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Austria Contributes $5 Million to Multi-Donor Water Fund |
5/21/2008
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Philipines: The Government of Austria has agreed to contribute $5 million to the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Water Financing Partnership Facility (WFPF), helping to provide safe drinking water and sanitation services...
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Recycled water provision grows by 38% |
5/20/2008
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Australia: Sydney Water reported the largest capital expenditure program in Australia for a water utility, to ensure that Sydney has a secure water supply in spite of the challenges of climate change and population growth.
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Sanitation becoming a luxury in Iraq |
5/19/2008
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Geneva: Lack of sanitation and polluted water supplies are reaching crisis levels in Iraq, causing illness in children and increased hardship, according to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Greater centralisation threatens city's water supplies |
1/24/2007
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Zimbabwe: The residents of Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, have joined the local authority in opposing the takeover of its water distribution network by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA), fearing that the cash-strapped...
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After historic ratification, European countries meet for the first time to improve water management and curb water-related diseases |
1/17/2007
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Switzerland: Their goal is to translate into action the Protocol's provisions for the coming three years. The meeting is expected to launch ambitious programmes to prevent, control and reduce water-related diseases.
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Access to clean water difficult in dry season |
1/15/2007
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Liberia: The majority of Liberians in towns, cities and villages alike are still drinking dirty water more than three years after the end of the country's civil war, a recently released joint United Nations and Liberian government survey says.
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Australia's Largest Industrial Water Recycling Scheme Celebrated |
1/8/2007
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Australia:More than one billion litres of drinking water has already been saved by Australia's largest industrial water recycling scheme at Wollongong. The landmark scheme will save 7.3 billion litres of drinking water each year.
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World Bank approves US$125m for better sanitation in three Vietnamese cities |
1/3/2007
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Vietnam: The waterways and urban environment of three of Vietnam's major coastal cities stand to improve markedly in the next few years following the World Bank's approval of a US$124.7 million credit for the Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation
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ADB's New Toolkit Offers Key to 'Smarter Sanitation' in Asia and Pacific |
12/20/2006
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Philippines: ADB has launched a new electronic toolkit to help improve the state of sanitation in the Asia and Pacific region.
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$60 Million Additional Loan for Water Supply Project in Sri Lanka |
12/13/2006
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Philippines: The project is providing water in four urban areas - Batticaloa and Muttur in the North-East province, Polonnaruwa in the North Central province, and Hambantota in the Southern Province.
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