river basin News
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UK government publishes standards guidance for Water Framework Directive
Defra and the Welsh Assembly government have published a second volume of guidance on river basin management planning, outlining the role of environmental quality standards in implementing the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance explains the range of new standards that have been developed by the UK environment agencies, and considers the way in which the Directive’s costs and benefits ...
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Five European rivers commit to more river restoration
As part of the European River Restoration Conference, five European river basins committed themselves to working together. The river basins include: the Arpa in Armenia, Irpen in Ukraine, Irwell in England, Orbigo in Spain, and Rhone in France. Under the facilitation of the European Centre for River Restoration, the five parties will develop and share their best practices and knowledge in order ...
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Environment: Commission takes Denmark to Court over water management problems
The European Commission is taking Denmark to Court for a failure to present plans for managing its river basins. These plans are essential to put the measures in place to achieve the objective of 'good status' for Danish waters by 2015 and should have been adopted before December 2009. Delayed plans could mean a failure to deliver the water quality required. On the recommendation of Environment ...
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Podcast: How Europe’s Dirtiest River Emscher Was Revived
The river Emscher in Western Germany has a turbulent history. Within one century, it turned from a leisurely meandering stream to Europe’s dirtiest river and, most recently, to a restored recreation area. In this episode of OTT CAST, we discuss the history and the challenges of the double transformation that the Emscher went through. Our guest is Dr. Stephan Treuke of the ...
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River basin management relies on effective public participation
Rivers are home of many thousands of wildlife species, vital arteries for farmland, a source of cooling for industry, flood regulation, navigation channels and source of drinking water, to name just a few important functions. Such multiple demands on water bodies mean that many different groups need to be actively involved in managing a river basin. The best way to involve these groups is ...
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San Antonio Urban Waters Partnership Announcement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal partners are meeting to discuss the designation of San Antonio as an Urban Waters Partner. The partnership was formed to revitalize the San Antonio River Basin and improve the local area. This partnership will reconnect the urban communities, particularly those that are overburdened or economically distressed, with their waterways ...
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EPA awards over US$475,000 to assist in developing a wastewater treatment system - funds will be used by the Northwest Arkansas conservation authority
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded US$477,000 to the Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority (NACA) to develop a wastewater treatment system capable of supporting the Northwest Arkansas region and provide for cleaner and healthier streams in the Illinois River Basin. The Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority is currently formed by the ten cities of Bentonville, Bethel Heights, ...
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World to focus on improved sanitation in 2008
A wastewater treatment project in the Russian city of Ufa is reducing the amount of raw sewage that flows into the Volga River basin. The project is part of a global push to improve sanitation this year - the International Year of Sanitation 2008. The city of just over one million people in the southwestern Ural Mountains has a well developed oil and petrochemicals industry, low unemployment, ...
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Groundwater Recharge in Upper Colorado River Basin May Hold Steady Under Climate Change
Future groundwater replenishment in the Upper Colorado River Basin may benefit from projected increases in future basin-wide precipitation under current climate projections, according to a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Reclamation. The Colorado River provides water for more than 35 million people in the United States and 3 million people in Mexico. A recent USGS ...
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Forum to address threats to water supplies in delaware basin: connecting four states for drinking water protection
Threats to sources of drinking water and public health for more than 15 million people in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York will be the focus of a high-level forum in Philadelphia and five satellite locations on March 10. Government leaders and national water experts will highlight challenges to the quality and quantity of water fed from the Delaware River Basin, a ...
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Training programme on IWRM Zambezi Riparian region open for applications
The training programme on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Zambezi Riparian region is now open for applications. The objective of this training programme is to build capacity for supporting and consolidating the development processes of IWRM in the riparian countries of the Zambezi River basin, including cross border collaboration. To this extent, the programme would contribute ...
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Crossing water borders
Managing Water Across Boundaries was launched before an audience of international water policy negotiators at the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in Changwon, Korea. The book serves as a practical guide to transboundary water management. With more than 260 river and lake basins worldwide shared by two or more countries, managing water across borders is a critical challenge. Country borders are ...
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Social learning in river basin management
Water resources management generally follows a model in which problems and their causes are scientifically identified, and technical solutions are devised. However, contrary to the terms of the European Water Framework Directive (2000)1 for river basin management, this process does not take into account the social beliefs, behaviours and attitudes of other interest groups. A recent study ...
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Over 60 Projects Posted on New "Water Action Hub"
SOURCE: United Nations Global Compact DESCRIPTION:NEW YORK, November 15, 2012 /3BL Media/ - The UN Global Compact Office today announced that 63 projects have been posted on the CEO Water Mandate's "Water Action Hub" since it was launched in August 2012 -- surpassing internal expectations and reinforcing the need for an international platform to showcase water stewardship initiatives and ...
By 3BL Media
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Importance of River Basins in Driving Global Growth to Rocket: Top Ten Basins’ GDP Set to Exceed That of USA, Japan and Germany Combined by 2050(i)
Today, HSBC Group Chairman, Douglas Flint, announced the launch of the HSBC Water Programme, a new $100 million, five-year partnership with WWF, WaterAid and Earthwatch to tackle water risks in river basins; bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; and raise awareness about the global water challenge. The announcement comes as a new report ...
By WaterAid
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Targeted coordinated water management in central Asian nations
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aiming to enhance regional cooperation on vital Central Asian waterways whose management and protection are crucial to the region’s economic growth and social well-being. The Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, which criss-cross a large part of Central Asia, support most of the agricultural output in the Aral Sea basin and have significant hydropower capacity and ...
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Aqueduct brings improved water risk framework to world water forum
We are only a few days away from the world’s largest meeting around water: the World Water Forum. The Forum will take place this month in Marseille, France, with some 24,000 participants from the private and public sectors around the globe. There will be roughly 250 sessions and panels and 100 grassroots and citizenship events over six days. These events, and the audience of decision makers ...
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Climate change can dry south Indian river, says new study
Climate change could lead to huge water shortages in southern India’s fertile Godavari river basin, a new study based on computer simulations shows. The study by scientists from India and Norway, started in February 2009, is part of several compiled into a book, 'Water and Climate Change: an integrated approach to adaptation challenges', released last month (1 February). The study ...
By SciDev.Net
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1st Part of Colorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand Study Praised for Climate Impact Focus
A leading conservation group today praised the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the first part of a study it released today, which concluded that climate change will reduce water flow in the Colorado River Basin about approximately nine percent by 2050. However, the conservation group, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), says future reports on the study about water supply and demand in the basin ...
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Climate change will have `mixed` effect on Asian rivers
Two of Asia"s "water towers", the Brahmaputra and Indus river basins, are likely to be severely affected by climate change while others will be less affected and could even benefit, research on Asia"s rivers shows. One-fifth of the world"s population is dependent on water from the Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganges, Yangtze and Yellow rivers — often referred to as Asia"s water towers — which ...
By SciDev.Net
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