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Palestine: FoEME calls for replacement of “failed” Joint Water Committee (JWC)
25 May 09
EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) calls on the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority to replace the failed Joint Water Committee (JWC) with a new joint water management structure. FoEME calls on the Quartet led by the new Administration of US President Barak Obama to focus on the dire Palestinian water economy as [...]
Jordan: National Water Strategy 2008-2022 Adopted
22 May 09
A Royal panel tasked with formulating a new JD5.86 billion [US$ 8.32 billion] water strategy on [12 May 2009] presented its final report to His Majesty King Abdullah, who gave the go-ahead for the implementation of the plan. The strategy entails a series of water megaprojects to meet the Kingdom’s needs.[...] ["Water for Life: Jordan's [...]
Palestine: World Bank reports assesses restrictions on water development
22 Apr 09
A World Bank report blames Palestinian mismanagement and Israeli restrictions for severe water shortages in Palestinian areas. Palestinians get only a quarter of the water Israelis have access to. The existing problems effect not just daily supply but the development of water resources, water uses and wastewater management. ”Water related humanitarian crises are in fact chronic in [...]
Dubai: BBC ‘mole’ unveils insanitary living conditions of migrant workers
19 Apr 09
“Dubai’s Ministry of Labour is investigating claims made in a BBC report that construction workers in the Emirate are being forced to live in inhumane conditions”.“The recent BBC investigation found a lack of clean water and raw sewage in one camp, which housed 7,500 labourers in 1,248 rooms. [...] The BBC investigation was carried out [...]
Dubai: BBC ‘mole’ unveils insanitary living conditions of migrant workers
21 Apr 09
“Dubai’s Ministry of Labour is investigating claims made in a BBC report that construction workers in the Emirate are being forced to live in inhumane conditions”.“The recent BBC [Panorama] investigation found a lack of clean water and raw sewage in one camp, which housed 7,500 labourers in 1,248 rooms. [...] The BBC investigation was carried [...]
Middle East: water treatment kit for household grey water
02 Apr 09
A kit designed to treat household waste water for reuse could be one of the ways to tackle water scarcity in rural areas of the Middle East and North Africa, according to a Canadian organisation.“This is a household-based technology mainly for rural areas to treat grey water that comes from the kitchen sink and bath [...]
Middle East and Africa: USAID and IWA sign strategic partnership to advance water utilities
26 Mar 09
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Water Association (IWA) signed an agreement at the Fifth World Water Forum [on 20 March 20009] to work together to increase access to clean drinking water and sanitation throughout the Middle East and Africa by strengthening water utilities and their regional associations. This partnership [...]
Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad: Palestinian water law and policy expert dies in car crash
26 Mar 09
Palestinian water law and policy expert, Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad, has died in a car crash on her way back from the Water Forum in Istanbul to Ramallah. “Fadia was an important defender of the water rights of Palestine women and men, so intelligent, and full of energy”, says Joke Muylwijk, Executive Director of the [...]
Palestine: Japan, Palestinian Water Authority and UNDP/PAPP sign a 6.2 million dollar agreement to manage wastewater
20 Mar 09
The Government of Japan, in partnership with the Palestinian Water Authority and the United Nations Development Programme/Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People signed a US$6.2 million agreement on Monday, 16th March 2009, to launch the cross boundary wastewater management project in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). [...] The project will include the construction of [...]
Palestine: water authority opposes construction of desalination plant
05 Mar 09
Israel has recently reconfirmed its intention to implement the decision of the Local Israeli Assembly for Organization and Building to give a piece of land from the Hadera area to build a desalination plant for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority. This decision was made based on a recommendation from the American, Israeli and Palestinian [...]
