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19 Mar 2013 - 07:27 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
washington, dc, united states — Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) experts from around the world met last week at World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, to discuss how to improve sustainability of international WASH program
19 Mar 2013 - 07:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Hague-based International Court of Arbitration’s recent decision on India’s Kishanganga Hydroelectric Plant has restored Pakistan’s confidence in the Indus Waters Treaty, a Pakistani official s
19 Mar 2013 - 07:29 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — Complaints about government red tape dominated proceedings of a conference of small hydropower producers in the Philippines last week, as participants underscored that it now takes twice as long to
19 Mar 2013 - 07:31 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
ZIMBABWE, HARARE — A major mining project in the area near the Gwayi-Shangani Dam is raising concerns over freshwater pollution in Zimbabwe’s Matebeleland North province, in the southwest of the country.
19 Mar 2013 - 09:57 by Local Press Report
NEW DELHI (The Indian Express) — Traffic was disrupted at the Delhi-Hisar and Fatehabad-Jind national highways on Sunday afternoon, as the members of the Jat community of Haryana blocked the highways.
19 Mar 2013 - 09:53 by Local Press Report
BOSTON (Oxfam America) — Companies included in the Behind the Brands scorecard have for the most part made progress on managing water resources. Largely they recognize that access to water will be one of the greate
19 Mar 2013 - 10:15 by Local Press Report
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Globe) — The massive tunnel project that the Jakarta administration has proposed as a way of preventing flooding in the capital could also be used to ensure a steady supply of clean water to city residents,
18 Mar 2013 - 09:35 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united arab emirates, WARRENTON, VA, United States/ABU DHABI — OOSKAnews is today publishing the official Synopsis for the inaugural International Water Summit (IWS), which was held in Abu Dhabi on January 15-17th.
18 Mar 2013 - 09:56 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
China, SHANGHAI — The number of dead pig carcasses fished out of the Huangpu River near Shanghai, China, has topped more than 13,000 in just one week, according to reports by state media today.
18 Mar 2013 - 07:45 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — In response to widespread drought in southern and southwestern China, the Chinese Finance Ministry last week announced that the government would spend over $19 million USD for drought relief.
18 Mar 2013 - 07:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MASERU, Lesotho — Botswana has entered into an agreement with Lesotho and South Africa to explore options for withdrawing water from the multi-billion-dollar Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP).
18 Mar 2013 - 08:20 by Local Press Report
NEW DELHI (Hindustan Times) — Public Private Partnership (PPP) models in the water sector has fuelled debates about the viability of the model globally. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) had launched three pilot projects for 24-ho
18 Mar 2013 - 08:09 by Local Press Report
TAIPEI (Water World) — Cloud seeding may be started Monday to induce rain at Shihmen Reservoir in northern Taiwan, after water reserves there have dropped below the lowest level, a water resources official said Saturda
15 Mar 2013 - 09:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Geneva, switzerland — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Global Water Partnership (GWP) teamed up this week to launch an Integrated Drought Management Program that will focus on monitoring and preventing
15 Mar 2013 - 07:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MUMBAI India — State authorities in Maharashtra state have put police on high alert to avert possible clashes over available water in the Indian state, which is facing its worst drought in over four decades.
15 Mar 2013 - 07:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Pakistan, karachi — A prominent Pakistani development worker and water rights activist was shot dead on March 13 in the city of Karachi.
