comprehensive picture of the indu
5 Feb 2013 - 09:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Tashkent’s Development Department – the local government agency for responsible for construction and general public maintenance works -- is polluting the Burjar Canal, a major source of industria
5 Feb 2013 - 10:27 by Local Press Report
VIZIRU (Bloomberg ) — TMUCB SA, a Romanian construction company, won a 17.4 million-lei ($5.4 million) contract to upgrade a water and sewage system in the country’s southeast. The 23-month contract was awarded b
5 Feb 2013 - 08:59 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Azerbaijan Business Center) — Emergencies Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov of Azerbaijan received yesterday in Baku BP Azerbaijan’s president Gordon Birell. The Ministry of Emergency Situations informs that in the meeting th
4 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MOSCOW, Russia — RusHydro, Russia’s largest hydropower company, last week revealed its intention to take over management of the country’s water and wastewater services.
4 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Poland, PLOCK — Plock municipality in central Poland has announced plans to invest some $19 million USD for a series of projects to expand and modernize the municipal sewage network.
4 Feb 2013 - 09:11 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Azerbaijan Business Center) — UNESCO will officially open on February 11 the International Year of Cooperation in the field of Water Resources. According to the organization, it is difficult to overestimate the importanc
4 Feb 2013 - 09:01 by Local Press Report
KOTOR VAROS (Balkans.com) — For the next three years, Kotor Varoš plans to allocate around $2.8 million USD for the realization of projects aimed at environmental protection in the region. ‘’The most amount of money wi
1 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Lithuania, VILNIUS — The new Lithuanian government is moving to merge the country’s 359 existing water and sewage utilities to as few as 60 – one per municipality.
1 Feb 2013 - 10:27 by Local Press Report
WASHINGTON DC (World Resources Institute ) — The World Resources Institute (WRI) today launched a new online tool that maps water risk worldwide based on the most current, highest resolution data available.
1 Feb 2013 - 09:15 by Local Press Report
BUDAPEST (Politics.Hu) — At present, the government is working to reduce the retail prices of water, sewage, and garbage collection by 10 percent before June 1, Janos Lazar, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, sa
1 Feb 2013 - 09:09 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Azerbaijan Business Center) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) continues formulation of twinning- support program, proposed by Azerbaijan’s national water operator Azersu OJSC. The Baku-based ADB resident office informs th
31 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Ministry of the Treasury plans to sell its residual stake in Silesian water supply firm Górnośląskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów S.A.
31 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ukraine, KYIV — The average resident of Ukraine consumes 2.4 times more water than a person living in the European Union, according to Ukraine’s former Minister of Regional Development, Building, Housing and Uti
31 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, SAMARA — A scandal has emerged in the Samara region of Russia after local media discovered that a broken sewage pipe has been releasing wastewater into the Volga River for several years.
31 Jan 2013 - 08:30 by Local Press Report
WASHINGTON DC (World Bank (press release)) — Rural communities of over 10 million people in eight regions of Uzbekistan will benefit from the US$12.699 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant financing for the Sustainable Agriculture
31 Jan 2013 - 08:26 by Local Press Report
BAKU (Azerbaijan Business Center) — The European Union has supported and joined the program of substantiation of management and impact of climate change, initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Informed sources say that
30 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
sinGapore — Urban water systems face a multitude of challenges, Stanford University Professor Richard Luthy told delegates at last week’s Water Research Conference in Singapore.
30 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — The Czech Water Supply and Sewerage Association (SOVAK) said it is concerned over the Ministry of Agriculture’s draft amendment on distribution of water and sanitation, which contains only a few of
30 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Russia, KEMEROVO — A mining company in the remote Kemerovo region of Russia has been fined $666,000 USD for causing massive environmental damage by consistently releasing untreated industrial wastewater into a river.
30 Jan 2013 - 08:55 by Local Press Report
ASHGABAT (UN News Center) — The Security Council on January 29 stressed the need for cooperation and coordination between governments in Central Asia and regional organizations to strengthen peace, stability and sustainable
30 Jan 2013 - 08:51 by Local Press Report
MINSK (Belarusian Telegraph Agency ) — Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich and Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan discussed topical aspects of the bilateral cooperation over the phone on 29 January, the press service o
29 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Angel Semerdzhiev, chairman of Bulgaria’s State Energy & Water Regulatory Commission has requested early termination of his position.
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