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ERA/FoEN to Lagos: Budgetary allocation to water dreadfully low

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Lagos State Government to come up with a more realistic allocation...

admin - February 23, 2016

Water & Sanitation

Nile Day: Region asked to focus on reversing climate change impacts

February 22nd is the annual day to celebrate the Nile River, an essential force of life for millions. In this celebration, 350.org called for...

admin - February 23, 2016

Water & Sanitation

Four billion people face severe water scarcity, study finds

The water scarcity crises is fast unfolding. Along with climate change, this can pose a grave threat to global peace and stability. According to...

admin - February 15, 2016

Water & Sanitation

Radioactive water leaks at New York plant

Radioactive water overflowed into groundwater at the Indian Point nuclear facility in New York on Saturday, resulting in increased radioactivity at the site. The...

admin - February 7, 2016

Water & Sanitation

Malawian communities seek to end open defecation

About one billion people or 15 percent of the global population, including Malawians, practice open defecation, and ignorance of the consequences Twelve years ago today,...

admin - January 28, 2016

Water & Sanitation

Bodies collaborate to launch Heads of State Panel on Water

Together with partners, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) joins in the establishment of a Heads of State Panel on Water, a global undertaking...

admin - January 22, 2016

Water & Sanitation

How Michigan’s Flint River is poisoning the city’s residents

To date, over 25,000 children in Flint, Michigan, have been exposed to lead contamination from the city’s water supply. How did the water get...

admin - January 20, 2016

Water & Sanitation

Coalition unites to block India water privatisation schemes

Groups plan series of escalating events to expose details of controversial Nagpur PPP model promoted by Modi government, World Bank This week, the Nagpur Municipal...

admin - January 20, 2016

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