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15 Feb 2013 - 10:54 by Local Press Report
KANSAS CITY (Brand Channel) — Matt Damon, looking for a way to “persuade people to give a shit about toilets,” staged a press conference in anticipation of World Water Day, March 22.
15 Feb 2013 - 10:47 by Local Press Report
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) — Cambodia's parliament approved on Friday a $781-million USD guarantee for the purchase of electricity generated by a controversial hydropower dam that activists say could damage thousands of liveli
14 Feb 2013 - 10:39 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, WASHINGTON DC — In his first State of the Union Address address since being elected to a second term as president, Barack Obama emphasized the need for the United States to lead the way in taking action on clima
14 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Pakistan, RAWALPINDI — Some 1.5 million people in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi are being supplied with contaminated water, putting the population at the risk of various diseases, a new survey has revealed.
14 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — Changing water use patterns and big cuts in non-revenue water in the Philippines capital region have postponed by several years the reckoning date when existing water supply begins to fall short of
14 Feb 2013 - 11:23 by Local Press Report
new yorK (Bloomberg ) — As the global population soars by about 74 million people a year, water shortages are becoming more severe. At current rates of growth, the demand for water worldwide may exceed supplies by 40
14 Feb 2013 - 11:01 by Local Press Report
COLOMBO (Gant Daily) — “Never before have water resources in the Northern Province been under such stress,” Thushyanthy Mikunthan, a senior lecturer at the Department of Agriculture at Jaffna University, told IRIN, cit
14 Feb 2013 - 10:50 by Local Press Report
karachi (Daily Times (Pakistan)) — Anti-Corruption Police of Sindh, Karachi, raided an irrigation department office, Phuleli Division, Hyderabad and seized whole records after a report of embezzlement worth crores of rupees.
13 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Bangkok, thailand — UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation Catarina de Albuquerque on February 8 called on Thailand to do more to ensure that all citizens have access to water a
13 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — India is urging China to adopt a bilateral mechanism to deal with contentious water issues between the two countries, particularly the continuing stand-off over the waters of Brahmaputra River.
13 Feb 2013 - 09:57 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
LONDON, United Kingdom — UK-based membrane technologies company Modern Water announced this week that it has raised some $15.5 million USD to expand the company’s presence in China and the Middle East.
13 Feb 2013 - 10:48 by Local Press Report
KATHMANDU (My Republica) — In yet another case of inconsistent decision making, the government has barred Nepal Investment Board (NIB) from facilitating the implementation of mega hydropower projects (above 500 MW) by attrac
13 Feb 2013 - 10:31 by Local Press Report
Selangor (The Malaysian Insider) — The Selangor government announced today that it has finalised the documents for its offer to take over water utility Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (SYABAS), adding it was now waiting for a
12 Feb 2013 - 09:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
vientiane, laos — Laotian authorities last week signed an updated eight-year-old deal with Russian investor Regional Oil for construction of three hydropower projects on Mekong River tributaries.
12 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
dhaka, Bangladesh — The World Bank last week announced it would provide funding for two water and sanitation projects in the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong.
12 Feb 2013 - 10:34 by Local Press Report
MUMBAI (Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal) — India’s sugar production for the 2013-14 season is set to fall below consumption for the first time in four years as a water shortage trims acreage in three key states. The drop could boost gl
12 Feb 2013 - 10:30 by Local Press Report
LAHORE (PakTribune) — Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is simultaneously working on the prioritised 4,500 megawatts (MW) Diamer Bhasha Dam Project and 4,320 MW Dasu Hydropower Project in addition to a num
12 Feb 2013 - 08:35 by Local Press Report
PARIS (Inter Press Service) — Amidst growing new threats of potential conflicts over fast-dwindling water resources in the world’s arid regions, the United Nations will commemorate 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooper
11 Feb 2013 - 10:42 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s Water Supplies Department last week awarded a contract worth $419 million USD -- the largest it has ever awarded – to expand Tai Po Water Treatment Works.
