Water

In Africa, corruption dirties the water

19 mai, 2013 - 18:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
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.

Are the taps flowing?

19 mai, 2013 - 18:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97894/Are-the-taps-flowing
BAGHDAD/DUBAI 22 April 2013 (IRIN) - While access to clean water has improved over the last decade, more than one quarter of Iraqis still have less than two hours of access to water from the general network every day.

Nanoscavengers could usher in next generation water purification

16 mai, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/science/interactives/antarctica/index.html

Photo of antarctica.Originally Published by The Washington Post - The frozen landscape, dry valleys and active volcanoes that make up Antarctica provide a living laboratory for scientific study and a wondrous journey for those traveling to the ends of the Earth.

Sri Lanka: new partnership tackles fecal sludge management

13 mai, 2013 - 14:04
Source: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/sri-lanka-new-partnership-tack...

Septage disposal. Sri Lanka/Nuwara Eliya sanitation project, 2008, Photo: Flickr/USAID.

An international research institute is helping the government of Sri Lanka to improve septage management in the country.

Laguna Verde

13 mai, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81106&src=eorss-iotd

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory

– High in the Andes Mountains in Argentina, this salt lake hosts microbes that give the lakes distinct colors.

Swirls in the Waters off France

12 mai, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81102&src=eorss-iotd

NASAOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - An ongoing phytoplankton bloom has painted the sea surface in jewel tones.

Diseases spreading in Syria as WASH systems collapse

7 mai, 2013 - 16:30
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97518/Diseases-spreading-in-Syria-as-WASH-systems...
DUBAI 21 February 2013 (IRIN) - After two years of conflict in Syria, waterborne diseases are on the rise, compounding a growing humanitarian crisis. Typhoid and hepatitis A are spreading because water pumps are not running, sewerage systems have broken down, and chlorine for purifying water is running out.

Joint conference on small water/wastewater systems & resource oriented sanitation

29 avril, 2013 - 17:22
Source: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/joint-conference-on-small-wate...

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)

Water Conflict Chronology on a table, timeline and a map

Soumis par Water Team le 29 avril, 2013 - 14:51

In an ongoing effort to understand the connections between water resources, water systems, and international security and conflict, the Pacific Institute initiated a project in the late 1980s to track and categorize events related to water and conflict, which has been continuously updated since. Their new format, updated November 2009, presents the information three ways, to better illustrate how conflicts over water impact history: 

 

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