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 …
WAKISO - Thousands of residents of Wakiso Sub County, Wakiso district have a reason to smile after they got access to safe water and improved sanitation facilities, ending years of water shortage. This follows the launch of a sh750m solar power water pumping system in Lukwanga village that benefited over …
Nagpur: The state government has approved a Rs 1,015 crore plan for mitigating water problems prevailing in the city for drinking and some parts of the district for irrigation following the construction of the Chaurai dam by the Madhya Pradesh (MP) government on Pench river. Special permission has been given …
The national and county governments have entered into a deal with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for supply of clean water to locals. The water supply project will cover Mt Elgon, Kabuchai and Kanduyi constituencies. ALSO READ: What Trump should do to end the Korean war Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati, …
Cape Town has come dangerously close to running out of water after 3 years of persistent drought. Tight water usage restrictions have been successful in stalling 'day zero' - when the city's taps will be turned off—until 2019, buying time for authorities to look for more ways to manage the …
ADDIS ABABA- A model project that aims to upgrade water supply, sanitation and waste management system in urban areas was launched in Wukro town of the Tigray State on Sunday. As part of the One WASH Plus program, the system integrates innovative and resilient solutions to provide WASH services to …
Harare City Council needs to address water losses which are accounting for 65 percent of the local authority's treated water before embarking on other big dam projects, Zimbabwe Multi Donor Trust Fund manager Mr Emmanuel Nzabanita has said. Speaking at the Harare Water Strategic Plan and Non-Revenue Water Project outcome …
Dar es Salaam — The share of water supply, sewerage and waste management sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has gone down by more than 50 per cent over the last nine years. This means that despite implementation of several water projects in Tanzania, the rate of water access …
President Uhuru Kenyatta today unveiled government plans to implement the strategic water storage program that will increase the number of Kenyans connected to safe piped water by 9 million people by 2022. The massive country-wide program will additionally increase the proportion of households with access to safe drinking water from …
Kenyans could be consuming contaminated bottled water after Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) warned that 157 companies are operating illegally. The agency Thursday said it cannot vouch for water from the firms as consumers increasingly cut reliance on tapped water. The firms are said to operate in unhygienic sites, some …
After about four months of investigations, MOJEED ALABI exposes alleged corrupt practices in the execution of controversial N1.7 billion mini-water schemes in three communities in Osun State by members of the National Assembly, including the Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff. On Friday, January 5, the sun was fierce and scorching in …
NEW DELHI: With Haryana missing its water share deadline on Monday, the capital continues to witness 40-50 MGD shortage in supply and complaints continue to pour in from areas in south and west Delhi. Delhi receives 375 MGD water from Haryana through three sources — the Yamuna, the carrier-lined canal …
South Africa is set to commission its first solar powered desalination plant at the end of October 2018 in Witsand, Hessequa Municipality in the Western Cape. The project, initiated by Prof Erwin Schwella, Professor of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch and Tilburg Universities together with the municipality, is co-funded by the …
Jaisalmer: The PHED depertment has laid a pipeline by cutting through rocks under the sand for the much awaited drinking water scheme of western Rajasthan that will be completed by October this year. It will cater to around 12.68 lakh people in 568 villages of Jaisalmer and Barmer districts, besides …
While the South African city of Cape Town drew international attention when it warned it could run out of water this year, an international charity focused on global water supplies says "slow burning" droughts have wreaked even worse devastation in other parts of Africa. Jonathan Farr leads work on water …
Thirsty Middle Eastern and North African countries could tap into their solar-energy potential to cope with freshwater scarcity, according to resource experts. Water could be saved by switching to renewable solar energy from fossil fuel electricity generation that uses up water, said the World Resources Institute (WRI). The findings show …
In the last one year, Shubham Wasnik got hospitalized twice. “My stomach always hurts,” says the 26-year-old. Recurring diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and jaundice have tormented Shubham through his youthful years and his doctor feels that “the problem lies in the water that he drinks”. In Saibaba Nagar, which is barely 100 …
California, Brazil and South Africa have all recently experienced major drought, threatening serious disruption to supplies for major cities ('Day Zero' events). How can England prepare for drought without harming the environment or driving up water charges? Dr. Matthew Ives and Mike Simpson of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute, discuss their …
It may not be a major metropolis, but residents of Kadoma in central Zimbabwe know what it's like to live without water: their Day Zero happened 20 years ago. Many taps in the mining and farming town, around two hours' drive south-west of Harare, are redundant and residents say their …
The Minister for Water and Irrigation, Eng Isack Kamwelwe told the National Assembly yesterday that after the successful implementation of phase II of the project, the government will move on to implement the third phase that will make water services available to Ilemela, Katoro, Buselesele, Mbogwe, Geita and Msalala. “This …
Northern Sudan — According to reports from mining areas on the border triangle between Sudan, Egypt, and Libya and on the other border triangle of the Red Sea in the Northern state, and River Nile state, tens of thousands of people are at risk of dying of thirst because of …