11 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Pakistan, karachi — Industrial effluents are contaminating a major source of water supply Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, according to a new analysis released last week.
11 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — Maynilad Water Services Inc., the Philippines’ biggest private water company, is looking to increase outlays for wastewater projects to $640 million USD by 2017, company officials said last week.
11 Feb 2013 - 10:49 by Local Press Report
NAGPUR (Times of India) — The historical Baradari lake, popularly known as the Pardi lake, on city's outskirts too is on the verge of being lost forever.
11 Feb 2013 - 10:41 by Local Press Report
MANILA (Dredging Today) — Dredging of the Pantal River, one of seven water streams that traverses the city, will begin this month to ease flooding in the downtown area during the rainy season. Decades of siltation ha
11 Feb 2013 - 10:13 by Local Press Report
MADURAI (Times of India) — For the second consecutive day, residents staged a protest demanding drinking water in Madurai. Though summer is yet to set in, water scarcity is staring at the city, as all the water bodies
8 Feb 2013 - 11:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Aramco Asia Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, and Indonesia’s PT Pertamina (Persero) this week reached an agreement on a joint oil refinery and petrochemical project in Tuban, East Java,
8 Feb 2013 - 10:37 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Vietnam, HANOI — Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade this week opened for comment a draft government decree that would sanction owners and operators of hydropower dams for violations in safety with fines of be
8 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
NEW DELHI, India — India’s Supreme Court this week order Karnataka state to release some 57 million cubic meters of water from the Cauvery River to its downstream neighbor, Tamil Nadu.
8 Feb 2013 - 10:39 by Local Press Report
PUTRAJAYA (The Malaysian Insider) — Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui has described the accusation by DAP National Publicity Secretary Tony Pua that the federal government had bailed out Syarik
8 Feb 2013 - 09:48 by Local Press Report
new yorK (UNICEF) — UNICEF welcomed core contributions from Member States at the annual pledging event held on the third day of the first regular session of the Executive Board. Some $38 million USD was pledged d
7 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee Integrated Water Supply Project, which provides safe drinking water for over 330,000 people in the country’s Eastern Province, stated operations this week.
7 Feb 2013 - 10:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, WASHINGTON DC — The United States Department of State, along with its partners the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Water Association (IWA), this week launched a new init
7 Feb 2013 - 10:42 by Local Press Report
COIMBATORE (Times of India) — Even though the city municipal corporation has claimed that the water situation in the city is poised for an improvement after it started supplying additional water from Pillur II dedicated scheme,
7 Feb 2013 - 10:46 by Local Press Report
BEIJING (Reuters) — China has sentenced 16 people to up to a year-and-a-half in prison for involvement in an environmental protest last July when a crowd of thousands ransacked government offices, the official Xinhu
6 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), the government agency that oversees the water system in the capital region and surrounding areas, has vowed to complete a review
6 Feb 2013 - 10:25 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank, along with 18 other banks, has signed a $100 million USD loan agreement with China Water Affairs Group Limited to improve efficiency and increase access to safe water in
6 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Contributor
India, SRINIGAR — Over 40 percent of schools and 30 percent of the villages in Indian-administered Kashmir rely on unsafe drinking water, according to a new study.
6 Feb 2013 - 10:35 by Local Press Report
TOKYO (Global Post) — Japanese trading giant Sumitomo said Tuesday it has bought Britain-based water supply and distribution firm Sutton & East Surrey Water (SESW), for a reported $455 million. Sumitomo and i
6 Feb 2013 - 10:22 by Local Press Report
MANIA (4-Traders) — The Philippines water services utility company Manila Water Company has awarded Indra, one of the leading consulting and technology multinationals in Europe and Latin America, a contract to manage
6 Feb 2013 - 08:45 by Local Press Report
SYDNEY (CST Wastewater Solutions) — Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and rel
5 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Malaysia, KUALA LUMPUR — In a letter to the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, the Selangor state government gave notice last week that it will take over the state’s water services industry on February 13.
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