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Algeria – Several confirmed cases of gastro-enteritis
23 Aug 10
All had started at the beginning of the month of Ramadan after the evacuation of people suffering from, diarrhoea headaches and colic in urgency at the hospital of the town of Sour El Ghozlane, 40 km in the Western south …Continue reading →
IDF destroys West Bank village after declaring it military zone
26 Jul 10
The Israel Defense Force’s Civil Administration destroyed a Palestinian village Monday morning that had earlier been cleared out when its water supply was cut off. The IDF demolished about 55 structures in the West Bank village of Farasiya, including tents, tin shacks, plastic and straw huts, clay ovens, sheep pens and bathrooms. These structures served [...]
Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management Results in the Middle East and North Africa
26 Jul 10
Despite its diversity of landscapes and climates most of the region’s countries cannot meet current water demand. Indeed, many face serious challenges. This report is the fifth in a series of Flagship Development Reports that highlight key challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa Region and suggests ways in which, within their current political [...]
Morocco’s drinking water facility invested over $ 422 mln in 2009
13 Jul 10
Morocco’s drinking water facility (ONEP) had invested in 2009 over 422 million dollars (3.7 billion dirhams), bringing its coverage rate to 89% in the rural area. The program of generalizing access to drinking water in the rural area succeeded in 2009 in supplying an additional population of 246,000 inhabitants, besides 120,000 people in 24 centers, [...]
The threat of a water war
05 Jul 10
Nations fight over water, especially when access is threatened. Egypt and Sudan have counted on the abundance of the Nile’s life-giving flow but now upstream nations want to keep more of the abundance for themselves. Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda are asserting their rights to more of the river’s relentless flow. Washington [...]
Tunisia – Northern Tunis Wastewater Project
22 Jun 10
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today 17.6.2010 approved the Northern Tunis Wastewater Project for US$8.03 million project to reduce the environmental impact of treated wastewater discharge into the Gulf of Tunis by building a submarine outfall. The project will also increase the quantity and quality of treated wastewater to encourage its reuse in [...]
Morocco sanitation receives World Bank support
18 Jun 10
Morocco will receive $175 million from the World Bank to increase access to potable water supply in the Nador, Driouch, Safi, Youssoufia, Sidi Bennour and Errachidia provinces reported Working With Water on June 16th 2010. According to the World Bank, the project also aims to reduce water-borne disease infection in children. Another $43 million was [...]
40% of Cairo’s drinking water wasted
18 Jun 10
Mostafa el-Shimi, a housing ministry project manager, has said that 40 percent of Cairo’s drinking water is wasted either as a result of deteriorating supply networks or bad social habits like using water to wash building stairwells and cars. “Cairo’s water company produces 6.4 million cubic meters everyday and collects bills for only half this [...]
Construction of Qom wastewater North Main trunk & transmission pipeline
11 Jun 10
The Qom Water and wastewater company has received financing from the Islamic development bank toward the cost of Qom Wastewater Project and aim to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to payments under the Contract for the Construction of Qom Wastewater network in two lots: contractors for the Construction of Qom Wastewater North Main [...]
Baghdad Urged to Tackle Water Shortage Crisis
11 Jun 10
UN report found that 100,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since 2005 due to water shortages. Another United Nations report claims the water levels in the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, Iraq’s primary sources of water, have fallen by more than two-thirds. The report cautioned that the vital lifelines could completely dry up by 2040. [...]
