access to safe drinking water News
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Every drop matters initiative hosted by SIWI
WGF welcomes the regional partnership initiative Every Drop Matters by The Coca-Cola Company and UNDP in Eurasia, CIS and the Middle East. The global programme manager position for EDM is hosted by SIWI. EDM aims at increasing access to safe drinking water, facilitating the use of environmentally sound industrial technologies, and promote responsible water resource management by outreach and ...
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USAID Officially Joins Sanitation And Water For All Partnership
WaterAid in America welcomes today's announcement by USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah that USAID will join the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership, a global multi-stakeholder group that brings developing and donor countries together with civil society to tackle the water and sanitation crisis. "We are thrilled that the U.S. government will officially join the partnership. WaterAid ...
By WaterAid
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Clean water goal `on course to fail`
The international community must review its goal to improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation. That is the recommendation of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), which believes countries will fail to meet the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal on environmental sustainability. The target, one of eight goals set at the turn of the ...
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Safe water access goal further away than previously thought
A failure to incorporate water quality data into measurements of progress on the Millennium Development Goal of access to safe water has made some countries appear closer to achieving the goal than they actually are, according to a new study. UNICEF (the UN Children's Fund) and the WHO share responsibility for monitoring progress towards the goal through a Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP), which ...
By SciDev.Net
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World Water Day 2020: Water and Climate Change
World Water Day, as every year on 22 March, is about focusing on the importance of water. The theme chosen this year "Water and climate change" is because the two aspects are fully linked. World Water Day pays homage to this resource and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people who lack access to safe drinking water. It also encourages action to address the global water crisis. One of the main ...
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Sanitation `crucial` for tackling water-borne disease
Effective and affordable interventions that provide the global population with access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation are needed if water-borne diseases are ever to be controlled. This is the conclusion of a WHO report entitled 'Safe Water, Better Health', released last week (26 June). The report provides for the first time country-by-country estimates of disease caused by poor ...
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Greater efforts needed to provide safe water for more than 1 billion people - UN
More than one billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said this week, calling for greater efforts to achieve the water and sanitation targets set by world leaders in 2000. As part of the set of anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), countries pledged to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water ...
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ADB President says sustained water sector investment can help fuel growth
Governments in Asia and the Pacific must continue to invest in water infrastructure in spite of the economic crisis or face fundamental threats to their economic growth and social development, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said this week. Speaking at the opening of the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2009, Mr. Kuroda expressed concern that national and municipal governments would ...
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Innovations and solutions in water/sanitation (2/2/11)
Tomorrow is the first forum in our 2011 Global CSR Issue Series, and the focus is on safe water and sanitation solutions around the globe. Can't attend in person? A live stream will be available here during the event, and you can tweet your questions for the panelists to BCLC's Twitter handle (ChamberBCLC) or email them. More about the forum — In partnership with the World Business Council ...
By 3BL Media
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Q&A: Exploring South Asian food, water and energy links
Ensuring food security while providing access to safe drinking water and energy for all remains a key challenge in South Asia — home to a quarter of the world’s population. Rice and wheat, the region’s staple crops, require huge amounts of water and energy to grow. Fresh water is no longer abundant and climate change brings new uncertainties. With a rapidly expanding population, ...
By SciDev.Net
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Sierra Leone improves access to safe drinking water for more than 700,000 people in rural areas
Implemented in Sierra Leone between 2013 and 2021, the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project has increased access to safe drinking water by 13% and to safe basic sanitation by 3%. Approximately 720,000 people have benefited from rural water supply developments, while 25,371 households have gained access to safe basic sanitation. The project received UA 25.57 million ($39.38 million) ...
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World Bank approves a grant of US$190m for urban water supply project in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Board of Directors of the World Bank today approved a US$190 million IDA grant for an urban water supply project in urban areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Urban Water Supply Project (Projet d’Alimentation en Eau Potable en Milieu Urbain (PEMU)) seeks to sustainably increase access to potable water in selected urban areas and improve the effectiveness of REGIDESO, the ...
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Solinst Celebrates World Water Day
World Water Day is a day of international observance and action to bring awareness of the over 1 billion people worldwide that lack access to clean, safe drinking water. Established after the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environmental Development (UNCED), World Water Day is marked by numerous events worldwide. Details of initiatives and events across the globe can be found at the official ...
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IBM launches RFP to help accelerate global water management solutions for vulnerable populations
IBM will support projects that can help improve access to safe drinking water for all, improve water quality by reducing pollution, increase water-use efficiency, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, increase sanitation management, and reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity. This year's RFP will have representatives from Water.org and United Nations ...
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Ultrafiltration: viable for water treatment in developing countries?
An innovative water treatment system which uses filters with nano-sized holes could help the international community increase the number of people with access to safe drinking water. A new study shows the technology has been successfully applied in rural areas of South America and Africa. Under the UN Millennium Declaration of September 2008, the EU is committed to providing assistance for ...
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The PepsiCo Foundation Leads the Way in Social Innovation for 'Water Work'
SOURCE: PepsiCo DESCRIPTION:The social innovation work of the Columbia Water Centre (CWC) and the PepsiCo Foundation in the field of water security for the rural communities of Ceará, Brazil has been pioneering. The initiative shows the global community that water sustainability cannot be achieved in isolation and that integration of food-energy-climate goals needs to be shared. Ceara's problems ...
By 3BL Media
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New WHO/UNICEF report highlights lack of people with access to improved sanitation
A report from the WHO and UNICEF’S Joint Monitoring Programme for drinking water and sanitation (JMP) warns that far too few people are using improved sanitation and the number with access to clean drinking water has actually fallen. The JMP report, titled 'Progress on drinking water and sanitation – special focus on sanitation', assesses for the first time global, regional and country progress ...
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One billion could miss sanitation goal without boost to efforts, say UN agencies
With five years to go before the deadline for halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) warn in a report released today that without stepped-up efforts, nearly one billion people will be overlooked.“We all recognize the vital importance of water and sanitation to ...
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Water community to ‘Celebrate the Essential’ during Drinking Water Week 2012
The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the authoritative resource on safe water, today kicked off Drinking Water Week 2012 with a call to “Celebrate the Essential” throughout North America. Throughout the week, AWWA and its partners will celebrate water by recognizing the essential role drinking water plays in our daily lives, with special attention to water infrastructure, the ...
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Participate tomorrow: innovations and solutions in water/sanitation
Did you know that solving the persistent water and sanitation problems in Africa alone would have a total economic benefit of $22 billion annually? The solutions to the problems related to access to water and sanitation are known and cost-effective. In fact, it is estimated that every $1 spent on water and sanitation generates returns of $8 in saved time, increased productivity, and reduced ...
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