Source Bulletin 47

Published - 27 Feb 07

Features

Water Demand Management means greater use efficiency

David B. Brooks, of Friends of the Earth Canada proposes an operational definition of water demand management, to draw out the possible methods of saving water. His definition presents five water saving components.

Ads multiply impact on water divide – minus the bill

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hopes these four pictures will have a great deal to say to tens of thousands of people worldwide.

Water wins the celebrity Oscar – sanitation stuck on the B-list

Celebrities and international companies have been giving their time and money for clean water, reflecting a growing understanding of its importance in alleviating ill health, early death and poverty. However, while water is winning the Oscars and being invited to A-list parties, sanitation retains its strictly B-list status.

Siddhipur community constructs eco-friendly future

Siddhipur, a sleepy town outside the bustling city of Kathmandu is full of excitement. People are digging drains, laying down pipes, building ecological toilets and -most important- crafting their own future. This peri-urban settlement, with just over 6,000 people in 1,308 households, is converting itself into a model eco-community that demonstrates a sustainable and eco-friendly water supply and sanitation system.

Editor's note

This issue brings exciting new content. New partner Cap-Net reports on how its network builds capacity for IWRM internationally, while the Gender and Water Alliance continues to raise gender awareness in the sector.

Get ready to vote

We have received positive responses to the previous Source Bulletin – and we are pleased to see that Cap-Net has also joined the newsletter.

Gender and water: how to engineer a common language

“You gender people talk among yourselves in a language that is mutually acceptable but extremely difficult for ‘outsiders’ to cope with. ”

Maharashtra: Women’s water project transforms village (and may be a cure for baldness!)

The bald spot on the heads of many men and women in Nagdarwadi was a kind of identification mark caused by carrying water pots on their heads.

WASH capacity development partnership strengthened

A partnership to strengthen capacity development in water supply, sanitation and hygiene in integrated water resources management (IWRM) brings together the Streams of Knowledge global coalition of resource centres, the Cap-Net affiliated capacity building networks in IWRM, IRC and other partners.

Traditional conflict resolution approaches need to be valued

Traditional conflict resolution approaches need to be valued, Osman Abdel Rahman Alfadni, reports from Sudan.

Building capacity on the Nile

The Nile IWRM Net is the first locally owned network for capacity building for IWRM in the region.

Cooperation in Brazil on water supply and sanitation capacity building

Cap-Net Brazil is collaborating with a national network to build capacity in environmental sanitation.

Sri Lanka: NGOs improve collaboration on water

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Sri Lanka have gained credibility through interventions in the water sector to reduce poverty and to raise the standard of living of marginalised rural communities.

Welcome

A sincere welcome from the Cap-Net partners to Source readers.

New 2007-2011 IRC funding

IRC has welcomed a decision by the Dutch government to back its new Business Plan 2007-2011 with about EUR 12.5 million of funding. The Business Plan sets a new direction for the next five years, structuring IRC activities into two core programmes, global and regional.

IRC signed MoU with the Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources

The Ethiopian Minister of Water Resources, Ato Asfaw Dingamo, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IRC in the presence of Catarina Fonseca, Patrick Moriarty, Jo Smet and Ton Schouten. The main focus of the MoU will be on research.

Cholera Prevention and Control Forum in May 2007

Cholera prevention and control is the topic of the Third Emergency Environmental Health Forum (EEHF) co-organised by IRC on 3-4 May 2007 in Delft, The Netherlands. The aim of the Emergency Environmental Health Forum is to share field experiences and new research focusing mainly on decreasing the disease burden in emergencies.

IRC helps to keep soap opera grounded in reality of kids’ lives

IRC has been helping one of the world’s giant soap companies understand the reality of kids in developing countries – especially in relation to school sanitation and hygiene education.

Local governments taking forward the multiple use services approach in South Africa

The multiple use services approach has been gaining recognition in South Africa over the last few years, expressed in a range of policy, research, implementation and advocacy initiatives.

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