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22 Feb 2012 - 05:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Philippines’ Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, the government water agency in the capital region, is moving to consolidate management of four watershed areas that provide 97 percent of water supply for close to 14 million people in Metro Manila and surrounding cities.
22 Feb 2012 - 05:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India (OOSKAnews Corre...) — China’s Linyi Jinmin Water Co. Ltd. plans to enter the Indian market by forming technical partnerships and establishing a distribution network to promote its products in the country.
22 Feb 2012 - 05:25 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
dhaka, Bangladesh (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Bangladesh is hopeful that it can reach an agreement with India on sharing water from the Teesta River during the coming dry season, Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen said on February 12.
The neighboring countries exchanged data on common rivers at a meeting this month of the inter-governmental Joint Rivers Commission in Kolkata.
21 Feb 2012 - 23:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Heeding warnings that the already wide disparity between water demand and supply in the state will grow in the next few years, the Delhi government is turning to treated sewage water to help bridge the gap.
Delhi plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with the government of Singapore -- which has a major water reuse program -- to help promote the idea in the Indian capital.
21 Feb 2012 - 23:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Sri Lanka is planning a new reservoir project in the north central dry zone as part of the government’s efforts to improve irrigation and drinking water facilities in rural areas.
The Malvathu Oya project, which would be built between the districts of Anuradhapura and Mannar on the Malvathu River, is expected to provide water for a large number of rural households.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:56 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, BHOPAL (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Madhya Pradesh government ordered water department officers to develop five new drinking water projects for each of the state’s 230 assembly constituencies.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
washington, DC -- (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Urban flooding is a serious challenge for fast-growing low- and middle-income countries in East Asia, according to a World Bank guidebook released last week.
The report warns of the urgent need to build flood risk management into day-to-day planning of cities and towns.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:43 by Local Press Report
KABUL (Local Press Report) — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is boosting its technical support to help rebuild Afghanistan’s dilapidated traditional irrigation systems, which have been neglected for decades owing to war and migration away from rural areas.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:41 by Local Press Report
PHNOM PENH (Local Press Report) — Five primary schools in Ratanakkiri province are set to receive water and sanitation facilities following donations by Moët Hennessy Asia Pacific and development efforts from Plan International Cambodia. The $77,400 USD will provide more than 1,300 students with proper toilet facilities, wells, and campaigns to educate the children on the importance of hand-washing and basic hygiene.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:39 by Local Press Report
MACAU (Local Press Report) — The government lost a new battle over the contract for the operation of the Macau peninsula wastewater treatment plant, after the top court confirmed that a second bidder had been wrongfully excluded from the tender.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:37 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (Local Press Report) — The State Council, China’s cabinet, unveiled guidelines last week to ensure sustainable supplies of freshwater and to protect water resources by raising China’s capability to desalinate seawater.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:35 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (Local Press Report) — More than 3 million people in China are facing a shortage of drinking water because of droughts, authorities said last week. The shortage was caused by a severe lack of precipitation since last autumn and insufficient water storage by water conservancy authorities in some parts of the country, said the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:33 by Local Press Report
TAIPEI (Local Press Report) — The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) last week rejected an environmental assessment of a long-stalled reservoir project in southern Taiwan presented by the Water Resources Agency (WRA). The Kaoping Reservoir passed an environmental impact assessment a decade ago, but it has since gone nowhere because of public misgivings about its construction.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:32 by Local Press Report
MACAU (Local Press Report) — The Macao Water Supply Company Ltd. announced last week that it reduced its water loss rate to below 9 percent by the end of last year. This was not only a record-breaking result in the local water supply industry but also a fulfilment of the company’s promise on water conservation to the government and local residents, said Felix Fan, executive director of Macao Water.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:30 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (Local Press Report) — Ten people have been arrested over industrial waste discharges that polluted a river in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The ten people, stakeholders or executives of Guangxi Jinhe Mining Co. Ltd. and Jinchengjiang Hongquan Lithopone Material Co. Ltd.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:28 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (Local Press Report) — The rapid growth of the chemical industry has caused an increase in water pollution which is outstripping the government’s ability to monitor it, a senior official said last week. The buildup of chemical plants along rivers, particularly the Yangtze River, threatens the quality of drinking water in cities already short of this essential resource, said Hu Siyi, vice-minister of water resources.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:26 by Local Press Report
