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6 May 2013 - 09:36 by Local Press Report
MUSCAT (Utility Products) — Oman Power and Water conference (OPWS 2013) will begin tomorrow ,Sunday, at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel under the auspices of Dr.
3 May 2013 - 07:46 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — The Egyptian government on April 28 signed a $225 million USD loan agreement with the German government to fund water, environment and energy projects.
3 May 2013 - 07:45 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Saudi Arabia, JEDDAH — The Saudi National Water Company (NWC) on April 30 signed a $587 million USD supply agreement with the Jeddah Economic Company (JEC).
3 May 2013 - 10:01 by Local Press Report
MUSCAT (Gulf News) — Oman’s authorities sought to quell rumours that the country’s biggest dam, now holding back a capacity 100 million cubic metres of water after more than a week of torrential rains, is in imminent d
2 May 2013 - 08:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Israel, JERUSALEM — A joint Arab-Israeli study is investigating the effects of pharmaceutical residues in Israel’s water.
2 May 2013 - 08:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
DOHA, Qatar — The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is planning to establish a $1 billion USD Food Security Fund in Morocco, according to Khalil al Khanji, chairman of the Federation of GCC Chambers.
2 May 2013 - 09:15 by Local Press Report
KUWAIT CITY (The Indian Express) — Kuwait plans to increase service charges on foreigners, media reports said today, triggering the ire of the main labour union which also blasted the government for deporting hundreds of expatriates
2 May 2013 - 09:07 by Local Press Report
RIYADH (The Gulf Today) — Thirteen people have died and four more are missing in Saudi Arabia after downpours caused flash floods in several areas of the kingdom, the civil defence authorities said on Wednesday. Two ot
1 May 2013 - 08:15 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Iraq, BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has allocated $687 million USD for water, sanitation, irrigation and other infrastructure projects in Babil governorate.
1 May 2013 - 08:14 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan Inspector General of Government Irene Mulyagonja has blocked President Yoweri Museveni’s choice to take over as managing director of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), citi
1 May 2013 - 08:13 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
new yorK, ny, united states — International water and sanitation non-profit WaterAid and the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation announced on April 29 that they were teaming up on projects to bring safe potable water to three locations
1 May 2013 - 10:01 by Local Press Report
LONDON (eNews Park Service) — New research has overturned the theory that the Mount Toba super-eruption, which took place at the Indonesian island of Sumatra 75,000 years ago, could have plunged the Earth into a volcanic wint
30 Apr 2013 - 08:17 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT — The Kuwaiti government on April 25 issued a call for expressions of interest for the second phase of the $1.7 billion USD Az Zour North power and desalination plant.
30 Apr 2013 - 08:15 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — The Tanzanian government on April 29 announced an additional $111 million USD for the water sector budget in the 2013-2014 financial year.The announcement by Minister for Finance and Economic Affai
30 Apr 2013 - 08:16 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
LONDON, United Kingdom — South African companies are highly vulnerable to water-related risks, with more firms disclosing negative consequences of water-related risks in 2012 than in previous years, according to a news rep
30 Apr 2013 - 09:54 by Local Press Report
30 Apr 2013 - 10:38 by Local Press Report
HARARE (The Herald (Zimbabwe)) — Harare City Council is failing to supply water to residents because consumers are not servicing their water bills, a senior council official has said. This had affected the city's operations
29 Apr 2013 - 08:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on April 26 announced the appointment of Professor Judi Wakhungu, a geologist and academic, to a five-year term as the country’s first Cabinet Secretary for Environm
29 Apr 2013 - 10:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Malawi, LILONGWE — The Malawi government has issued 172 mining licenses in the past four years as part of its effort to boost the country’s agriculture-dependent economy.
29 Apr 2013 - 09:41 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi government has signed 32 contracts, worth a total of $220 million USD, for water and sanitation projects across the country this year.
29 Apr 2013 - 09:25 by Local Press Report
JOHANNESBURG (Co.EXIST) — Like many countries around the world, South Africa struggles with an aging water infrastructure that’s struggling to keep up with rapidly increasing urban populations.
29 Apr 2013 - 09:54 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (Israel Hayom) — The new project, headed by Dr. Marina Nisnevich from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at Ariel University and Dr.
26 Apr 2013 - 07:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project will reduce Egypt and Sudan’s share of Nile water by 18 billion cubic meters annually, Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Bahaaeddi
26 Apr 2013 - 10:13 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — Floodwaters in Kenya’s Tana River region have continued to rise, putting farmers who chose not to evacuate earlier this month at risk, according to Kenya Red Cross officials, who were helping evacu
26 Apr 2013 - 09:05 by Local Press Report
PRETORIA (South African Government) — The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe says water is critical to sustainable socio-economic development and eradication of poverty.
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 - 10:01 by Local Press Report
duBai (The National) — A labourer trapped in a sewer with water filling up around him was saved in a last-gasp rescue by police. A group of workers had been extending water pipelines in Oud Metha when the man became
26 Apr 2013 - 09:11 by Local Press Report
TEHRAN (Zawya) — Some 20 water supply projects worth $4.2 billion USD will be implemented across the country in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the energy minister.
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 - 08:05 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 - 08:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united arab emirates, ABU DHABI — The UAE Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) has allocated $109 million USD for water and energy projects in the emirate of Umm al Quwain, FEWA officials said on April 19.
25 Apr 2013 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT — The government of Kuwait this week pledged a $53 million USD contribution to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to help meet Syrian children’s health, water and sanitation and education
25 Apr 2013 - 10:35 by Local Press Report
CAIRO (Egypt Independent) — Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Bahaa Eddin has called for the prohibition of rice cultivation in desert lands, which is already forbidden by law, so as to reduce overdraft of water
25 Apr 2013 - 10:13 by Local Press Report
duBai (Filtration & Separation) — EPC Abengoa is to use PX® technology from Energy Recovery Inc.
25 Apr 2013 - 10:06 by Local Press Report
24 Apr 2013 - 07:54 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT — The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works on April 19 announced an allocation of $673 million USD to improve sanitation facilities in the country.
24 Apr 2013 - 09:58 by Local Press Report
MUSCAT (Oman Daily Observer) — Water supplies were restored to the Governorate of Al Dakhiliyah and the Governorate of South Batinah yesterday, said Dr Ali bin Hamad al Ghafri, Assistant Chairman of the Public Authority for Elec
24 Apr 2013 - 09:43 by Local Press Report
BAGHDAD (Al Arabiya) — Iraq has prepared contingency plans in case a dam in northern Syria that fell under rebel control two months ago collapses, an official told AFP on Monday. The dam on the Euphrates river in Ra
24 Apr 2013 - 09:02 by Local Press Report
LONDON (CropLife) — CropWorld Global 2013, the annual agricultural industry event run by UBM Live, has
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.
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