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4 Apr 2024
Dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Cauvery River Water reemerges amid drought
The dispute over the allocation of the waters of the Cauvery River in India flared up again during March amid an intense drought largely attributed to the El Niño climate phenomenon. The Chief Minister of Karnataka State in India declared in Mid-March that the state will not comply with central government requests to release water to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu...
3 Apr 2024
Legal status obtained for conservation of Croatia’s Mrežnica and Tounjčica Rivers
In early March, Croatia’s Karlovac County Assembly officially confirmed the protection of the Mrežnica and Tounjčica rivers and the establishment of two new protected areas. The two rivers are among the last free flowing rivers in Europe, and there is a growing number of stakeholders who have worked together to achieve its protection...
3 Apr 2024
The Impact of Afghanistan’s Water Developments in the Amu Darya Basin
Authors from the Center for International Development and Environmental Research and the Institute for Advanced International Studies have published a policy brief on the impact of Afghanistan’s water developments in the Amu Darya basin of Central Asia. This region, with its dry climate, has undergone significant institutional change since 1991 as former Soviet states each pursued their own programmes for water resources development...
3 Apr 2024
The importance of rainwater harvesting:
Water resources constitute the most significant natural resource for the survival of humankind and the socio-economic development of nations. The relevant knowledge of water resources is consequently a prerequisite condition for the elaboration of development projects and to appraise sustainable resources...
2 Apr 2024
The Green Climate Fund: Reducing, Reusing and Recycling Water in Barbados as an adaptation measure
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recognises the urgent need for a comprehensive, innovative approach to water security. It emphasizes – amongst others through its call to action - that water resources management is a top priority sector in National Adaptation Plans and other regional climate adaptation plans...
2 Apr 2024
New Tool facilitates intuitive understanding of urban water flows
In a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Water , a research team led by the Department of Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology has developed an accessible tool which helps to visualize urban water flows. In the context of rapid urbanization, population growth, and climate change, water resources are under pressure...
29 Mar 2024
Resurgence of Violence in Eastern DRC increases risk of epidemics in the Kivus
A resurgence of violence on the border between North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo has led to a large new wave of internally displaced people arriving in Goma in need of humanitarian assistance. In its press release on the 22nd of March, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain stated: “The city of Goma - in itself located between lake Kivu and the border with Rwanda - is surrounded by tens of thousands of temporary shelters, and the numbers are growing every single day...
26 Mar 2024
Lake Tanganyika: the EU’s engagement with an ecosystem under pressure
Lake Tanganyika, located in the heart of East Africa, is an exceptional ecosystem with a surface area of 32,900 km² - an area larger than Belgium. It is the deepest African lake (with a maximum depth of 1,470 m) and simultaneously the longest lake in the world (with a maximum length of 673 km). Also, with a volume of almost 19,000 km³, it is the second largest lake in the world, accounting for 18% of the world's fresh surface water...
25 Mar 2024
2024 World Water Development Report dedicated to Water for Prosperity and Peace
The 2024 World Water Development Report Water for Prosperity and Peace was launched on the 22nd of March - World Water Day - explores water’s capacity to unite people and serve as a tool for peace, sustainable development, climate action and regional integration. In his foreword to the 2024 report, UN Water Chair Alvaro Lario stated that water, when managed sustainably and equitably, can be a source of peace and prosperity...
22 Mar 2024
South Africa and Zimbabwe sign water sharing agreement
On the 14th of March, South Africa’s Minister for Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu and Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Dr Anxious Masuka signed an agreement for the transfer of treated water from Zimbabwe to South Africa. In terms of the agreement, the Beitbridge Water Treatment Works in Zimbabwe will supply Musina Local Municipality in South Africa with 15 million m³ of treated water per year...
8 Mar 2024
Climate Resilient Water Supply for South Tarawa
The Green Climate Fund, in partnership with the government of Kiribati, the Asian Development Fund, the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility, is enabling the implementation of the South Tarawa Water Supply Project, involving the construction of two desalination plants and a solar PV system to augment Kiribati’s water supplies...
8 Mar 2024
Study shows that boiling water effectively removes large amount of microplastics
A new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology has found that boiling water is an effective way to remove large amounts of microplastics. If the water contains enough calcium, boiling the water can act to encrust the plastic particles, forcing them to precipitate out of the water and purifying the water in the process...