NEW DELHI (Local Press Report) — The Nepal-India Joint Ministerial Level Commission on Water Resources will mainly dwell on the feasibility study of Saptakoshi high dam project, Pancheshwor multi-purpose hydroelectric project and bilateral power trade agreement.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:25 by Local Press Report
PARIS (Local Press Report) — Veolia Eau, the water services unit of French environmental services group Veolia Environnement, said last week it had won a contract to manage and maintain drinking water plants servicing the southern Japanese city of Matsuyama. The company has been operating in Japan since 2002 in the wastewater sector. This is the first contract won by Veolia for drinking water management in the country.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:23 by Local Press Report
KUALA LUMPUR (Local Press Report) — Another 142 new acute gastroenteritis cases were detected in the Batang Padang and Hilir Perak districts yesterday, bringing the total number of suspected cases to 2,686 since late last month. The acute gastroenteritis cases were said to be caused by the water-borne rotavirus, which brings about severe diarrhoea and vomiting.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:21 by Local Press Report
RANGOON (Local Press Report) — Water in Rangoon, already in short supply in some areas, is going to cost more starting April 1. The Rangoon City Development Committee announced last week that water bills would increase from $0.04 USD to $0.06 USD per gallon for non-commercial use and $0.08 USD for commercial use.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:19 by Local Press Report
YANGON (Local Press Report) — Myanmar and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have agreed on a country program action plan as part of their cooperation. The Myanmar-UNICEF country program action plan was signed in Nay Pyi Taw last week by Deputy Minister of National Planning and Economic Development Dr. Kan Zaw and Resident Representative of UNICEF Remesh Shrestha.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:17 by Local Press Report
MANILA (Local Press Report) — MANILA Water Company Inc. said in a statement last week that it has brought down its system loss or non-revenue water (NRW) to a record low of 11 percent at the end of 2011 from the 63 percent when it took over the East Zone concession in 1997. The NRW level of 11 percent is “unprecedented” in the Philippines’ water industry, the Ayala-led company said.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:14 by Local Press Report
MANILA (Local Press Report) — METRO Pacific Investments Corp. and DMCI Holdings-led Maynilad Water Services Inc. (Maynilad) will soon put up a sewage and septage treatment plant in Quezon City and Manila to help clear the San Juan River Basin, one of the major tributaries of the Pasig River.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:12 by Local Press Report
21 Feb 2012 - 22:10 by Local Press Report
Bangkok (Local Press Report) — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s adviser on water management has proposed the construction of a dam on the Salween River to solve floods and droughts as well as to produce electricity for the country.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:08 by Local Press Report
Bangkok (Local Press Report) — Thailand could be inundated by up to 20 billion cubic meters of water this year but Bangkok will not be flooded, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi said. The country may be hit by 27 typhoons and four tropical storms in the coming months and sea levels will be higher than last year by 15 centimeters.
21 Feb 2012 - 22:06 by Local Press Report
HANOI (Local Press Report) — Vietnam has a dense network of rivers which accounts for about 2 percent of the total flow of the rivers in the world. However, the water resources are facing big challenges, including the depletion and the pollution in a wide scale.
20 Feb 2012 - 19:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
lusaKa, Zambia (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Zambia’s National Water Supply and Sanitation Council has refused to approve new tariffs for Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company until it completes service improvements, and has deferred the tariff increase at the Luapula Water and Sewerage Company until next month on the grounds that the rates do not match the service level guarantees.
20 Feb 2012 - 19:17 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Egyptian government last week announced it would tender $1.8 billion USD worth of sanitation projects on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis.
The goal is to take the financial burden of the projects off the government’s shoulders at a time when it is struggling to cut the budget deficit, according to government officials.
20 Feb 2012 - 19:15 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Malawi, LILONGWE (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Blantyre Water Board’s efforts to increase safe water supply to residents are being thwarted by vandalism of infrastructure and illegal connections.
20 Feb 2012 - 19:14 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt (OOSKAnews Corre...) — OOSKAnews Correspondent, CAIRO, Egypt -- The Egyptian Water and Irrigation Ministry launched a three-year study as part of its effort to rehabilitate the country’s aging irrigation systems.
20 Feb 2012 - 19:13 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Naftali Mwaura, OOSKAnews, NAIROBI, Kenya -- The loss of topsoil due to mechanized farming, urbanization and population growth is contributing to depletion of freshwater ecosystems, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
20 Feb 2012 - 19:11 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Kenya is investing in water conservation technologies to boost dry land farming, as the East African region braces for repeated droughts and other effects of climate change.
20 Feb 2012 - 19:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ZIMBABWE, HARARE (OOSKAnews Corre...) — Zimbabwe’s water table is falling dramatically, while many areas are also experiencing lower than average rainfall, paving the way for a potential crisis in a country where millions of people already live with the daily threat of waterborne disease.
20 Feb 2012 - 19:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
GAZA (OOSKAnews Corre...) — The Gaza Water Authority is warning of a potential water crisis if power supplies to the Gaza Strip do not resume.
“The power cuts that Gaza has been suffering from for many days now is seriously affecting the amount of water reaching households,” said Gaza Water Department Director Ramzi Ahl.
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