COMMENT: Surface water resources, such as desalinated seawater or recycled wastewater, will not close the global gap between supply and demand By Yasmin Siddiqi We live on a parched planet. Farmers till arid pastureland, and policymakers fret over empty reservoirs, dry rivers, and thirsty cities. And that only scratches the …
Read More »JOBS: International Lead Consultant WASH, Ethiopia
Job Opening UNICEF Position type: Consultancy Location: Ethiopia Division/Equivalent: Nairobi Regn’l(ESARO) School/Unit: Ethiopia Department/Office: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: State House probes sh22 billion fish facility
VIDEO: State house has launched investigations into circumstances under which a sh2.2 billion modern fish handling facility constructed in Serere district was abandoned by the fisher folk operating on Lake Kyoga. The facility is now home to bats and reptiles. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Tanzania to host 2017 Nile Basin Day event
Representatives of the 10-member states of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) converge in Dar-es-Salaam on Wednesday to celebrate 18 years of cooperation. Since February 22 1999, NBI has focused on activities aimed at assisting Member States to achieve their development objectives through Nile Cooperation. “That day, in 1999, marked a …
Read More »Ggaba commissioned, 250 million litres of water for Kampala
PICTORIAL: President Yoweri Museveni has Tuesday commissioned the new Ggaba Water Works that will increase water supply in Kampala from 200 million litres to 250 million litres per day. This is part of the Kampala Water Lake Victoria WatSan Project (LV-WATSAN) aimed at addressing water supply challenges in greater Kampala metropolitan area …
Read More »Study warns of world’s groundwater depletion by 2050
Washington, United States | AFP | Groundwater resources could be depleted in the next few decades in dry areas of the world where people use lots of water for drinking and irrigating crops, researchers said Thursday. The research was presented at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in …
Read More »JOBS: Water, Sanitation consultant Ghana
Job opening International WASH Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant, Accra, Ghana Apply nowJob no: 499551 Work type: Consultancy Location: Ghana Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Government promises improved safe water access for women
Government’s plans to ensure there is a borehole constructed in each village in Uganda should address concerns by activists about the huge burden women and girls face in search of safe drinking water. The reassurance was given by Eng. Joseph Oriono Eyatu, Commissioner for rural water supply and sanitation while …
Read More »High population will affect quality of Uganda’s water and sanitation services
Development partners in the Water and Environment Sector have called upon government and non-government actors to address the challenges of high population growth and effects of climate change in order to improve water and sanitation services, as well as environment and natural resources management. This was at the closing of …
Read More »VIDEO: ‘NO authority status for National Water and Sewerage Corporation’
VIDEO: Legislators on the Natural Resources committee of Parliament have vowed to block the government proposal to elevate National Water and Sewerage Corporation to an Authority status, saying such a move would antagonize the well laid out corporation. Officials from the National Water and Sewerage Corporation revealed they needed a Shs180billion boost …
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