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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 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
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
PATTAYA (Bangkok Post (Thailand)) — The World Bank is calling on residents of Asian cities to develop programs to protect residents from hazards triggered by climate change and rising sea levels.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
Malaysia, KUALA LUMPUR (Sin Chew Jit Poh (Malaysia)) — Water concessionaire Puncak Niaga Holdings Executive Chairman Rozali Ismail is expected to leave his post soon, now that the government has agreed to support the proposed consolidation of Selangor s
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
Bangkok (Xinhua (China)) — Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej last week announced a new economic stimulus package aimed at reviving the country's economy and offering relief to the country's poor, including lower water tari
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
India, HYDERABAD (Times of India) — Hyderabad residents may only receive water supply one every three days is the region's water sources do not collect more water in the next two weeks. The Hyderabad Metropolitan
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
Bangkok (Bangkok Post (Thailand)) — Government officials and environmentalists have raised concerns about the environmental effects of a water diversion project proposed by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
SHENYANG (Xinhua (China)) — Tap water in Donggang City, Liaoning Province was disrupted for day last week when a sluice pipe of a gold ore tailings reservoir burst and polluted the Tiejia Reservoir.
21 Jul 2008 - 20:59 by Local Press Report
Bangkok, thailand (Bangkok Post (Thailand)) — Universal Utilities Co., a subsidiary of Eastern Water Resources Development and Management, is looking to expand its presence in the region. Managing Director Pairoj Sattayasansakul says the firm
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Malaysia, KUALA LUMPUR — Four Malaysian state-owned water companies are in the process of corporatization.
The corporatization is part of the ongoing
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, LUCKNOW — The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to hold an investors' meeting that will include companies from the drinking water sector.
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — I ndia's Water Resources Ministry on July 8 released a new report reviewing existing inter-basin water transfer projects and outlining measures to strengthen them.
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Indonesia, JAKARTA — T he Indonesian government has been discussing the possibility of settling its water supply companies' (PDAM) debts.
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, PAMIDI — About 50,000 people in eight villages in southern Andhra Pradesh state are suffering from various ailments due to non-completion of a safe drinking water program that was taken up more than three
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
washington, dc — A World Bank Report released on July 10 shows that China has largely ignored water infrastructure development in Africa despite investing heavily in hydropower generation,
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, KATTAPANNA — A dry monsoon season has affected water level at India's Idukki Reservoir in Kerala state, which supplies water as well as 50 percent of the state's power consumption.
Last week, top officials at
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — Weeks of torrential downpours and flooding have left China with a bill of $7 billion USD, the government announced Thursday, adding to its year of weather-related woes.
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
India, HYDERABAD — The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board decision to supply water through a gravity system on
14 Jul 2008 - 20:58 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — T he Delhi Jal Board plans to upgrade its existing laboratories to rule out any room for error in determining impurities and contaminants in the water it supplies.
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