2024 water funding gap report
Action Against Hunger released the 2024 Water Funding Gap report, finding that globally, only 36% of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding were met in 2023, leaving a 64% gap. Despite dwindling
Drinking Water
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Day Zero pushed out to May 11 as farmers’ water usage falls
Cape Town, contending with the worst drought on record, has pushed out the estimated date on which it may have to turn off water supplies to residents by more than four weeks to May 11, as use by farmers
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Warning! Not all spring water in Cape Town is safe
Beware: Not all of the spring water being collected by residents in Cape Town is safe for drinking. Neither is the water being sold illegally and delivered to private homes by profiteers across the
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Parliament invites GWCL over water crises
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) management was summoned by the Parliament over the water shortage which has hit the state over two weeks now. The Communications Director of the GWCL, Stanley
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Counties get Sh2bn donation to improve clean water access
Two European governments have donated Sh2 billion to six counties to improve water and sanitation services. The donation was made by the Swedish and Finnish governments to Narok, Tharaka Nithi, Kwale,
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Uganda: Museveni Commissions Shs36 Billion Water Scheme in Bugisu
Namisinda/Manafwa — President Museveni has commissioned a 200km gravity water scheme in Manafwa District and urged residents to use the water for irrigation farming in order to increase crop production.
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CM: 54 towns to get 24x7 power supply
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today launched integrated power development scheme at Nagrota Bagwan to provide 24x7 power supply in 54 towns. The Rs 110-crore Centrally sponsored scheme is in 90:10 by the
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Cape Town’s ‘day zero’ for water is pushed back to April 16
DA leader Mmusi Maimane announced on Tuesday that "day zero" — the day the taps are turned off — for the drought-stricken City of Cape Town has been pushed back to April 16. The original date was April
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Water shops cashing in on #DayZero panic warned over municipal water use
Cape Town - Shops cashing in on Cape Town's water panic by selling filtered municipal water without a licence will be targeted in the coming days, a city official said at a briefing on its #DayZero plans
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Kpuntaliga residents share water with animals at GHC120 per month
Residents of Kpuntaliga in the Northern Region have been hit with a severe water crisis which is draining their pocket and exposing them to potential water borne diseases. Even though the Northern Region
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World Bank to fund water schemes for Doon, 6 other dists
To end water woes being experienced in several areas of Uttarakhand, the World Bank has agreed to finance water schemes worth Rs 975 crore in 35 semi-urban areas of Dehradun and six other districts. An