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6 Feb 2024
Water Resources at the Centre of conflict in Taizz Governorate in Yemen
On the 16th of January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its World Report 2024 which makes mention of direct attacks on water infrastructure by parties to the conflict in Yemen. According to HRW, both Houthi and Yemeni government forces have violated residents’ right to water in the governorate of Taizz since the Houthis laid siege to it 2015...
5 Feb 2024
Realising the Green Climate Fund’s vision for water security
South Africa’s Water Reuse Programme, a U.S. $ 1.5 billion project developed in partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and others seeks to overhaul the country’s wastewater system and reuse treated wastewater as a response to increasing demand for the resource...
5 Feb 2024
Human wellbeing is irrevocably tied to the state of the world’s wetlands.
From filtering water to mitigating climate change and supporting livelihoods, wetland ecosystems provide vital services that sustain us. Wetlands are essential, unique, biodiverse, ecosystems. They may be saltwater or freshwater, inland or coastal, natural, or human-made, permanent, or temporary, static, or flowing...
5 Feb 2024
African Water Facility approves $ 830,000 grant for improved water supply in Lusaka City
The African Water Facility reported on the 22nd of December 2023 that it has approved a €830,000 grant which will go towards the preparation of a Lusaka City Water Supply Improvement Project in Zambia. The project will involve undertaking a feasibility study, detailed designs, and all relevant activities required to prepare a bankable investment project in Lusaka city...
5 Feb 2024
Key catalytic interventions needed from development partners in the sanitation sector
At the 7th edition of the International Water Association’s (IWA’s) Water and Development Congress and Exhibition (WDCE), governments and other stakeholders shared views on new approaches with the potential to accelerate progress in the field of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The conference, held in Kigali, Rwanda in mid-December 2023, took place against the background of a general recognition that the world is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation...
4 Feb 2024
AfDB to invest in urban sanitation in four African countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced its intention to commence investment in city wide inclusive sanitation in Kenya, Ghana, Zambia and Sierra Leone during 2024. The initial grant under this programme is expected to have a value of around U.S. $ 6 million, and it falls within the updated Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII) of the bank’s African Water Facility...
2 Feb 2024
WHO develops guidance on waste and wastewater management in pharmaceutical production
On the 21st of December 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a call for feedback on a draft document on the emission of antibiotics during pharmaceutical manufacturing. While the largest proportion of pharmaceuticals that reach the environment originates from their use by patients, the highest environmental concentrations found are the result of pollution from manufacturing...
31 Jan 2024
Water Sanitation and Hygiene in SA Genocide case against Israel
On the 26th of January, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to take prompt and decisive action to address the living conditions of the Palestinian people living in Gaza. This included the instruction to desist from “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction” as well as to take all measures to prevent the deprivation of access to adequate food and water...
30 Jan 2024
Rapid Handpump Repair strongly reduces diarrhea amongst children
A 2024 study has found that rapid handpump repair has a powerful effect on the reduction of diarrhoea amongst children. The study, conducted in Kwale County, Kenya, found that diarrhea among children was lower in households whose pumps had been repaired within 24 hours. Handpumps are a key tool in rural water supply: millions have been installed across the world...
26 Jan 2024
North American Section of Women in Water Diplomacy Network Launched
On December 13, 2023, a broad consortium of partners co-convened a side event at the 2023 Colorado River Water Users Association (CRWUA) annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada to launch the North American Section of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network. The initial aim of the North American Network is to establish a regional Network across the Americas anchored in the Colorado River and Indigenous leadership in alignment with the Network’s ‘Path Forward for Women, Water, Peace and Security’ Global Strategy and objectives...
24 Jan 2024
Dutch Water Utilities oppose high levels of pesticides and PFAS in the Rhine and Meuse
Dutch water utilities are expressing concern over PFAS and pesticide concentrations in the Rhine and Meuse rivers. Although the European Union announced its intention to ban the production of all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – abbreviated as PFAS - in September last year, the EU guidelines do not include their use in pesticides...
23 Jan 2024
Uzbekistan Accedes to the Protocol on Water and Health
Uzbekistan deposited the instrument of accession to the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health on the 2nd of January, becoming the 29th national party to the Protocol as well as the first country in Central Asia to join this treaty. The Protocol is the first international agreement of its kind adopted specifically to attain universal access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation for everyone, against a background in which water management places emphasis on the effective protection of water that is used as a source of drinking water...