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11 Nov 2022
Warming winters may cause higher chemical release to fresh water, study says
A new study has found that warming winters may cause an increased downstream exposure to chemicals. Although there is still insufficient data to determine the exact impact on water quality, it is certain that the phenomenon causes an increase in phosphorus and nitrogen levels in both groundwater and surface water...
11 Nov 2022
United States Launch 2022-2027 Global Water Strategy
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the country’s Department of State have launched the 2022-2027 US Global Water Strategy. According to USAID’s press release, the document “envisions a water-secure world that advances health, prosperity, stability, and resilience through sustainable and equitable water resources management and access to safe drinking water, sanitation services, and hygiene...
11 Nov 2022
Private Initiative Steps Forward to Bring Arsenic Levels down in Uruguayan Water
A Uruguayan company, Taficor, has seen its bid approved by the government to install water purification systems to bring the country’s water arsenic levels down to international standards. Levels of arsenic in Uruguay's water have been historically high and, in 2010, the country adhered to an international norm that establishes a maximum level of 10 micrograms per litre, bringing it down from a maximum of 50...
11 Nov 2022
Mining in Ghana Responsible for 50% Loss of Treated Water
The Ghana Water Company Limited stated this month that the pollution of water bodies through illegal mining is increasing the cost of water purification. Up to 50% of water supplied by water treatment facilities must be discarded for use because the salinity level does not comply with national standards...
11 Nov 2022
African Communities Urge Governments to Refuse Water Privatisation
Public Services International (PSI), a global union of workers in public services and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have held a four day event called Africa Water Week Against Water Privatisation to push against IMF and World Bank led efforts to sell water resources...
8 Nov 2022
Financing climate resilience through investment in water
On the 8th of November, the Asian Development Bank announced a U.S. $ 200 million goal to finance water resilience initiatives in the Asia Pacific region. This was announced at COP 27 in Egypt where during the first of ten thematic days of the Water Pavilion at COP 27, the World Resources Institute, the Asian Development Bank and the African Development Bank organised an event on financing climate resilience through investments in water...
4 Nov 2022
Impressions from the stakeholder consultation on the 2023 UN Water Conference
To help and to inform member states so that the deliberations in preparation of the UN water conference are supported by a wide stakeholder consultation. Primarily, the consultations aimed to ensure that the work of the scientific community and civil society is connected to the work of the General Assembly...
2 Nov 2022
Water, Climate Change and Cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin
At Cairo Water Week, Soltan Rahimzoda, in his capacity as chair of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea, summarised some of the key contemporary issues in transboundary cooperation in the Aral Sea Basin. This falls within the theme of water for cooperation that has been identified as one of the key issues for discussion during the UN Water Conference in March 2023...
31 Oct 2022
Interview: Karishma Asoodani, Youth Delegate for Asia, World Water Council
The Water Diplomat caught up with Karishma Asoodani, Youth Delegate for Asia at the World Water Council, in the margins of Cairo Water Week, to look at youth issues in the run up to the UN Water Conference in New York in March 2023. Tobias Schmitz: please tell us what you do currently Karishma Asoodani: So my name is Karishma, I am a Youth Delegate for the World Water Council for Asia, I joined them in 2018, and because of the pandemic my mandate kind of extended until this December: I will finish my term as a youth delegate with them in December and I am also a young representative in the Water Youth Network, in which I have an interest in youth communications and mobilisation, but I also have an interest in water finance: I am a financial journalist in India with six years of experience...
28 Oct 2022
Interregional Technical Platform on Water Scarcity:
On the 16th of October, At Cairo Water Week, a special event was held on the scaling up of water action for water and food security through an interregional platform of international organisations, national and local government and non-governmental and scientific organisations. This follows from the launch in June 2022 of the Interregional Platform on Water Scarcity...
28 Oct 2022
Fines for Water Pollution to Rise 1000-Fold in UK
Civil penalties for UK water companies caught releasing untreated wastewater are going to increase 1000-fold from US$286 thousand to US$286 million, announced Ranil Jayawardena, the UK’s Environment Secretary. After 2021 saw an increase from 40 to 62 pollution incidents by water companies, the UK Government is moving to push for more investment in infrastructure and a subsequent decrease in these incidents...
28 Oct 2022
USAID Pledges US$26 Million Towards Water Efficiency in Jordan
Miyahuna, the Jordan Water Company, has signed a US$22.6 million grant agreement with USAID to finance national projects aiming to reduce water losses. The deal was signed by Miyahuna Director-General Mohammad Al-Oran and is going to finance projects in the Amman and Zarqa regions to reduce water loss by up to 3...