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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Pollution-free city my aim: Mayor
Ghaziabad: BJP leader Asha Sharma was sworn in as the sixth mayor of Ghaziabad on Tuesday, along with 100 councillors of the municipal corporation. Divisional commissioner, Meerut, Dr Prabhat Kumar, administered
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Unexpected fresh water resource discovered in Beaufort West
JOHANNESBURG – An unprecedented discovery of a freshwater resource has been found in Beaufort West, Western Cape, the Department of Mineral Resources said on Tuesday. The town has been hard-hit by
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South Africa: Gift of the Givers to Unveil Aquifer Project in Drought-Stricken Beaufort West
The Gift of the Givers is expected to unveil its Beaufort West Witperd aquifer development project in the drought-stricken town on Monday afternoon. Last month, the Western Cape government denied that
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ground water extraction/ packaging of drinking water, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, 06/12/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of D. Ramamoorthy Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 06/12/2017 regarding ground water extraction, processing
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Zimbabwe: 'Council Water Safer Than Borehole Water'
Harare City Council has urged residents to avoid drinking borehole water as it may be contaminated. This came out at last week's full council meeting. Councillors are however, split with some complaining
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Ebonyi debunks report of water scarcity
The Ebonyi State Government has debunked a newspaper publication (not The Guardian) that the state is faced with water scarcity. The state’s Commissioner for Water Resources, Mrs. Euphemia Nwali, stated
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Parliament portfolio committee says no to water cuts
Johannesburg - The Portfolio Committee on Water in Parliament has resolved that threats by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to cut off water supplies to defaulting municipalities are not a
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Report on the State of the Department of Water and Sanitation
This report provides a cursory overview or snap-shot of the institutional and governance challenges that subsist and in many aspects have, arguably, deteriorated in the Department of Water
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Valuing water for sustainable development
Achieving universal, safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030, as envisioned by the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, is projected to require capital expenditures of
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Tanzania: Seven-Month Ultimatum to Urban, Rural Water Bodies to Boost Supply
WATER authorities in urban and rural areas have until next June to reach 75 per cent of the population, from the current 55 per cent. The Minister for Water and Irrigation, Engineer Isaac Kamwele, addressing