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	Water & Wastewater Newsletter September 18, 2008

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World Water Congress closes after receiving 4500 visitors
IWA World Water Congress in Vienna sets new participation precedents in mastering the challenges faced in water supply and sanitation. Widespread consensus reached on pressing issues, best practice shared on a global scale and good progress made in driving research into practice. In an era where the water industry faces unprecedented challenges due to the additional stresses to water management associated with population growth, urbanisation and the effects of climate change, water experts from all over the globe that convened in Vienna this week are mobilising on an international scale to deal ...

EIB renews its water sector lending policy
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has renewed its policy on lending to water projects to adjust it to the developments and challenges of this important sector. The renewed water lending policy will help the EIB to further strengthen its role as a major global financier of the sector, and as the “EU Water Bank”. The document has been presented at major conferences, among them at the recent Stockholm Water Week and at the International Water Association’s World Water Congress held this week in Vienna. From Spain and Portugal to Greece and Cyprus as well as in the wider Mediterranean region coastal ...

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New NGO report says more concrete is no solution for Europe`s rivers
A new study published this week by environmental groups European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and WWF reports that the major causes of Europe`s poor ...
US fish farms tap former coal mines for water
In the Appalachian mountains of the United States, growing numbers of fish farmers are raising trout, catfish, and even salmon throughout the valleys ...
Statewide water roundtables seek public input
Even though it has a reputation for being eternally wet, Oregon faces many water resource challenges, ranging from the impacts of climate change to stream ...
Global ban on tributyltin enters into force
A milestone in the protection of the oceans was reached this week as a global ban on tributyltin (TBT) - one of the most toxic chemicals deliberately ...
Melting glaciers threaten water supplies in Kyrgyzstan
The number of glaciers in Kyrgyzstan has dropped by 15 percent over the past 30 years, according to Kyrgyz environmental experts, because of climate change. ...
EPA reminds businesses to report spills
As business and industry officials return to their facilities in the wake of Hurricane Ike, the EPA reminds them to report spills to the National Response ...
Operations challenge competition brings wastewater treatment to the surface
Do you ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at a wastewater treatment plant or how professionals deal with emergencies like a sewer collapse or ...
WEF, IWA sign precedent-setting Memorandum of Understanding
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association (IWA) have signed a precedent-setting Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ...

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