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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Tackle Middle East water scarcity to save money, boost stability- World Bank
YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Middle East and North Africa region loses about $21 billion each year because of an inadequate supply of water and sanitation, the World Bank said on Tuesday,
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Study: Cities and Companies Team Up to Tackle Urban Water Crises
With rising urban populations and ever scarcer water supplies, cities and companies are teaming up to invest billions of dollars in water management projects, a report said on Tuesday. Around two thirds
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Solar-powered water supply to protect against crocodiles
The national water utility agency has embarked on a Rwf80-million solar-powered borehole project that will serve as a quick and temporary intervention to save people living along the Nyabarongo River in
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Massive diesel spill clean-up under way, threatens river
Residents at Valkenskraal near De Rust are urged not to use the Grootrivier water both for human consumption and livestock following diesel spillage into the river on Tuesday. It's anticipated that clean-up
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Tanzania: Residents' Sh664m Reason to Smile
Bahi — Bahi District residents have a reason to smile following the recent handing over of a water and sanitation project worth over Sh664 million. The project was handed over by Plan International
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Butterworth faces dire water crisis
Dams supplying the town are at an all-time low due to a crippling drought in the Amathole region‚ the Daily Dispatch reported on Monday. Amathole District Municipality warned three weeks ago that the
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Green reports for Kaleshwaram project in final stages
Public hearing to be held in Karimnagar on August 26 The Irrigation Department is gearing up to conduct a public hearing in Karimnagar district on August 26 as part of the process for environmental
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Dyeing industry: Two months on, CBI files case in cancer colony row
Nearly two and a half months after Times of India reported that two persons had died in North east Delhi's Shiv Vihar area as the unauthorised jeans dyeing industry+ in the residential area was polluting
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Malawi: Parliament to Summon Lilongwe Water Board, Council Over Sewage Horror
Malawi Parliament's committee on environment and natural resources say it has summoned Lilongwe Water Board and Lilongwe City Council over the horror which residents in the capital especially those in
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Mega water project to benefit Dar, Coast regions
The Minister for Water and Irrigation, Engineer Gerson Lwenge, made a working tour of the various construction works in different places at the weekend to inspect the progress of the 72bn/- project which