water weblog; Water News : Nov. 2007

Water News 5 - November 2007

 

ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: Bank's Water Report - Wakeup Call for Leaders by Lynette Lee Corporal

Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome, Italy. 29 November 2007

 

Asia governments should rethink policies to secure water supplies: report by Wong Mun Wai

Channel News Asia – Singapore. 29 November 2007

 

ADB, Japan & The Netherlands funding Nepal's water and sanitation project design

Forbes - NY, USA. 26 November 2007

 

Achieving Water Security for Asia

The New Nation – Bangladesh. 26 November 2007

 

Wasa starts replacing old water supply pipelines in Pakistan

Unique Pakistan - Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan. 25 November 2007

 

Asia-Pacific Water Summit: India: Lack of Water, Lack of Education by Kalinga Seneviratne

MaximsNews.com - Ridgewood, NJ, USA. 24 November 2007

 

Drinking Water in Benguet, Bulacan Contaminated with Nitrates

Bulatlat - Quezon City, Philippines. 25 November 2007

 

1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit to be Held December 3-4 in Beppu, Japan

Japan Corporate News (press release) - Tokyo, Japan. 24 November 2007

 

Bangladesh: Cyclone SIDR OCHA Situation Report No. 8

ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva, Switzerland. 23 November 2007

 

Asia-Pacific Water Summit: China’s Liao River People cry out for Clean up by Jie Cao

MaximsNews.com, NJ. 23 November 2007

 

Bangladesh to feed millions of cyclone homeless amid warnings of food shortages

International Herald Tribune – France. 21 November 2007

Water news 4 - November 2007

 

Q&A: 'Out-of-the-Box Solutions Needed to Solve World's Sanitation Problems'

Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome, Italy. 22 November 2007

 

Asia-Pacific water summit

The New Nation – Bangladesh. 20 November 2007

 

DPR Korea: Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 15

ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva, Switzerland.19 November 2007

 

1st APWS to Be Held in Beppu on Dec. 3-4

The Seoul Times - South Korea. 19 November 2007

 

City lags in water supply - Report rap from ADB

Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta, India. 19 November 2007

 

Asia storm toll crosses 2,000

InTheNews.co.uk - London, UK. 18 November 2007

 

IPCC Report predicts a crisis for Asia by Richard Welford

CSR Asia - Hong Kong SAR, China. 18 November 2007

 

Japan to provide 700,000 usd grant to Palau for water supply development - ADB

Forbes - NY,USA. 15 November 2007

 

Japan and ADB Help Palau Prepare Water Supply Sector Development Plan

Solomon Times Online - Honiara, Solomon Islands. 15 November 2007

 

Waste Dumped In China's Yangtze River Rises To Record Levels

AHN – USA. 14 November 2007

Water news 3 - November 2007

 

Queensland water invention wins Asian Innovation Award

Queensland Business Review - Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia. 14 November 2007

 

China paying dearly for cleaner rivers by Candy Zeng

Asia Times Online. 14 November 2007

 

HIH THE CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1ST ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT

MaximsNews.com - Ridgewood, NJ, USA. 13 November 2007

 

Central Vietnam struggles with new flood disaster by Ho Binh Minh

Reuters – USA.13 November 2007

 

Fiji to expect more water cuts

fijilive.com (subscription) – Fiji. 13 November 2007

 

Tap water in Lamphun industrial zone contaminated

Nation Multimedia - Bangkok, Thailand. 13 November 2007

 

SOUTH KOREA: 'Toilet Training' for Adults Underway by Lynette Lee Corporal

IPS – Italy. 13 November 2007

 

Mekong River Commission fails to deliver, donors warned

Earthtimes - London, UK. 13 November 2007

 

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: PHNOM PENH'S WATER CHAMPION

MaximsNews.com - Ridgewood, NJ, USA. 11 November 2007

 

PHILIPPINES: Water Privatisation - Boon or MNC Conspiracy? by Kalinga Seneviratne

Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome, Italy. 12 November 2007

 

Looking back in anger by Ann-Kathrin Schneider

The News - International – Pakistan.12 November 2007

Water News 2 - November 2007

 

Asia-Pacific Water Summit: Commitment to put water in national agenda

The New Nation – Bangladesh. 9 November 2007

 

05 - RP to develop sustainable sanitation strategies

Bayanihan.org - Philippines. 6 November 2007

 

ADB: $36 mln loan to water supply, sanitation Armenia

Infrasite - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. 5 November 2007

 

ASIA: Water Services - Fee or Free? by Irfan Shahzad

Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome, Italy. 3 November 2007

 

Sanitation facilities continue to elude India

TopNews - Noida,Uttar Pradesh, India. 2 November 2007

 

China's Yangtze River less polluted than feared, Swiss scientists

Earthtimes - London, UK. 2 November 2007

Water News 1 - November 2007

 

Israel-China 'water-trade' to rise significantly by Matthew Krieger

Jerusalem Post – Israel. 1 November 2007

 

Millions in W. Bengal die a slow death from arsenic poisoning by S.N.M Abdi

Khaleej Times - Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 1 November 2007

 

Peeing in public in booming India by Dheera Sujan

Radio Netherlands – Netherlands. 31 October 2007

 

DEVELOPMENT-CAMBODIA: Getting Water to the Poor - And Making Profits Too by Puy Kea

IPS – Italy. 31October 2007

 

Call for recycling instead of pipeline by Royce Millar

The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 30 October 2007

 

‘Come clean on water privatisation‘by Linah Baliga

Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India. 28 October 2007

 

Global warming brings a sinking feeling in tiny Tuvalu by Craig Simons

Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin, TX, USA. 28 October 2007

 

JPS To Issue Flood Warnings Via SMS

Bernama - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 26 October 2007

 

South Asia tsunami: After the deluge, a need for water that's safe to drink by Zach Abraham

ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva, Switzerland. 26 October 2007