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16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
LAGOS, Nigeria (This Day (Nigeria)) — — The Spanish Government is working with the federal and regional governments on some $19.3 million USD in water projects in rural and semi-urban areas of Kano state.
The projects are expected to
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
LONDON, United Kingdom (SciDev.Net (United Kingdom)) — — A project using biological control in the form of two types of weevil has succeeded in eradicating invasive water hyacinth plants from Lake Victoria, researchers said.
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
South Africa, TSHWANE (BuaNews (South Africa)) — — Water services will be interrupted in Cape Town and Tshwane this month while the water supply infrastructure is upgraded and a new dam in Cape Town is built.
One of the Cape Town's main water
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT (Kuwait Times) — — Residents who use too much water or electricity could receive citations like those for traffic violations, if a proposal from the Ministry of Electricity and Water is approved.
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
DOHA, Qatar (Gulf News (Qatar)) — — IT firm Telvent GIT has won a $76 million USD contract to provide consulting services for the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa).
Under the four-year contract, Telvent
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
united arab emirates, FUJAIRAH (Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)) — — Fujairah's new sewerage system is almost complete and is expected to start operating soon.
The sewerage plant will have two units with a capacity of 8,000 cubic
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
GAZA (Mena Report) — — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has stopped work on $93 million USD worth of projects in the Gaza Strip due to lack of building supplies.
Among the projects halted are
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
DOHA, Qatar (The Peninsula (Qatar)) — — Residents of the town of Shahaniyya have had to rely on private tankers for their water needs since the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) network does not reach them.
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ha'aretz (Israel)) — — Israel plans to purify sewage water and pipe it to the Jordan Valley to be used for irrigation.
The country's Civil Administration and Water and Sewage Authority recently
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
united arab emirates, ABU DHABI (Emirates News Agency (WAM)) — — The UAE Red Crescent Society has commissioned a $3.24 million USD housing project in Sri Lanka for tsunami victims.
Internal road networks and sewerage systems have been built or renovated
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
AMMAN, Jordan (Jordan Times) — — The government and then Jordan Environment Society are joining together in an awareness program to reduce the use of plastics in the country.
Plastic bags and bottles take 80
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
South Africa, SOSHANGUVE (BuaNews (South Africa)) — — Soshanguve and other areas of Tshwane will get upgraded water and sewer services, the city government said.
The head of Tshwane city's Public
16 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
ZIMBABWE, HARARE (The Herald (Zimbabwe)) — — The Zimbabwe National Water Authority needs some $1.2 billion USD to manage water and sewer systems in the 42 urban areas where it has taken over services, according to Deputy Minister of
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KAMPALA, Uganda — — The government is funding a $1.8 million USD project to extend safe water and improved sanitation facilities to rural areas of Kabarole district in mid-western Uganda.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — — "Seventeen Arab countries will be under the poverty line as per individual's share of water, due to the fact that demand on water has increased fourfold," an official of
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya, washington, dc — — The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) has announced plans to venture into bottled water business, and has almost finished laying the groundwork for its enterprise,
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
AMMAN, Jordan — — A committee mandated by the Jordanian Parliament to investigate the causes for the failure of the Karameh Dam found "shortcomings" on the Jordan Valley Authority's
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — — The government has awarded a $384 million USD potable water transport and delivery project contract to Turkish company Yuksel Insaat Saudi and Yuksel Construction, according to officials.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
duBai, united arab emirates, CAIRO, Egypt — — A planned sewage network in Kafr Elwan village, in Qaliubiya Governorate north of Cairo, has never been completed, and now public health and houses are endangered by sewage water.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya, Zambia, NDOLA — — While Kenya's water and sanitation sectors have undergone reforms over the years, the government has not put sufficient resources into sewerage.
Participants attending a forum on
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Iraq, BASRAH — — The local reconstruction unit in Basrah has awarded a project to supply and install 1 million gallon water treatment units at a station in Bait Wafi region to a local company, Noor al Basrah.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Tanzania, DODOMA — — Weeds including typha domingensis (a type of cat-tail) and papyrus species are being blamed for the decreased water quality and reduced water runoff in the Pangani River
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
KAMPALA, Uganda — — Heavy rains in eastern Africa have led to an increase in the water level of Lake Victoria, according to local authorities.
June and July are usually dry months in most parts of East
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TUNIS, Tunisia — — Tunisia extended the deadline for the submission of prequalification documents for the contract to build a desalination plant on the island of Djerba.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — — A group of experts have warned against using water from the recently established Al-Salam canal in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Scientific Research and Technology Academy conducted a study on
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
TRIPOLI, LIBYA — — French company Sidem, in cooperation with Turkey's Enka Teknik, have started construction on four drinking water networks to connect desalination plants to the cities of
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
LONDON, United Kingdom (The Guardian (United Kingdom)) — — Countries in sub-Saharan Africa will not be able to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, the United Nations said.
The goals, signed by 147 countries in
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
KAMPALA, Uganda (New Vision (Uganda)) — — The Directorate of Water Development want to reduce the water outflow at the Owen Falls Dam to 750 cubic meters per second to prevent a drop in Lake Victoria's water levels.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
GHANA, ACCRA (Ghanaian Chronicle) — — The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has passed resolutions establishing a drain maintenance fund and a drain maintenance unit.
The fund has been included in the assembly's annual budget.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
JERUSALEM (Jerusalem Post) — — An environmental group is urging Israel to spend $1.5 billion USD per year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In a new report called "The Forecast Is in Our Hands," Israel Union for
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (IOL (South Africa)) — — A new dam on the Berg River could increase Cape Town's water supply by 81 million cubic meters per year.
The dam should be completed this month, according to Paul Rhode, the
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
ZIMBABWE, HARARE (The Herald (Zimbabwe)) — — The Zimbabwer National Water Authority (ZINWA) took over responsibility for water treatment, distribution, billing and sewage services in the municipality of Bindura.
ZINWA also will assume the
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
United Kingdom, BATH (Zenith International (United Kingdom)) — — European food, beverage and bottled water consultancy Zenith International Ltd.
has opened an office in Dubai.
The company appointed hydrogeologist Adam Beresford-Browne
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
united arab emirates, AJMAN (Mena Report) — — Ajman's sewer system is almost complete, according to Ajman Sewerage (Pvt.) Company Ltd.
The main sewerage system in Ajman will process 50,000 cubic
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
DOHA, Qatar (The Peninsula (Qatar)) — — With the country facing water scarcity, demand for water tankers is high.
The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has urged consumers to reduce electricity
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
GHANA, ACCRA (Ghanaian Chronicle) — — The government is expected to issue a new building code that will require a separate apparatus for harvesting rain water before a building permit can be approved.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
AMMAN, Jordan (Jordan Times) — — A pilot plant is to be built to treat the liquid residue left over from the olive-pressing process.
The $711,000 USD plant is being funded by the European Union.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
new yorK (UN News Service) — — The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union have partnered with the government of Djibouti for a water supply and sanitation program.
The program includes installing
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
duBai, united arab emirates (Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)) — — Without a change in subsidy regulations, consumers in the United Arab Emirates will not conserve water, according to an official at engineering consultancy Hyder Consulting.
9 Jul 2007 - 10:09 by Local Press Report
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ha'aretz (Israel)) — — Israel will increase its desalinated water production by 275 million cubic meters in the next five years.
The cabinet voted on the increase, which will bring the country's total
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