April 03, 2008
| Water & Wastewater Newsletter April 03, 2008 |
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| This Week´s Featured News Stories |
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 | Australia signs historic water deal Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and First Ministers from across the Murray Darling Basin region have forged an historic deal for the future of the Basin, ending a year long stalemate between the States and the Commonwealth and over a decade of inaction. In Adelaide for the first COAG meeting of the year, all parties agreed to a new approach to drive reform in securing water for households, farmers and the long-term health of the Murray Darling Basin. The agreement follows lengthy negotiations between the Commonwealth and Victoria. Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator ... | ||||
 | Israel`s River Jordan a “sewage pipe”, says UN agency The continued dumping of untreated or partially treated sewage into rivers and streams is the number one source of dangerous pollution in Israel, the Ministry for Environmental Protection has said. Municipalities are responsible for sewage treatment, but high costs of treating sewage and building new treatment plants have prompted many local councils to dump the sewage wherever they can, ministry officials said. Critics have said the fines imposed on municipalities that break the law are so low as to encourage dumping and non-treatment of waste water. In 2003, for example, Raanana Municipality, ... | ||||
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