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Climate change threatens Caribbean's water supply El Paso Inc. 22, 2013 photo, a girl pushes down the lid on her her bucket filled with water she collected from the pipe that captures mountain water in Thomazeau, Haiti. Many Caribbean nations rely exclusively on underground water for their needs, a vulnerable ... and more »

CRIENGLISH.com Dr Peter Morgan - Inventor in Sanitation - Receives the 2013 Stockholm Water ... Canada NewsWire (press release) The Stockholm Water Prize is a global award founded in 1991 and presented annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is the Patron of the Stockholm Water Prize.

ONE DROP Awarded International Prize by the International Water Association Marketwire (press release) MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwired - Sept. 5, 2013) - The ONE DROP Foundation has been awarded the International Water Association's (IWA) Project Innovation Award in the Sanitation and Wastewater category for its work in in India. Among the 40 ... Puralytics Earns Global Honour Award From The International Water Association Water Online (press release) all 2 news articles »

Water World World Water Week: Chilean students win 2013 International Stockholm Junior ... Water World Stockholm, Sept. 5, 2013 -- At World Water Week in Stockholm, H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the the 2013 Stockholm Junior Water Prize to Naomi Estay and Omayra Toro from Chile at an award ceremony on 9/4 for their work on how ... Retailers collaborate on saving water Ecotextile News all 3 news articles »

Puralytics Earns Global Honour Award From The International Water Association Water Online (press release) The International Water Association (IWA) has announced that Puralytics' SolarBag will receive its Global Houour Award for Drinking Water Supply (Hardware Category) for its innovative solution to providing access to safe drinking water. The IWA will ...

euronews World set to use much more wastewater – UN-backed study euronews Per-Arne Malmqvist, an associate of the Stockholm International Water Institute, said treatment costs were coming down. Orange County in California found it cheaper to recycle wastewater into drinking water than alternatives such as pumping it from the ... UN: Rising reuse of wastewater in forecast but world lacks data on 'massive ... Science Codex all 3 news articles »

East Timor water project gets international attention Northern Star Former Lismore resident Christopher Ryan has started a project called Every Single Drop to help villages in east Timor access clean water. Contributed. A PROJECT to improve the quality of drinking water in East Timor has had a major boost, thanks to a ...

Space Fellowship Blue Light Observations Indicate Water-Rich Atmosphere of a Super-Earth Space Fellowship The team investigated whether this planet has an atmosphere rich in water or hydrogen. The Subaru observations show that the sky of this planet does not show a strong Rayleigh scattering feature, which a cloudless hydrogen-dominated atmosphere would ...

Water Week News: Coke, Olam International, H&M Environmental Leader Here are the top stories to emerge so far from World Water Week in Stockholm. The Coca-Cola Company has partnered with nonprofit Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor to support new programs in four African countries, Kenya, Zambia, Madagascar ...

World Water Week - UN Deputy Chief Urges Greater International Cooperation ... AllAfrica.com Now is the time for accelerated, energized and concerted action on water and sanitation, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today urged, calling for renewed cooperation on water management and access to adequate sanitation for the more than 2.5 ...

Bristol water treatment business Hydro International reports profits of £6m South West Business A Clevedon-based manufacturer which makes products for water treatment is riding a wave of success with profits up to £6 million, from £5.4 million in the six months to the end of June. Hydro International, which employs 40 people at its headquarters ...

OECD urges government action over 'water stress' Public Finance International It said that 40% of the world's population will live under severe water stress by 2050, while nearly 20% could be exposed to floods that could endanger assets worth $45 trillion (£28.9 trillion). These risks were exacerbated by climate change and ...

International symposium on integrated Water Resources Management The New Indian Express An international symposium on the topic Integrated Water Resources Management would be organised by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) at Kozhikode in February. The symposium is being organised in ...

World Water Week: UN deputy chief urges greater international cooperation on ... UN News Centre Noting examples of international cooperation on these issues, Mr. Eliasson noted the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) initiative comprised of governments, donors, civil society organizations, development partners and several UN agencies. In its ...

World Water Week Opens with a Call for Life-saving Cooperation Over Water Canada NewsWire (press release) Addressing the opening session of the World Water Week on Monday, SIWI Executive Director Mr. Torgny Holmgren said that "mortgaging our future by draining water from the ground, surface and sky faster than it can be replaced by nature is untenable and ...

Fukushima water release unavoidable: Japan nuke watchdog Ahram Online "I'm afraid that it is unavoidable to dump or release the water into the sea" after it is purified to levels recognised as safe under international standards, Tanaka told a news conference. TEPCO has long struggled to deal with the massive amounts of ...