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Yemen: Water Sector Support Project
05 Mar 09
The World Bank has approved a US$90 million IDA Grant for the Water Sector Support Project for Yemen. The project aims to support the the Government of Yemen’s implementation of the National Water Sector Strategy and Investment Program (NWSSIP) to: (i) strengthen institutions for sustainable water resources management; (ii) improve community-based water resource management; [...]
Jordan: ancient wells radioactive, study finds
05 Mar 09
Ancient underground wells in water-deprived Jordan have 20 times more radiation than is considered safe for drinking, researchers said on [25 Februray 2009], raising concern about water safety across the Middle East. Their study showed that water from an underground source in Jordan contained high levels of a naturally occurring radioactive particle linked to some [...]
Fair and Sustainable Management of Fresh Water in the Mediterranean - Symposium, 26-28th March 2009, Monaco
05 Mar 09
The theme of the 5th International Monaco and the Mediterranean Symposium is:Fair and Sustainable Management of Fresh Water in the Mediterranean: History and Traditions, Solutions and ProspectsCan we learn from examples of sound water management in Antiquity and in the Arab-Muslim world? What is the future of traditional water systems? Can we be sure that [...]
Yemen: new plan envisages more effective rainwater harvesting
05 Mar 09
A senior official at Yemen’s Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) has said a plan has been drafted to boost the country’s water resources and make water for drinking and irrigation more readily available.Hussein al-Junaid, deputy water and environment minister, who is also an engineer, said the plan is designed to ensure effective management of [...]
Yemen: Reforming the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (UWSS) Sector
05 Mar 09
Gerhager, B. and Sahooly, A. (2009). Reforming the urban water supply and sanitation (UWSS) sector in Yemen. International journal of water resources development ; vol. 25, no. 1 ; p. 29-46. DOI: 10.1080/07900620802573668AbstractIn the early 1990s, Yemen suffered from low service coverage and national tariffs that were too low to cover public expenditure, as well [...]
Palestine, Gaza: US$ 25 million needed to restore water and sanitation services
05 Mar 09
In the military actions since the start of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead on 27 December 2008, hundreds of thousands in Gaza have been cut off from water and sanitation services and infrastructure has been badly damaged. In its flash appeal for Gaza, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has requested [...]
Palestine, Gaza: Fact Sheet Water and Sanitation Situation
05 Mar 09
On 07 January 2009, the World Bank published a fact sheet on the watasn situation in the Gaza strip.OverviewData, collected by the Gaza Coastal Municipal Water Utility (CMWU) and the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), on the current Gaza Strip water and sanitation situation indicate a severe public health threat to the population of Gaza:(a) severe [...]
Yemen: recap of environmental issues in 2008
05 Mar 09
In 2008, water scarcity has remained Yemen’s most worrying environmental reality. Many areas in Yemen suffer a severe crisis in terms of drinking water supply, water for irrigating agricultural lands, and other vital needs. Most Yemenis have stopped drawing water from many wells, which have recently dried up.[...] Experts have estimated that more than 60 [...]
Palestine, Gaza: water, sewage system “collapsing”, says official
05 Mar 09
The UN has warned that power networks were down in large parts of the Gaza Strip on 4 January [2009], with hospitals relying on generators. Without power for pumps, 70 percent of Gazans are estimated to be without tap water.Israel has been blocking fuel supplies, and stocks are dwindling. [...] The Israeli Gisha organisation, an [...]
Iraq, Babil: corruption blamed for cholera outbreak
29 Dec 08
A deadly outbreak of cholera in [ in Babil province], Iraq is being blamed on a scandal involving corrupt officials who failed to sterilise the local drinking water because they were bribed to buy chlorine from Iran that was long past its expiration date.[...] The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has appointed a commission of [...]
