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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SA cities lose 37% of water supply through leaks
Cape Town – The Western Cape government on Thursday revealed that 37% of South Africa's water supply is lost through leaks in cities. This was one of the key findings of GreenCape's Water: Market Intelligence
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South Africa: Cape Water Restrictions to Remain Until Dams Reach 85 Percent
Water restrictions in the Western Cape will remain in place until dams have reached 85% of their capacity, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. Cabinet was looking at ways to help
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We’ll explore options on NGT verdict
Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Services and Sports, said on Wednesday that he would discuss the verdict of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) cancelling permits of sand extraction
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Western Cape still driest province, as Gauteng restrictions lifted
Cape Town – The Department of Water and Sanitation was working with the provincial government in the Western Cape to "avert a total disaster", it said in a statement on Wednesday. Department spokesperson
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Water shortage spreads across communities in four regions
Ghana Water Company Limited have attributed the shortage to drought and activities of illegal miners Several communities across the country are faced with acute water shortage, a situation officials
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Arsenic in vein, a village atrophies
Elections may come and go, but Tiwaritola’s fate seems cast in stone There is little to distinguish Tiwaritola from other hamlets in the backward region of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Awful roads, poor sanitation,
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15 हजार की आबादी पेयजल से वंचित
भागलपुर । शहर के वार्ड नंबर छह की 15 हजार आबादी एक-एक बूंद पानी के लिए लोग तरस रही है। पाइप लाइन नही भागलपुर । शहर के वार्ड नंबर छह की 15 हजार आबादी एक-एक बूंद पानी के लिए लोग तरस रही है। पाइप लाइन
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Mandalay to fulfill clean water demand by 2020
Mandalay City Development Committee’s Water and Sanitation Department has kicked off a plan to supply 100 percent of the demand for drinking water to all seven townships within the district by 2020. Currently,
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Climate and health co-benefits in low-income countries: A case study of carbon financed water filters in Kenya and a call for independent monitoring
<p>We summarize reasons for mandating independent monitoring of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects. In support of our policy recommendations, we describe a case study of a program designed to earn
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Millions without water in Chile capital, Santiago
Rainstorms and landslides in Chile have contaminated a major river forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital, Santiago. Officials said the water supply from