Tag: drinking water
Great Lakes mayors warn funding cuts will hit restoration efforts
Outgoing Chair of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River Cities Initiative, Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal, has shared his disappointment about funding cuts...
Chittagong to improve access to safe and reliable water
The World Bank has approved US$47.50 million to improve water, sanitation, and drainage infrastructure in Chittagong, with the aim of helping about 650,000 inhabitants...
How Sierra Leone water utility is setting an example in Africa
By Cheikh Tidiane FALL*
The Guma Valley Water Company of Sierra Leone has become the first water company on the African continent to get an AquaRating certificate,...
Argentina expanding availability of water and sanitation
By Tom Williams*
In 1999 Argentina was one year into a recession, which would develop into the ‘Argentine great depression’ that ended in 2002. The...
The Great Lakes Water Utility Energy Challenge announces finalists
The Great Lakes Protection Fund and American Water Works Association have announced the finalists in the Water Utility Energy Challenge (WUEC), a programme that...
Can rainwater harvesting transform cities into water-wise cities?
By Mooyoung Han and Lisa Andrews*
Rainwater harvesting and management is nothing new. In fact, this technique has been used for thousands of years in...
EPA launches drinking water plan
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a plan to increase the reliability of the country’s drinking water, following several incidents including the well-publicised...
Sri Lanka to improve access to drinking water
The Sri Lankan National Water Supply and Drainage Board has awarded a €156 million contract to Veolia, through its subsidiaries OTV and SADE, that...
US make US$1 billion available for water infrastructure projects
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the availability of approximately US$1 billion in credit assistance for water infrastructure projects under the new...
Watershed damage costs cities billions, says Nature Conservancy
A new global study has found that one in three large cities spend 50 percent more on water treatment costs as a result of...
