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28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
PENGHU (The China Post) — Tropical Storm Kalmaegi, which dumped rain on Taiwan earlier this month, has helped alleviate water shortages in Penghu County, west of Taiwan. Th heavy rainfall filled the
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
Afghanistan, ASADAB AD/JALALABAD (International News Network (Pakistan)s) — Construction of the 20-kilometer wide, 7-kilometer long irrigation canal in the eastern city of Asadabad has been completed, officials said. The canal in Kirala village is
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
MUMBAI, India (Pakwatan (Pakistan)) — Members of the Shiv Sena political party on Wednesday asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to stop water supply to buildings that are still under construction until the water supply situatio
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Taipei Times (Taiwan)) — New high-tech products to meet demand for clean water on display at the four-day Taipei International Green Energy, Environmental Protection and Water Show, which opened in Taiwan lat Thursday.
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
HEFEI (Xinhua (China)) — The eastern Chinese province of Anhui is launching efforts to prevent flooding on the Huaihe River. Water levels are being monitored at Wangjiaba, a major hydrological station in the
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
MANILA, Philippines (GMANews.TV) — The Department of Health will take over supervision of the Local Water Utilities Administration to ensure rapid implementation of a government program to provide clean, potable water to all villages
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
LONDON (Cascal N.V.) — Cascal N.V.
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
LAHORE (Associated Press of Pakistan) — The Punjab provincial government is spending some $13 million USD to replace worn-out water supply lines in the province. The move is in line with the
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
UNITED NATIONS (Xinhua (China)) — The United Nations last Friday appealed for $33.5 million USD to assist victims of the May 12 earthquake. Of the total funds, $3.3 million USD will go toward water and sanitation, $5.7 million USD
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
Pakistan, RAWALPINDI (Daily Times (Pakistan)) — Some 70 percent of localities in Rawalpindi lack a proper sewerage system. The existing sewerage system was laid 50 years ago and covers only 30 percent of the city. In addition, the old
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Thanh Men News (Vietnam)) — Vietnam National University Students are complaining over poor quality drinking water at the school, saying it is contaminated with alum. Thousands of students and over 300 families in Di An
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
China, HONG KONG (Xinhua (China)) — Shanghai Euro Tech Environmental Engineering Company Limited — a wholly owned subsidiary of EuroTech Holdings Company Limited — and Yixing PACT Environmental Technology Company Ltd., a EuroTech majo
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
KATHMANDU (The Kathmandu Post) — Heavy rainfall over the past couple of days in various parts of Nepal has flooded more than 1,000 houses in eastern Nepal with water from the Triyuga and Sapta Koshi rivers.
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
UNITED STATE S, AUSTIN, Texas (Science Daily) — Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin ,Virginia Tech University and the University of Ulsan in South Korea have jointly developed a chlorine-tolerant membrane that they hope will simpli
28 Jul 2008 - 20:57 by Local Press Report
BHUTAN, THIMPHU (Kuensel Online (Bhtutan)) — The yet-to-be-completed modern sewerage system in Gelephu has become a breeding ground for mosquitos. Construction of the sewerage system started two years ago. It was supposed to have
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, cHas — The 400,000 residents of Chas town and some adjoining areas in India's Jharkhand state will get drinking water in November 2009, after over three decades of waiting.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, CHandiGarH — T he Punjab government has decided to set up four water treatment plants to fight water pollution in the Kalibein River.
The treatment plants would set up in at Bhulath, Begowal, Tanda
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, KolKata — At least 37 percent of the water produced in Kolkata is lost during distribution, according to Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya.
Speaking at an interactive session organized
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — Despite efforts made by individual governments and donor partners to improve access to safe water and improved sanitation, only four LDCs (Least Developed Countries), have
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, GulBarGa — The specter of drinking water scarcity is looming in India following lower-thannormal monsoon rains across many parts of the country.
The federal government said July 17 that
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, BANGALORE — The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will tender projects worth around $13.78 million USD for the manufacture and supply of water pipes, automated water meters and other
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
new yorK, ny — The New York Institute of Technology and the United Nations are launching the inaugural International Water Conference 2008 in New York this week.
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21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MUMBAI, India — I ndia's Maharashtra state, which is facing a severe dry spell, plans to undertake cloud seeding to stimulate artificial rains.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Seattle-based clean water and antimicrobial technology company HaloSource, has secured $11.5 million USD in venture funding from international investment firm Origo Sino India,
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
istanBul, turkey — Turkey and Israel have announced that feasibility studies will start on a planned pipeline project to carry water, natural gas, oil, electricity and fiber optics
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, Kaladera — In 1999, Coca-Cola built a large bottling plant in Kaladera, a large fanning village in northwestern India's Rajasthan region, where it produces Coke, Fanta and
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, KolKata — Malaysia's Ranhill Utilities Bhd announced last week that its associate company in India, Haldia Water Management Ltd., has secured a water supply deal in Haldia, a large
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, sHimla — In a bid to overcome its water problems, the Delhi state government has agreed to give the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh $70 million USD to start work on
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — India and Bangladesh have decided to increase efforts to settle their long-standing river water disputes. Both the sides agreed, at a meeting of their foreign secretaries in New Delhi on July
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
sinGapore — In a bid to strengthen its water business in the country, Singapore's largest water company, Sembcorp Industries plans to buy and run three water plants in Shenyang in northern China.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
lusaKa, Zambia — The Japanese government has given Zambia a grant of some $6 million USD for groundwater development and improvement in Luapula province.
Under the groundwater improvement
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Geneva, switzerland — Countries around the world have made significant progress in providing clean drinking water to their people, but has much further to go with regard to sanitation, according to a UN
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
MADISON, Wis. (WisBusiness.com) — The University of WisconsinMadison last week hosted the first "China-US Water Symposium: A Wisconsin Idea Approach, Connecting Science, Policy and Practice."
Chinese government officials
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
DAVAO — Potable water and roads are the top priorities of the agricultural sector in Mindanao, according to the Department of Agriculture. Arnel De Mesa, deputy program director of the
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
HANOI (Cavico Corp.) — Vietnamese infrastructure developer Cavico Corporation has signed an agreement to build dams on the Huong River and a 717-square-kilometer Ta Trach water reservoir in Duong Hoa Village at a cost of
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
HEFEI (Xinhua (China)) — Blue algae has appeared on some 13 kilometers of Chaohu Lake in the eastern province of Anhui, but local environmental authorities say it will not affect drinking water supply.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
MANILA, Philippines (Philippine Information Agency) — The Development Bank of the Philippines and Banco de Oro will be the joint lead arrangers of the $365 million, 10 year-corporate notes issued by Maynilad Water Services, Inc.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
Vietnam, HANOI (VietnamNet/Nhan Dan (Vietnam)) — Health experts from Thailand, South Korea, the United States and Vietnam gathered in Hanoi last week to discuss ways to reduce the effects of arsenic contamination on health.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
China, NORTH ANDOVER, Mass (Watts Water Technologies) — Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) last week reported $389 million USD in sales at the end of the second quarter of 2008, but an increase of 11 percent compared to the second
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (The International News (Pakistan)) — Some 60 percent of water supplied to Islamabad residents is wasted, according to sources in the Capital Development Authority. The primary and secondary
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