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New training courses in connection with the world water week

SIWI and UNDP’s Cap-net programme will hold training courses in connection with the World Water Week, led by course faculty who are both expert educators and international specialists in the field. Courses may be added or changed based upon demand but will include different focus areas, such as climate change adaptation, water integrity, international water law, water negotiation, IWRM ...

May 16, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Greening water law

Governments and law-makers need to integrate environmental concerns into water-use legislation to avert an impending global water crisis, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), titled "Greening Water Law". According to the report, launched Tuesday at World Water Week in Stockholm, competition is increasing between the rapidly growing human ...

Sep. 7, 2010

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Training courses in connection with the World Water Week in Stockholm

The global water crisis is reshaped periodically by changes in climate, geopolitics, demography and economics, amongst others. At Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) we recognise the importance of staying up to date with these changes, and work provocatively to reduce and prevent the negative impacts of development on social, economic and ecological systems. This year, SIWI and ...

May 2, 2011

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Bloomberg BNA Launches Water Law & Policy Monitor

Bloomberg BNA has launched the Water Law & Policy Monitor™ with up-to-date news, guidance, and primary source materials to help water law practitioners, industrial water users, and regulators keep up with emerging water allocation and management issues across all 50 states and abroad. The Water Law & Policy Monitor combines Bloomberg BNA's news and expert analysis with legal ...

Feb. 15, 2013

By Bloomberg BNA

EC request to Germany concerning award of services for collection and disposal of wastewater by city of Hamm

The European Commission has decided to send a formal request to Germany concerning the award of services for the collection and disposal of waste water by the city of Hamm to the water association Lippeverband in the year 2003 without carrying out tender procedures. This formal request takes the form of a 'reasoned opinion', the second stage of the infringement procedure laid down in Article 226 ...

Apr. 14, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

EPA enforces clean air and water laws to protect communities and environment in the Pacific Northwest

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 completed over 50 environmental compliance and enforcement actions during July through September in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. EPA enforces the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and other environmental laws designed to protect people’s health and the environment. EPA offers compliance assistance to help people understand and ...

Dec. 3, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

UNECE helps Kyrgyzstan to improve understanding of international water law

What is international water law and how can it help strengthen transboundary water cooperation in practice? On 12 and 13 September 2013, these issues are being discussed at the national seminar organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, in cooperation with the Department of Water Management and Melioration of the Ministry of Agriculture and ...

Sep. 12, 2013

By United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

EU water law gets clean bill of health

A European Commission evaluation has concluded that the European Union’s flagship water legislation is fit for purpose. However, implementation and enforcement must be scaled up to protect Europe’s precious rivers and waterways, the EEB and other environmental organisations demand. A European Commission fitness check of the European Union’s Water Framework Directive (WFD) ...

Dec. 12, 2019

By European Environmental Bureau

Commission on Transboundary Aquifers – update and call for participation

Some news just in from IAH’s Commission on Transboundary Aquifers, who will be organising a workshop on 22nd Sept 2019 in Malaga, Spain, as a pre-conference event, ahead of the IAH 46th Congress. This workshop will take stock of the whole question of “transboundary aquifers” that has evolved in the past twenty years, since the launch of the IAH Commission. The aim of the ...

Mar. 14, 2019

By International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)

California Refinery Fined $1 Million for Breaking Drinking Water Laws

A California refinery was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay a criminal penalty for violating the Safe Drinking Water Act. The company must apply $500,000 of the $1 million penalty towards the Los Padres National Forest Restoration Project. The company pleaded guilty on April 12 and was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Central District of California on Monday. Investigators ...

Jun. 15, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Registration for AWWA’s first symposium showcase is now open

This co-located event will host both the Water Resources Symposium and the Water Conservation Symposium. Each of the symposiums will offer distinct and informative content, while the co-location will provide attendees with the opportunity to attend and learn from both. The Water Resources Symposium will address science-based management issues, water and energy sustainability practices, new ...

Feb. 9, 2011

By American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Erosion and AquaDam

An AquaDam® is flexible and conforms to the ground and surrounding area to provide an effective seal. Even if the ground is eroded away after installation, the AquaDam will fill the gaps to maintain the seal. The AquaDam itself is not susceptible to erosion and does not use fill materials that can be washed out. By eliminating the use of fill materials, AquaDams also meet the demands of EPA ...

Feb. 14, 2019

By Aqua Dam, Inc.

Argentinian parliament approves tariff hike reversal

Opposition parties in the Argentinian senate yesterday approved a law reversing rises in water, electricity and gas tariffs introduced since November 2017, freezing bills for a year and requiring operators to repay income derived from recent adjustments. President Mauricio Macri has announced he will veto the measure, which he claims is unconstitutional. Raising tariffs to make utilities ...

May 31, 2018

By Global Water Intelligence (GWI)

US asks to host its first UNESCO institute

The United States' push to set up a new international freshwater institute under UNESCO auspices is being seen as part of Washington's return to multilateralism and a US vote of confidence in UNESCO as a lead agency for science, and for water in particular. The Center for Integrated Water Resources Management, hosted by the US Army Corps of Engineers in Alexandria, Virginia, is set to become ...

May 25, 2009

By SciDev.Net

California`s New Groundwater Law Seeks To Guide Planning Without Adjudication

California's new law establishing a framework for the sustainable management of its groundwater attempts to accomplish what previously had mostly been produced through protracted litigation, a water law attorney said Dec. 4. Moreover, the Groundwater Sustainable Management Act gives local water districts the time and opportunity to develop their own plans through a public process and work toward ...

Dec. 11, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

Industrial Laundry in Lebanon, N.H. Faces Fine for Clean Water Violations

An industrial laundry facility in Lebanon, N.H. faces a penalty of $64,000 from the US Environmental Protection Agency for several violations of federal water laws, including discharging water containing detergent to the city’s public wastewater system which caused excessive foaming in the Connecticut River. According to a complaint filed recently by EPA’s New England office, ...

Aug. 28, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Launches New Mapping Tool to Improve Public Access to Enforcement Information / Mapping feature supports the White House Regulatory Compliance Transparency Initiative and improves public access to information

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the release of a new mapping feature in EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database. As part of EPA’s ongoing effort to improve transparency, the EPA and State Enforcement Actions Map will allow the public to access federal and state enforcement information in an interactive format and to compare ...

Sep. 30, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

International Forum to Tackle Challenges Facing Worlds Freshwater Resources

Governments from around the world, along with heads of national and international basin organizations and freshwater experts met this week in Nairobi to look at ways to strengthen the governance of freshwater basins and resources, which account for approximately 60 per cent of the global freshwater flow. Freshwater is a fundamental environmental resource and essential for the sustainability of ...

Nov. 28, 2014

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Sudan-South Africa cooperation to boost water supply security

To support improved water security in Sudan at a time of heightened concern over the potential consequences of prolonged drought, a high-level Sudanese delegation visited South Africa last week to study water management facilities. The visit, arranged by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in conjunction with the South African Water Research Commission, gave senior Sudanese officials ...

Nov. 10, 2010

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

WGF launches new publication series with its first report `Human rights-based approaches and managing water resources`

Many governments as well as multilateral organisations are increasingly emphasising human rights-based approaches as critical to mainstream in countries’ development policies and donor strategies. Among many water professionals and decision- makers there is generally little understanding of human rights-based approaches (HRBA) and how to apply them. There have been ample debates and ...

Aug. 22, 2012

By Stockholm International Water Institute

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