NAIROBI 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.
Originally Published by The NY Times - Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, which an environmentalist calls “the dirtiest residue from the dirtiest oil on earth.”
Originally Published by The BBC - A material called boron nitride - originally touted as useful for next-generation electronics - turns out to be a high-performance pollutant absorber.
12th Specialised Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 4th Specialised Conference on Resource Oriented Sanitation
02-04 November 2014, Muscat, Oman Website: www.iwahq.org/1wr/events/iwa-events/2014/swws-2014.html
Organised by: International Water Association (IWA)
WaterAid Australia have exciting news! We are recruiting for a Program Effectiveness Manager to join the leadership group of the International Programs department in Melbourne.
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - One of the world’s largest uranium mines is located in an arid desert near Namibia’s ephemeral Khan River.