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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters HARBIN, China, Jan 15 (Reuters Life!) - With temperatures plunging well below freezing for weeks, even thinking about winter in northern China is enough to make the average citizen shiver. But for ...
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Jan 15, 2008
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(author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog
Improving accessibility of water and sanitation facilities for physically vulnerable people in low-income countries This 3-day introductory course will examine the range of ways that water and sanitation facilities in low-income countries can be designed, adapted and delivered to make them more user-friendly to the maximum range of users. This might...
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Jan 15, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: IRIN Authorities told residents in the capital, Harare, and Chitungwiza, a dormitory town 35km to the southeast, that water supplies would be cut for seven days because persistent power cuts had affected bulk water treatment and distribution....
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Jan 14, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: IRIN Water levels in the major rivers of central Mozambique are continuing to rise after three days of heavy rain in neighbouring countries, officials at the National Centre for Emergency Operations warned on Monday....
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Jan 14, 2008
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(author unknown), U.S. EPA Water News
(01/14/08) HONOLULU -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined the Guam Waterworks Authority $39,000 for failing to fully comply with a 2003 court order to make improvements to its drinking water system...
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Jan 14, 2008
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(author unknown), AlertNet Newsdesk
Source: Reuters By Aseel Kami and Wisam Mohammed BAGHDAD, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Iraq's government on Monday blamed neighbouring countries, a gasoline shortage and sabotage for power cuts that have left people ...
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Jan 14, 2008
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(author unknown), U.S. EPA Water News
(Washington, D.C. – January 14, 2008) While it is still too cold to go to the beach in most parts of the country, EPA works year-round on ensuring beach visits are well-planned and safe for everyone...
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Jan 14, 2008
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(author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog
By Valerie Elliott, Consumer Editor, Sunday Times People living in flood-risk homes are being urged to evoke the wartime spirit by keeping their own emergency kit. The threat of flooding in England is as great as that of terrorism or a flu pandemic, and planning for it should be treated as...
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Jan 13, 2008
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(author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog
Investment analysts at Citi have identified 24 companies that are set to benefit from the effect of climate change on water supplies. “Floods, droughts, and changing snow cover have long been newsworthy events. What’s significant now is that climate change is having a significant impact on those variables,†investment analysts Edward...
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Jan 12, 2008
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(author unknown), Blue Gold, European Water Partnership Blog
Muhter Kent, incoming Coca-Cola CEO, will be inundated by messages — stuffed in empty water bottles — proclaiming loyalty to tap water when he joins the company in July if a recently proposed initiative is fulfilled. The plan, devised under the Tappening campaign, was developed by Mark DiMassimo, creative director of...
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Jan 12, 2008
