Full Coverage: Water/sanitation

28.08.2007 The bottled water industry is global in nature. But it is designed to sell the same product to two completely different markets: one water rich and the other water scarce. The question is whether this industry will have different outcomes in these two worlds. Or will we, for two opposite reasons, agree that their business costs us the earth and that it is not good for us?

17.08.2007 Tukholmassa koolla oleva tutkijatapaaminen muistuttaa, että yli miljardi ihmistä on edelleen vailla puhdasta vettä ja yli kaksi miljardia on vailla kunnon sanitaatiota. Vesihuollon kohentamisella saavutetaan mittavia tuloksia. Tutkijoiden mukaan jokainen veteen satsattu dollari tuottaa kuusinkertaisesti kohentuneen terveyden sekä koulutus- ja elinkeinomahdollisuuksien muodossa.

16.08.2007 Addressing the 17th annual World Water Week in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, UN Under-Secretary-General told a meeting of more than 2,000 water professionals that water is going to be the dominant world issue far into the current century. And there is an urgency to find new approaches which will better utilise for our precious natural resources as supply of water may threaten the social stability.

16.08.2007 Il 20% della popolazione mondiale, concentrata in 30 Paesi, deve fronteggiare problemi di carenza di acqua: una percentuale che entro il 2025 diventerà del 30% in 50 Paesi. Sono le cifre più significative fornite dalla Nazioni Unite sul fronte dell'emergenza acqua che è al centro della "Settimana mondiale dell'acqua" (World Water Week) in corso a Stoccolma dal 12-18 agosto. Gli esperti informano che sono 2,6 miliardi le persone nel mondo a non avere accesso a servizi sanitari adeguati e a dover fare i conti con le malattie che ne derivano come la diarrea che uccide 2 milioni di bambini ogni anno. Tra le questioni sul tappeto quella dei biocarburanti: la prospettiva è infatti che l'acqua possa essere sempre più impiegata in futuro per produrre i cereali per le bioenergie, invece che a sfamare le popolazioni.

15.08.2007 STOCKHOLM, Aug 14 (IPS) - The world is on the verge of "a new and more serious era of water scarcity" than ever before, is the ominous warning coming out of an international water conference here.

13.08.2007 Sanitasi air yang baik merupakan prasyarat bagi terwujudnya masyarakat yang sehat. Sayangnya, 45% penduduk Indonesia belum memiliki sistem sanitasi yang baik. Untuk itulah di Sulawesi Barat, YIS berusaha mengatasi permasalahan sanitasi dengan berbasiskan komunitas.

10.08.2007 Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) urges governments around the world to work on strategies that meet the challenges of global water scarcity. The call will be issued through SIWI's new policy brief, On the Verge of a New Water Scarcity, which is released with the opening of the 2007 World Water Week in Stockholm.

09.08.2007 Indian NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) announces four-day rainwater harvesting (RWH) training exclusively for students of architecture and planning, engineering and environmental studies from 24 – 27 September, 2007 in New Delhi. Last date for receiving applications is September 12, 2007.

07.08.2007 Experts across the world will get together to debate and assess water challenges of the 21st century at the global World Water Week 2007, to be held at Stockholm from 12-18 August.

03.08.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2 (OneWorld) - Nearly one in three Iraqis need immediate emergency aid because of a humanitarian crisis that's developed over four years of U.S. occupation, according to a new report out this week.