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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...
8 Mar 2024
Troubled Waters - Recent Challenges to the 1970 US-Mexico Boundary Treaty
In a research paper published by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy on the 8th of February, Professor Stephen Mumme and researcher Regina Buono analyse recent challenges to the 1970 U.S.-Mexico Boundary Treaty. This treaty sets out the framework for transboundary cooperation between the two countries on the shared waters of the Rio Grande and Colorado rivers...
8 Mar 2024
Joint Research Centre Produces Report on Drought in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean coast is in the grip of an unprecedented drought, with reservoirs at exceptionally low levels, rivers experiencing low flow volumes, and groundwater levels dropping. The winter precipitation that is typical of the region’s climate has been well below average – from the 1st to the 20th of January the Mediterranean region experienced critical drought conditions, and a quarter of Europe and North Africa is currently under drought conditions...
6 Mar 2024
Catalonia faces worst drought on record
Large parts of the northeastern Spanish region ( autonomous community) of Catalonia are suffering their worst drought on record, leading authorities in the region to declare a drought emergency for some 80% of the population. This is the third consecutive year of drought for the region, and with low levels of snowfall during the winter, the situation is critical...
6 Mar 2024
Initiative to restore part of Indus River Basin named as UN World Restoration Flagship
An initiative to restore more than 30 per cent of Pakistan’s Indus River Basin by 2030 has been named one of seven UN World Restoration Flagships. Announced ahead of the 6th session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi between the 26th of February and the 1st of March, the World Restoration Flagship awards are part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration...
6 Mar 2024
AfDB and Lake Chad Basin Commission sign MOU to rehabilitate the Lake Chad Basin
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) have signed an agreement to rehabilitate and restore the Lake Chad Basin. The agreement was signed in the sidelines of the 37th African Union Summit held in Ethiopia on the 17th and 18th of February, will mobilise financial and technical resources to improve the development and management of water resources, support livelihoods and restore peace in the region...