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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - CHON BURI - Local Press Report
Officials are planning to lay an undersea pipe to pump water to Koh Lan, a scenic islet off Pattaya, in a fresh bid to solve the severe water shortage there.
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - JAMMU - Local Press Report
As a long-term strategy for conservation of prominent water bodies in the state, including Dal Lake, Jhelum, Chenab and Tawi rivers from pollution hazards, and for the restoration of pristine glory
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - BANGKOK - Local Press Report
The 20-year master plan for the country's water management system is expected to win approval by the national committee on water resources on Dec 19 after which it will be implemented, Deputy Prime
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - WASHINGTON DC - Local Press Report
The Trump administration is expected to put forth a proposal on Tuesday that would significantly weaken a major Obama-era regulation on clean water, according to a talking points memo from the Envi
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - NEW DELHI - Local Press Report
The Centre on Thursday approved implementation of the Shahpurkandi Dam project on the Ravi in Punjab.
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - MURCIA - Local Press Report
Murcia's regional government will strengthen its investment in water in 2019 with 55 million Euro in order to guarantee water resources to irrigators and agricultural producers.
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - LUSAKA - Local Press Report
China's Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC) handed over a mega water dam with a storage capacity of 61 million cubic meters to the Zambian government on Thursday.
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - RAMAULI - Local Press Report
An artificial wetland is being developed at Ramauli Pratappur of Parsa National Park to conserve wildlife.
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - ST. PETERSBURG - Local Press Report
Investigators of the Russian northern capital initiated a criminal case regarding bribery against employees of the State Unitary Enterprise Vodokanal St. Petersburg.
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - ASHGABAT - Local Press Report
On December 5-6, Ashgabat hosted a workshop and a meeting of an Inter-sectoral Working Group on the development of multi-sector investment projects for achieving water, energy and food security in
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7 Dec 2018 - 11:34 - IMPERIAL BEACH CA - Local Press Report
The U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission will hold a public meeting Thursday to discuss water quality and other concerns with the Tijuana River Watershed.
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6 Dec 2018 - 11:03 - KATOWICE, Poland - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The Board of Governors of the World Water Council (WWC) has unanimously elected Loïc Fauchon as its new president, succeding Brazilian Benedito Braga. Fauchon was previously WWC president from 2005 to 2012, and has now been re-elected in 2018. Fauchon is also president of Eaux de Marseille in France, a subsidiary of Veolia, the international water and waste conglomerate.The returning WWC president will have an opportunity to describe WWC priorities December 7 at COP24 in Poland at a special water event where he is scheduled to offer concluding remarks.
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6 Dec 2018 - 10:19 - PUNE - Local Press Report
While many parts of India are going through a sustained water crisis, the western city of Pune is trying to deal with the problem in a rather unusual way: many restaurants in the city of Pune have
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6 Dec 2018 - 10:02 - KATOWICE, Poland - OOSKAnews Correspondent
Sudan, Niger and Pakistan are the top 3 countries with the most threatened water supply, based on new analysis by Water Aid of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative measures of access to water, climate patterns and water usage rates.
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:30 - VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) are partnering to support project preparation, transaction management, resource mobilization, advocacy, capacity development, research and knowledge sharing in the joint implementation of transboundary water projects in Africa.
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:24 - CAGLIARI, Italy - OOSKAnews Correspondent
Italian anti-terrorism police have arrested a Palestinian man in Sardinia with links to the Islamic State group on suspicion that he was planning to poison water supply with ricin and anthrax in a terror plot.
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - PHI PHI ISLANDS - Local Press Report
Just days after Thailand’s world renowned Phi Phi Islands were praised for their environmental recovery, new details have emerged about the drinking water crisis in the holiday archipelago.
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - TOKYO - Local Press Report
The Upper House on Wednesday passed a controversial bill by a majority vote to revise the Water Supply Act to allow private companies to run municipal water services.
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - LIRA - Local Press Report
The Ministry of Water and Environment with support from the German government-owned development bank KfW on Thursday launched a new phase III of water and sanitation project worth sh46b for refugee
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - RAMALLAH - Local Press Report
Head of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) Mazen Ghonim said yesterday that the Palestinian water crisis will end only when the Israeli occupation does.
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