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21 Apr 2020 BRUSSELS

EU Supports International Project To "Mine" Nutrients, Minerals And Energy From Wastewater

The European Commission has signed the grant agreement for WATER MINING, a 17 million euro project aimed at demonstrating innovative water resource solutions. As part of the project, demonstrations in Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, Italy and The Netherlands will be built to show novel efficient ways to reclaim nutrients, minerals, energy and water from industrial and urban wastewater and seawater.

26 Nov 2018 LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg

EU Flood Risk Audit Calls For Improved Planning And Protection

The European Court of Auditors has completed its assessment of Member State compliance with the EU Flood Directive of 2007, concluding that there has been progress in assessing the risks of floods but that planning and implementation of flood risk management and protection is lagging. In addition, the auditors suggest that there are serious issues with proper allocation of funding...

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7 Oct 2018 SOFIA, Bulgaria

$264 Million USD for Bulgaria Regional Water Operators

The government of Bulgaria last week signed an agreement with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to manage an initial $132 Million USD European Union Cohesion Fund investment grant to improve the country's water supply, sewage and wastewater treatment facilities. This is the first Cohesion Policy backed financial instrument for the water and wastewater sector in Bulgaria...

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30 Sep 2018 PANAJI

Portugal And Goa To Cooperate On Water Management

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Portuguese Environment Ministry and the Public Works Department of Goa will help the State manage its water resources better, Portugal Environment Minister João Pedro de Matos Fernandes said on Saturday. Mr. Fernandes, who is on a Goa visit, said that the Prime Ministers of both India and Portugal had identified water and waste management as priority areas for bilateral cooperation and that the MoU was in sync with their vision.

12 Jun 2017 NEW YORK NY, United States

Guterres Urges Lessons from Aral Sea, Warns of Climate-Related Disputes, Stresses Water Diplomacy

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Aral Sea, June 10 – once the world's fourth largest inland sea, that has now shrunk to about a quarter of its original size due to human mismanagement – and urged the world to take lessons from the catastrophe to ensure that such tragedies are not repeated...

7 Oct 2016 NEW YORK, NY, United States

Reins at the UN: Guterres

Antonio Guterres, former head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has been confirmed as the next UN Secretary General by the UN Security Council.The UN General Assembly will likely formalize the appointment of the former Prime Minister of Portugal soon, and Gutterres will assume the position of ninth UN Secretary General at the end of the year, succeeding Bang Ki-Moon...

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21 Sep 2016 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Adsorption Desal and Cooling Facility Opens

The world’s first and largest seawater desalination and cooling plant has opened near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Adsorption Desalination and Cooling (ADC) will be used commercially in Saudi Arabia initially, with interest in the technology anticipated from overseas.The project is a collaboration between King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), TAQNIA (Saudi Investment Company) and MEDAD Technologies Ltd, a Singapore start-up company which holds patent pending rights to the technology...

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13 Apr 2016 LUSAKA, Zambia

Zambia Starts Work on $355 Million Drainage Project in Lusaka

Construction has started on the $355 million USD Mazyopa-Bambya drainage project in the Zambia capital, Lusaka.The project, which is part of the Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage project, is being funded through the US government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).It aims to expand water access and improve reliability of water supply, sanitation and drainage services in Lusaka...

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25 Feb 2016 LUSAKA, Zambia

Portuguese Firm Wins $52 Million Worth of Water Supply, Sanitation Contracts in Zambia

Portugal-based Elevolution Contractors has won two contracts, worth a total of $52 million USD, to improve water supply and sanitation in Lusaka’s Mtendere and Kamanga townships.The projects are being funded through the Millennium Challenge Account-Zambia (MCA) and are part of the $355 million USD Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage Project, funded by the US government through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)...

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1 Apr 2015 ALGIERS, Algeria

5+5 Dialogue Adopts Common Strategy for Water

The 10-member Western Mediterranean Forum, commonly referred to as the "5+5 Dialogue," this week adopted a common strategy on water, emphasizing the need for an integrated management system to better cope with demand in the region.Speaking at the first Ministerial Conference of the Dialogue, “Water 5+5,” held in Algiers on March 31st, Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment Isabel Garcia Tejerina said the strategy "aims at implementing a common approach in terms of addressing water-related concerns, through establishing rules for sustainable and good governance of water sector in the western Mediterranean region...

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25 Jun 2014 TOKYO

Japan's Marubeni Expands Water Business to Portugal, Brazil

Marubeni Corp. (8002), a Japanese trading house that offers water services to more than 6 million people globally, said it agreed with a partner to buy a Portuguese utility that also owns Brazilian assets. The trader and the Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, or INCJ, will each buy 50 percent of Administração e Gestão de Sistemas de Salubridade SA, one of Portugal’s largest water utilities, the Tokyo-based company said today in a statement...

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27 Mar 2014 MAPUTO

Mozambique, Portugal Sign MOU on Water

The Mozambican and Portuguese governments on Wednesday signed in Maputo a memorandum of understanding on technical and institutional cooperation in water resource management and water and sanitation services. The memorandum is described as an instrument that will make viable collaboration between the two countries in drawing up public policies for the water sector, and strategic plans for the management of international rivers and ground water...

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