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23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ASMARA, Eritrea — — At the G8 meeting in Berlin last month, civil society groups launched an End Water Poverty campaign, recognizing that bringing water to the poorest is closely linked with to dealing with poverty.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ZIMBABWE, HARARE — - The government and private company Triangle Sugar Ltd., which owns sugar estates in the lowveld of southeastern Zimbabwe have entered into a deal to finish the construction of the Tokwe Mukosi
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — — Saudi Arabia is planning to sell off as many as nine wastewater treatment plants in Riyadh.
The move falls within the kingdom's ongoing privatization strategy, and
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
duBai, united arab emirates — — As part of efforts to increase the efficiency of water services, governments across the Middle East have turned to automated and computerized solutions.
But the record has been mixed.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MONROVIA, Liberia, AMMAN, Jordan — — Water from wells being used for commercial purposes in the capital were constructed near latrines and dump sites and could be contaminated, according to the Liberia Water and Sewage Corporation.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — — Thousands of citizens in a number of Egyptian governorates protested due to the severe lack of water supply in their villages.
The wave of protests began recently in the Delta City of Mahalla, 140
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT — - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Energy (Electricity and Water) will tender three pipeline packages and two pumping stations in August.
The packages are meant to launch
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KAMPALA, Uganda — — The government of Uganda has launched a project expected to cost millions of dollars to extend water for irrigation and human consumption in the Uganda-Tanzanian border district of Isingiro.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — — The Nyeri Water and Sewerage Company (Nyewasco) has signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the National Union of Water and Sewerage Employees.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — - Saudi Arabia is looking into a second major water and power project at Yanbu, according to officials.
The Power & Water Utility Company for Jubail & Yanbu (Marafiq)said it
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Iraq, SULEIMANIYAH — — Rehabilitation and maintenance work on the Dokan Dam in Suleimanyah province has been completed, at a total cost of some $ 3.6 million USD, according to the Ministry of Water
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — — The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources has given a green light to two major irrigation improvement and development projects in the West Delta and four other governorates.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
washington, dc (United States Millennium Challenge Corporation) — — The U. S. Millennium Challenge Corporation has signed a $506.9 million USD compact to promote sustainable economic growth in Mozambique, half of which is for water and sanitation.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
KAMPALA, Uganda (The Monitor (Uganda)) — — The African Development Bank and the German government will provide some $69 million USD in joint funding for the Kampala sanitation program.
Additionally, the bank will provide $27
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
ZIMBABWE, BULAWAYO (SW Radio Africa (United Kingdom)/Zimbabwe Independent) — — Bulawayo's water supply was cut off in the wake of the Lower Ncema dam decommissioning.
Three of the five dams supplying water to the city have been decommissioned.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
YEMEN, SANAA (Yemen Observer) — — The government of Japan is funding a project to improve water supply in the Red Sea governorate of Hodeidah in western Yemen.
The funding is in the form of a grant of $83,550 USD to the
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
duBai, united arab emirates (Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirate)) — — A sewerage leak that flooded workers' camps at Al Quoz industrial area was stopped and the sewage was removed by tanker to Al Awir treatment plant.
The leaking sewage posed a
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
CAIRO, Egypt (Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)) — —The Holding Company for Water and Sewage and other water supply companies will need some $3 billion USD to meet their goal of increasing water production by 40 percent, according to the company's
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
ZIMBABWE, HARARE (The Herald (Zimbabwe)) — — The government may connect private boreholes to Harare's water system to help end shortages in the capital and surrounding areas.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Independent Online/South African Press Association) — — Members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) could gostrike, if a dispute between the union and Rand Water is not resolved.
Talks between Rand Water and
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
KAMPALA, Uganda (New Vision (Uganda)) — — The government's nearly $92 million USD budget allocation to the water sector may still not be enough for the country to meet its Millenium Development Goal
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
KAMPALA, Uganda (New Vision (Uganda)) — — Declining water levels in Lake Victoria are not the cause of power shortages in the country, according to Nokwanda Mngeni, managing director of utility company Eskom Uganda.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Mena Report) — — Project finance documents have been signed for the $235 million USD Shuaibah III expansion project.
The expansion project includes a 150,000 cubic meter per day
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
OMAN, MUSCAT (Oman Daily Observer) — —The pollution control department at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources is on the alert for possible environmental contamination
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
ZIMBABWE, HARARE (The Herald (Zimbabwe)) — — Power problems caused water production and bulk water pumping to shut down at water treatment plants and pumping stations serving the capital and its suburbs, the Zimbabwe National
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
TEL AVIV, Israel (Jerusalem Post (Israel)) — — The Knesset, Israel's parliament, has passed a series of new environmental laws, including one that makes local authorities, rather than the federal government, responsible
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
AMMAN, Jordan (Jordan Times) — — The winning bidder for the $600 million USD Disi Water Conveyance Project will be announced soon, according to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation.
Three companies have bid for the
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (Jerusalem Post) — — The Palestinan townofEast Baka and the Israeli town of West Baka-Jat are working together to protect the WadiAbu Nar stream that runs through both municipalities.
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
Mozambique, NICOADALA (Agenda de Informacao de Mocambique) — — The city of Quelimane, in Mozambique's central Zambezia province, has a new water supply system at a cost of $13 million USD.
Funds to construct the new system came in the forms of
23 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
MAPUTO, Mozambique (Agenda de Informacao de Mocambique) — — State institutions in the capital owe some $20 million USD in unpaid water bills, Although the total amount due has been coming down slowly, some have not paid their bills for eight
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — — The World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have offered $670 million USD in grants to support the activities
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Iraq, BAGHDAD — — Work will begin this month on a $3.5 million USD irrigation project in Baghdad province.
The General Directorate of Engineering Designs in the Ministry of Water
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
OMAN, MUSCAT — - Five international companies have been prequalified for the tender to provide technical assistance on the estimated $800 million USD Barka 2/Rusayl independent water and
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Saudi Arabia, DAM MAM — - Work on the water transmission system to serve Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province is expected to start soon, according to the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC).
The SWCC has stepped up its
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NAMIBIA, WINDHOEK — - Around 91 percent of rural households in Namibia have access to clean and safe potable water, according to Deputy Director of Rural Water Supply Koch Herald.
The country's overall goal of having
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — — The Persian Gulf region — with high financial liquidity and a booming water industry driven by ever-growing demand — has become one of the main targets of international water
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, OMAN, MUSCAT — — Top-level bilateral negotiations are taking place between Sierra Leonean and Chinese water officials "to address the acute shortage of water" in the West African state, according to
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt, GHANA, ACCRA — - Japan will provide a $2.5 million USD grant to finance the fourth phase of the Floating Pump Stations Requalification Project in Upper Egypt.
The requalification of floating
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya, Nigeria, CALABAR — — Demand for water treatment chemicals in Kenya is growing along with consumers' skepticism about the safety of water supplied by utilities.
Residents in Kenya's three largest
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KAMPALA, Uganda — — Water and sanitation issues are hindering development in Ugandan towns, according to State Minister for Urban Development Tibamanya Urban.
Urban called for intensified efforts
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