Day: 14 April 2005

Tender Notice: Estate Waste Removal Inventory

Invitation To Tender: Estate Waste Removal Inventory
EC1 New Deal for Communities (NDC) in partnership with Islington Council is seeking to appoint a team to prepare a Waste Inventory to guide service improvements and the development of recycling on estates in the NDC area.

Ethiopia’s Awash washed up?

Lack of finance has stalled the US$120 million Kesem, Kebena and Tendaho dams project in the Awash Valley Development in Ethiopia. Chief Engineer for the Ministry of Water Resources, Dragutin Jovanovic has warned that the government will abandon the scheme if funds are not forthcoming.

Call for action in former Soviet-bloc

Water infrastructures are collapsing in the former Soviet countries of eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia, according to an OECD report. The organisation says the situation is "grim" and threatens human health.

Environmental disruption in the Danube

Romanian opposition to the reopening of the Bystraya Canal on the Ukrainian side of the Danube delta is creating a potentially explosive dispute between the two neighbouring countries.

National strategy for Pakistan

Pakistan has approved its first ever national water policy including the complete reorganization of institutions and the formation of a permanent National Water Council (NWC) to take decisions on water issues and inter-provincial conflicts.

Rush to recycle in Melbourne

Efforts to counter Australia's national water shortages are being met in Melbourne with two new recycling projects.

Contamination crisis in Brazil

Contamination in Brazil's rivers and lakes is five times worse than a decade ago according to a new report.

World Bank consults on Laos dam

In the first public consultation of its kind, the World Bank (WB) recently held a series of international workshops to discuss the issues surrounding the proposed Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Power Project (NT2) in the Mekong river basin.

India-Nepal flood plans collaboration

A two-day meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Committee on Water Resources (JCWR) in New Dehli in October resulted in the constitution of a joint technical group to prepare a strategy for flood control. The Comprehensive Master Plan on Flood Forecasting and Warning is intended to alleviate suffering caused to millions in both countries.

Erratic water supply in Zimbabwe

Economic downturn has eroded the capacity of communities in Zimbabwe to run and maintain their water supply systems, says UNICEF spokeswoman Shantha Bloeman. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) assessments, estimate that 50% of systems are non-functional.

Receding water levels and declining oxygen levels in Lake Victoria could destroy its ability to sustain biological life

According to Prof Shem Wandiga, chairman of the Pan African Start Committee (Pacom), the death of the world's second largest lake is being caused by poor planning, increased population and lack of sewer maintenance. He warned in October that the continued presence of water hyacinth and the growth of algae pose a further threat, as does toxic pollution from Tanzanian mining activities.

Worldwide challenge for WHO quality standards

At the launch of WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water and Bonn Charter in Marrakech, IWA President Michael Rouse outlines the global significance of these standards to Natasha Wiseman

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