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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...
28 Oct 2022
The Dakar Water Hub: a hub – and laboratory – for the 9th World Water Forum’s Blue Deal
Senegal - and the other states sharing the waters of the Senegal and Gambia river basins - have provided one of the best-known examples of hydro-diplomacy and international cooperation around shared waters, leading to the well-deserved leadership role played by Senegal in hosting the 9th World Water Forum (WWF)...
16 Oct 2022
FAO event: Interregional 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...
13 Oct 2022
Cholera Returns to Haiti as Country Struggles with Water Supply
Cholera has returned to Haiti after gang activity blocked roads in the country preventing fuel distribution. This has led to fuel shortages which have made it impossible for water distribution services to supply clean drinking water to the country. Between 2010 and 2019, there were 820.000 reported cases of cholera and Haiti and 10...
13 Oct 2022
Cholera Returns to Haiti as Country Struggles with Water Supply
Cholera has returned to Haiti after gang activity blocked roads in the country preventing fuel distribution. This has led to fuel shortages which have made it impossible for water distribution services to supply clean drinking water to the country. Between 2010 and 2019, there were 820.000 reported cases of cholera and Haiti and 10...
12 Oct 2022
Researchers measure impact of water treatment on reduced child mortality
Research from the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago has provided evidence from India on the direct relationship between water treatment and the reduction in child mortality. Although ample evidence already exists on the relationship between untreated water and the spread of potentially deadly waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea, it is difficult to quantify the reduction in child mortality that is directly attributable to efforts to reduce microbial contamination through water treatment...
8 Oct 2022
Water.org Unveils $1 Billion Plan for Water Access at CGI
Water.org, a global non-profit organization whose mission is to bring safe, accessible and cost-effective water and sanitation to the world”, has announced a US$ 1bn plan to improve the resilience of water services around the world. To achieve this, a dedicated Water and Climate Fund was launched at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference in New York, which aims to to help 100 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America...
7 Oct 2022
Shallow-Water Mining Undermines Global Sustainability Goals, New Study Finds
A new report by Finnish scientists Laura Raikkonen and Elina A. Virtanen argues that, despite claims that shallow-water mining is a sustainable way to meet increasing demand for metals, environmental impacts can be high, while adequate protective legislation is still not in place. The scarcity of certain minerals in terrestrial sources as well as the high high costs of deep-sea mining have been driving a change of focus towards shallow-water mining (mining in waters up to 200m deep), as some seabed deposits can have high concentrations of metals...
7 Oct 2022
Local Communities Take Action Against Water Scarcity in Mexico
In Mexico’s Oaxaca valley, a region that has been hit by drought, local indigenous communities have come together to construct 579 different types of water infrastructure to tackle the problem of water scarcity. The construction of wells, water pans and dams has greatly increased access to water in the region despite the lack of rain...
7 Oct 2022
“Unprecedented” Water Crisis in Jordan, Officials Say
As the hot, dry summer grows longer, Jordan’s main dams are now at levels below 15% and officials fear the consequences if the wet season is further delayed. Omar Salameh, a spokesperson for the Water Ministry of Jordan, said in a statement to Arab News: “This is unprecedented. Never in the history of Jordan has such a percentage been recorded...
7 Oct 2022
UN predicts 700 million displaced in Africa by 2030 due to water scarcity
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has released a statement warning that, by 2030, as many as 700 million Africans will be displaced due to water scarcity issues. By then, only 1 in 5 countries will have sustainably managed water sources. With changing precipitation patterns and shrinking water reserves such as lakes and glaciers, combined with a growing need for water, WMO says that there is also a growing risk of water-related conflict...
7 Oct 2022
Water Quality Affected by Climate Change, New Study Finds
A new study published by Water Research has found that deforestation caused by climate change can have a negative impact on water quality in reservoirs. A team of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) conducted a study on the Rappbode reservoir in the Harz region of Germany and found that the indirect consequences of climate change on water quality are being seriously underestimated...