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South Sudan Announces Three Year Water Project
29 Nov 2012- 09:06 by Local Press Report JUBA Sudan Tribune The Government of South Sudan and its development partners have unveiled a three-year water project, seeking to reduce conflict in Jonglei state. The project, officials told Sudan Tribune, will ...
Local Press Report - 11/29/2012 - 10:13
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VA Tech Wabag Wins $39 Million Bangalore Wastewater Treatment Contract
29 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent India, BANGALORE The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board announced on November 26 that it had awarded Chennai-based water management company VA Tech Wabag a seven-year, $39 million USD contract to ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/29/2012 - 10:00
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Banda Pledges Malawi Will Not Share Contested Lake; US Remaining Neutral
29 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Malawi, LILONGWE Malawian President Joyce Banda reiterated this week that Malawi would not agree to share ownership of any part of Lake Malawi with any “other country,” referring to neighboring Tanzania. “As ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/26/2013 - 16:07
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Uranium, Cadmium, Aluminum in Russian Rivers After Finland Mine Spill
29 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent MOSCOW, Russia Russian teams monitoring the pollution from the Finnish nickel mine that had a serious wastewater leak on November 12 have reported finding uranium, cadmium and aluminum at up to 50 times their ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/29/2012 - 10:00
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Vladivistok Utility Penalized for Its Slow Response to Sewage Accident
29 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Russia, VLADIVOSTOK A court in Vladivostok has ruled against the local water utility for failing to act quickly enough following a sewage accident that occurred on August 15. The ruling is in keeping with a ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/29/2012 - 10:00
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US, Mexican Officials Upbeat About New Water-Sharing Agreement
29 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Mexico, MEXICO CITY US and Mexican officials have been mostly positive on the new agreement on sharing water from the Colorado River, signed last week, although Mexican farmers and some US water agencies ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/21/2013 - 21:52
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Chile Tackles "Rock Snot" in Bio Bio
29 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent CHILE, SANTIAGO Chilean authorities announced this week that they have launched a strategy to stop the spread of an algae infestation in the Bio Bio River basin, which they said could have “serious ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/29/2012 - 10:00
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Cleaning Up the Singapore River: A Model for Asia?
29 Nov 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent sinGapore In 1969, Singapore’s then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew initiated a plan to clean up the polluted Singapore River, focusing on the removal or relocation of polluting sources and waterway clean-up. Over ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/16/2013 - 05:13
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ADB Lends China $200 Million for Food Security Project
21 Nov 2012- 09:56 by Local Press Report MANILA Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $200 million USD loan to improve crop output and farming productivity in some of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) most important ...
Local Press Report - 11/21/2012 - 09:59
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Croatia Completes Three Hydropower Plants on Drava River
21 Nov 2012- 09:50 by Local Press Report ZAGREB Balkans.com Head of Croatian Electric Power Industry Zlatko Koračević announced the revitalization of three hydro power plants on Drava – Varazdin, Čakovec and Dubrava today, and for the three projects they ...
Local Press Report - 11/21/2012 - 09:52
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Azerbaijan Proposes Wastewater Channel to Prevent Caspian Sea Pollution
21 Nov 2012- 09:35 by Local Press Report BAKU Trend News Agency The Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has proposed a project on the construction of a sewer tunnel along the seaside boulevard designed to stop the direct discharge of ...
Local Press Report - 11/21/2012 - 09:52
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Haiti Cholera On the Rise After Hurricane Sandy
21 Nov 2012- 09:29 by Local Press Report PORT-AU-PRINCE infosurhoy The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Haitian officials have reported 3,593 cases of cholera since Hurricane Sandy passed over the nation in October. IOM spokesman Jumbe ...
Local Press Report - 05/23/2013 - 22:27
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Kyrgyz Capital Will Run Out of Water in 10 Years
21 Nov 2012- 09:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Water reserves in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, will only last for another 10 years, according to Asylbek Isayev, CEO of municipal water company Bishkekvodokanal. “Currently, Bishkek is ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 11/21/2012 - 09:53
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Brazil Increases 2012 Inflation Forecast Due to Drought
21 Nov 2012- 09:24 by Local Press Report BRASILIA Nasdaq Brazil'sPlanning Ministry raised on Tuesday its forecast for consumer price increases in 2012 and called on the government to reduce its target for the primary surplus in the year. In its ...
Local Press Report - 11/21/2012 - 09:52
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Peru, Ecuador to Discuss Irrigation Project
21 Nov 2012- 09:16 by Local Press Report LIMA Bernama.com The governments of Peru and Ecuador will discuss current progress on the binational Puyango-Tumbes irrigation project during their upcoming presidential and ministerial summit. The presidents of ...
Local Press Report - 11/21/2012 - 09:52