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Safe water education

WaterAid

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Can your water be too clean?

by (author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog

from Water and Energy by Leslie We’re all familiar with how vaccines work: you get a small dose of a nasty virus or other pathogen, your body works out how to fight it, and then you’re pretty much protected against coming down with the illness that the virus causes. This semester,...

1 comment | Sep 20, 2007    


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Purify Water

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California Looks at Desalination

by (author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog

NPR on Desalination: Desalination plants used to be found only in oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia. Now, as water becomes an ever more precious resource in California, proposals for 18 desalination plants are being studied by local officials from San Diego to Marin County. The largest would be in the Bay...

add a comment | Aug 26, 2007    


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Hydrate A Village

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Operation USA

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China river pollution kills 40,000 kg of fish

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Waste water dumped by factories into a river in southwest China has poisoned and killed about 40,000 kg (88,180 lb) of fish, media said on Tuesday. Eighty government ...

add a comment | Aug 14, 2007    


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Provide Clean Water

One household filter

EnterpriseWorks/VITA

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IRAQ: Militiants using water to extort "favours" from displaced

by , AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: IRIN Many internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in Iraq are facing shortages of water, especially clean drinking water, and the situation is being exploited by unscrupulous militants, local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) say....

add a comment | Aug 07, 2007    

   


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Wetlands and Stream Project Grants Available

by (author unknown), U.S. EPA Water News

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Dec...

add a comment | Dec 03, 2008    


Agencies Revise Guidance to Protect Wetlands and Streams

by (author unknown), U.S. EPA Water News

(Washington, D.C. - Dec. 3, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army are issuing revised guidance to ensure America's wetlands, streams and other waters are better protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA)...

add a comment | Dec 03, 2008    


Overview of Flood Waters in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: UNOSAT Sri Lanka - This map illustrates satellite-detected water over the flood-affected district of Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Probable flood waters were detected with Radarsat data acquired on 1 December ...

add a comment | Dec 03, 2008    


At least 20 people drown in Gulf of Aden crossing

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: UNHCR At least 20 people drown off the coast of Yemen and two are reported missing after smugglers carrying them across the Gulf of Aden forced them overboard....

add a comment | Dec 02, 2008    


Militias, displaced Darfuris clash over water pump

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters (Adds detail, quote) KHARTOUM, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Arab militias clashed with displaced Darfuris in a row over a water pump that left one dead and an unknown number injured, peacekeepers said on ...

add a comment | Dec 02, 2008    


Militias, displaced Darfuris clash over water pump

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: Reuters KHARTOUM, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Arab militias clashed with displaced Darfuris in a row over a water pump that left one dead and an unknown number injured, peacekeepers said on Tuesday. An Arab nomad was ...

add a comment | Dec 02, 2008    


EPA Grant to Spur Restoration Efforts in New York’s Saw Mill River Watershed

by (author unknown), U.S. EPA Water News

(Yonkers, N.Y.) Watersheds are vital to the prosperity of every community because they provide a pathway for the natural filtration and cleansing of water. The U.S...

add a comment | Dec 02, 2008    


Gulf of Aden: 20 die as smugglers force migrants overboard

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: UNHCR -...

add a comment | Dec 02, 2008    


ISRAEL-OPT: Power cuts, fuel shortages affect health and water supplies

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: IRIN Adel Abu Sido, 31, a taxi driver from Gaza City, stands over his two-week old premature baby, Hadil, dreading her air supply may abruptly stop....

add a comment | Dec 02, 2008    


AFGHANISTAN: Drought, poverty lead children to abandon school

by (author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk

Source: IRIN Eight-year-old Ahmad Shafi and his younger brother spend many hours a day fetching drinking water for their family in the drought-stricken Chemtal District of Balkh Province, northern Afghanistan. They have been unable to attend school as a result....

add a comment | Dec 02, 2008