15 Mar 2013 - 09:30 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (Xinhua) — The first batch of regions and companies have been selected to carry out seawater desalination pilots, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planne
15 Mar 2013 - 07:58 by Local Press Report
LAHORE (Dawn.com) — Two days before the end of its five-year tenure, the government is likely to sign a $500 million commercial loan agreement with a foreign bank to finance the $2.8 billion Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower
15 Mar 2013 - 09:55 by Local Press Report
NEW DELHI (Bloomberg ) — Suez Environnement (SEV), Eur
14 Mar 2013 - 07:56 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
vientiane, laos — Senior government officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam met this week in the Lao capital, Vientiane, for a series of "summits" meant to increase discussion on regional cooper
14 Mar 2013 - 07:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — A new joint study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) warns that over 75 percent of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region have a serious lack of water sec
14 Mar 2013 - 09:45 by Local Press Report
KUCHING (Borneo Post (Malaysia)) — The country’s environmental friendly practices in the hospitality industry (eco-hospitality) are relatively low and need immediate transformation, considering Malaysia’s continuous impressive gro
14 Mar 2013 - 09:34 by Local Press Report
TAIPEI (China Post (Taiwan)) — A researcher warned yesterday that island states like Taiwan could face serious challenges in terms of water resources due to changes in rainfall patterns globally, as indicated in a recent study.&
14 Mar 2013 - 10:02 by Local Press Report
LONDON (Bloomberg ) — Modern Water Plc (MWG), which completed the world’s first commercial forward-osmosis desalination plant last year in Oman, said revenue tripled as the company competed with more reverse-osmosis wat
14 Mar 2013 - 09:48 by Local Press Report
COLOMBO (Daily News (Sri Lanka)) — A Water Convention has been organised for the first time in Sri Lankan history to mark World Water Day which falls on March 22, Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said. Th
13 Mar 2013 - 10:21 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian delegation headed by President Mohamed Morsi plans to offer a portfolio of public-private partnership (PPP) water and sanitation projects to Indian investors during a visit to New Delhi
13 Mar 2013 - 10:19 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — China’s largest-ever Tibetan water control project will begin operations in October, Qiu Zhixing, a project director in charge of construction announced this week.
13 Mar 2013 - 07:42 by Local Press Report
ZHENGZHOU (China.org.cn) — A mayor in Henan province is vowing to maintain a clean supply of water for a project that diverts water from the Yangtze River to northern Chinese cities, including Beijing. Mu Weimin, a depu
13 Mar 2013 - 07:37 by Local Press Report
HONG KONG (CNN International) — 5,916 dead, bloated pigs and counting. Chinese officials say they expect to find more carcasses floating in the river that flows through the center of Shanghai -- but they insist the city's
13 Mar 2013 - 08:18 by Local Press Report
BUON HO (Tuoitrenews.vn (Vietnam)) — About 80,000 residents will benefit from a new US$4.5 million water supply system, funded by the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA), in Buon Ho Town, Dak Lac Province. The facil
12 Mar 2013 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — Increasing demand for water recycling and reuse technologies at China’s power plants are driving growth in the country's water and wastewater management market, according to a new analysis released
12 Mar 2013 - 08:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
dhaka, Bangladesh — India’s new president, Pranab Mukherjee, became the first Indian president to visit Bangladesh in nearly 40 years last week, with the goal of strengthening ties between the two countries and reso
12 Mar 2013 - 09:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — Only a handful of Indian companies have managed to move from the beginner level to the progressive stage of water stewardship journey, according to a new report by environmental group WWF India and
12 Mar 2013 - 10:01 by Local Press Report
12 Mar 2013 - 09:45 by Local Press Report
JAMMU (Kashmir Times) — Atsushi Kaneko, Sr.
12 Mar 2013 - 09:39 by Local Press Report
WASHINGTON DC (World Bank (press release)) — The World Bank Water practice is pleased to announce the opening of the public voting process for the Sanitation Hackathon! Nearly half of the 2.5 billion people who lack access to sani
11 Mar 2013 - 09:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
BEIJING, China — The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection last week announced plans to create a network to monitor groundwater and detect sources of groundwater pollution in the North China Plain by 2015.&n
11 Mar 2013 - 09:25 by Local Press Report
LABASA (The Fiji Times) — A group of residents in Labasa has complained of the intermittent water supply following last week's adverse weather conditions. Residents of Bocalevu and Tabucola areas, outside Labasa Town
11 Mar 2013 - 08:59 by Local Press Report
JAKARTA (Water World) — Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency has commissioned Mott MacDonald to prepare a water supply master plan to address water shortages in Indonesia’s third largest city, Bandung, and i
11 Mar 2013 - 08:41 by Local Press Report
SHANGHAI (Bloomberg ) — Shanghai found more than 900 dead pigs in the main river that provides drinking water for the city’s residents, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The carcasses were found and ret
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