The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Cape Town - Engineers at the African Utility Week in Cape Town unveiled a first-of-its-kind desalination wastewater plant on Thursday that, they say, could make turning seawater into drinking water more affordable and palatable for budget-stretched cities. Titus Kasie, mechanical engineer at eThekwini municipality, said his plant, which had its …
The World Bank has given Botswana a $145.5 million loan to build water projects after it suffered a severe El Nino-induced drought in the past two years, Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo said on Thursday. In 2015, overall dam levels in the semi-arid southern African nation fell below 20 percent of …
The water shortage continued on Thursday , as Haryana didn't release the promised quantity of water (200 cusecs) on Wednesday . DJB officials say only 125 cusecs was released in the river Yamuna, which has turned dry as their has been no water supply for the past 10 days. “We …
BENGALURU: Of the 20 stations in Karnataka that made it to the Swacch Rail Swacch Bharat Abhiyan list of cleanest railways stations, Yadgir fared the worst. Ranked 298, it scored 502 points on the index, compared to Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru City) Station's 809, which ranked 10th in the country …
Government has sourced a thirty million dollar fund to connect the Yendi Municipality to the Oti river. This will enable residents of Yendi and its environs to have water all year round. Water crisis has been part of Yendi for so many years. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia made this …
One in four children in the Arab world live in poverty, often deprived of life's most basic necessities such as proper housing or safe water, according to a study released on Monday by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. The analysis of 11 countries including Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Yemen found …
Mokonyane's deputy‚ Pamela Tshwete‚ will also attend the event at Goudini Spa near Worcester. The gathering coincides with a vote by the City of Cape Town to impose level 4 water restrictions — banning all use of tap water outside — after dam levels fell to 21.2%. Zille’s spokesman‚ Michael …
Cape Town - The water crisis the City of Cape Town has been trying to avert has hit with full force, and the municipality has sounded the alarm for consumers to limit their water use to drinking, bathing and cooking. In what it called “a critical warning”, the mayoral committee …
A recent independent investigation by Daily Trust uncovered germs in public water samples taken from many states in the country. Samples were taken from Abuja, Lagos, Plateau, Katsina, Kano and Enugu. The samples were analyzed according to the guidelines of the American Public Health Association, 19th edition. The investigation found …
जोधपुर. शहर का जल प्रबंधन 500 साल पहले रियासत काल में भी दुनिया में सबसे बेहतरीन माना जाता था। सन् 1520 में पद्मसर-रानीसर के निर्माण के साथ ही नहरी सिस्टम से जल स्रोतों को भरने का बेजोड़ मैकेनिज्म बनाया गया। परकोटे में दो किलोमीटर तक बसी आबादी को पानी पिलाने …
Nashik: The sanitation department of the Nashik zilla parishad has launched campaign to check the quality of water sources across the district to ensure that people in rural areas get clean drinking water. Officials of the ZP said that it is pre-monsoon checking of water quality so that measures can …
Aurangabad: Over 100 public wells under the control of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) offer possible solution to the water woes in the city, but they are not on the priority list of the administration. With just three-four weeks to go for the onset of monsoon, the civic body began …
In his maiden budget speech for the 2017/18 financial year, the Minister for Water and Irrigation, Engineer Gerson Lwenge, told the National Assembly yesterday that the strategy will improve water access by 75 and 95 per cent in rural and urban areas respectively, come 2020. Minister Lwenge told parliamentarians that …
Dodoma — The government has reassured wananchi that it is still committed towards the implementation of water policy, which, among other things, aims at making sure that people access water services within 400 meters from their houses. This was revealed by Prime Minister Mr Kassim Majaliwa, when responding to a …
Minister for Water and Irrigation Eng Gerson Lwenge has tabled a Sh672 billion budget estimates for 2017/18 fiscal year in Dodoma on Wednesday. He said that up to March 2017, about 22.9 million people in the country, equivalent to 72.5% of rural dwellers are accessing clean and safe water within …
Residents of Willowfountain in Pietermaritzburg are still fetching dirty water from the river in spite of the installation of a new reservoir in March. Communal taps in KwaPhupha in Willowfountain ran dry in February last year and in spite of the construction of a new reservoir, the water supply has …
Residents of Willowfountain in Pietermaritzburg are still fetching dirty water from the river in spite of the installation of a new reservoir in March. Communal taps in KwaPhupha in Willowfountain ran dry in February last year and in spite of the construction of a new reservoir, the water supply has …
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the authorities about the steps they have taken to improve the quality of drinking water at the Northern Railway stations and at their platforms. The court was hearing a plea by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation, which has sought "an independent probe” …
Cape Town's collective dam quantities are bordering on emergency level as the city council ponders raising water restrictions from Level 3b to Level 4 from the beginning of next month. The municipality has around only 12% of usable water left in its dams amid diminishing quantities. Mayco member for water …
The groundwater situation in Pune region has also shown marked improvements in the last 3 months Even with summer season currently at its peak, the groundwater situation in Pune region has not only remained stable, but also shown marked improvements in the last three months. This encouraging trend is in …
