drinking water sanitation News
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SIWI welcomes UN decision on human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
Following the recognition of the human right to drinking water and sanitation several months ago, the UN Human Rights Council clarified at a recent session that the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is derived from the already existing right to adequate standard of living. Member states reached consensus on this decision, which establishes the human right to safe drinking water ...
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“Our Goals Need Water”
The Stockholm Statement to the High Level Plenary Meeting on the MDGs “Our Goals Need Water” Stockholm – Participants at the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm urged the High Level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to fully recognise and act upon the fundamental roles of water resources, drinking water, sanitation and water for all. Download the ...
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Register now for the 2012 World Water Week
Online registration for the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm is now open! The theme for 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm is: "Water and Food Security". In over 100 events, participants will tackle the global water challenge especially in terms of food security. The conference will also cover issues such as drinking water supply and sanitation, transboundary water management, climate change, ...
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Putting People Power to Work: Pure Builds Sand Sieve Kits for Cawst Charity
A representative from CAWST recently visited Pure’s Calgary office and told a large audience about its unique approach to teaching people in developing countries how to build biosand filters to provide clean water. In turn, Pure was able to use its peoplepower to help CAWST with the assembly of sand sieve kits for use in the filters. The protection of water resources is a core value shared ...
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Influential Study Calls for Improved Global Standard for Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
A study conducted by The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine addresses the need for an improved global standard for safe drinking water and sanitation. Current benchmarks established by WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP), masks deficits in household water access ...
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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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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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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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Jim Clark recipient of water environment federation’s engelbrecht international achievement award
James H. Clark, P.E., a vice president of Black & Veatch, has been selected by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) as the 2009 recipient of the organization’s Engelbrecht International Achievement Award. The award recognizes sustained and significant contributions to the furtherance and improvement of WEF activities in the international field. It will be presented at the WEF Awards and ...
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Hillary clinton addresses water and sanitation
To mark World Water Day, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined the call for immediate action to ensure access to safe, clean water and improved sanitation in the developing world. Speaking at Uniting for Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, an event at the National Geographic Society, Clinton emphasised the importance of water, stating: 'For the US, water represents one of the great ...
By WaterAid
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Developing Countries Titles from IWA Publishing: Free to Download
The following titles on sanitation and wastewater in developing countries are all available to download free of charge from the WaterWiki: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/DevelopingCountriesTitlesfromIWAPublishingFreetoDownload Developing Countries Titles from IWA Publishing: Free to Download Wastewater Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal Abstract Basic ...
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Risk of sanitation and water supply services slipping behind: Additional and targeted resources required
While access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) has considerably improved globally, services coverage could slip behind if adequate resources are not secured to sustain routine operations, warns the 2012 UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water – or “GLAAS” – released today by WHO and UN-Water. The report calls for additional and more ...
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World's Largest Water Risk News Database - aquaNOW - Debuts
The world’s leading provider of water related news, OOSKAnews, announced today the launch of a new database and search engine. aquaNOW.info, the World’s Water Data engine, will allow water professionals to access the world’s most substantive database of water-related news. The new database empowers users to search through over 300,000 tagged data points across 26,000 water news articles compiled ...
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World Toilet Day - 19th November
The World Toilet Organisation (WTO) was formed in 2001 to improve toilets in the developing world. 2.3 billion people (around one in three of the world's population) don't have a safe, clean or private toilet. Described as the ‘silent’ sanitation crisis, World Toilet Day is a day to take action and raise awareness. Across 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia, fewer ...
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Idrica consolidates its position as a leading player in the digital transformation of water utilities
Idrica ended the year as a benchmark player in the digital transformation of the water sector. While 2021 was the year it broke onto the international stage, 2022 marked the company’s consolidation in the sector. The development of new solutions and its investment in Cleverpy have brought faster operations, improving efficiency and the firm’s ability to respond to any situation in ...
By Idrica
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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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Watertech 2013 confirmed to attendees the business opportunities in India’s water and wastewater treatment market
Watertech Conference offered insights to the growing sector The first edition of Watertech, National Exhibition and Conference on Drinking Water, Sanitation, Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Management, organised by Messe Frankfurt drew to a close with satisfying results. At the exhibition, leading companies occupied 3,000 sqm of exhibition space and attracted over 1,400 trade ...
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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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Idrica strengthens its international expansion with the opening of five new subsidiaries in 2021
In 2021, Idrica opened five new subsidiaries, in Hong Kong, Chile, Canada, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, in addition to those already up and running in the USA, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Qatar and Romania, in line with its international expansion strategy. In just two years, the multinational headquartered in Spain has gained a foothold in 14 countries in Europe, North America, the ...
By Idrica
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Expanding cities need smart water approach
By 2050, around 70% of the world's population of 9,2 billion people is expected to live in an urban environment. Especially in developing countries this increasing population and expanding cities pose great challenges with respect to access to clean drinking water, sanitation, waste water treatment and protection against floods. On request of UN Habitat, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment ...
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