The Zimbabwe National Water Authority or ZINWA has begun a national exercise to register boreholes throughout the country as the water crisis continues to affect many in the cities. Under new rules, the water ministry now requires all borehole...
Uganda’s economy loses an estimate of 177 million U.S. dollars, 1.1 percent of GDP, annually due to poor sanitation, a new World Bank report released on Tuesday has said. According to the desk study, Economic Impacts of Poor Sanitation in Africa...
The United States invests hundreds of millions of dollars in water sector activities around the world. Over 750 million people world-wide do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and 2.5 billion people still lack access to improved...
Almost a billion people live without clean drinking water. We call this the water crisis. It’s a crisis because it only starts with water — but water affects everything in life. Health. Education. Food security. And the lives of women...
Andre Haspels, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Neil Macleod, Head of eThekwini Water & Sanitation (EWS) officially launched the Centre of Expertise at the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) conference in Cape Town on the...
Whether you live in the United States or in Ethiopia, sanitation and proper hygiene is an issue that affects you, but in Ethiopia, the lack of convenient water sources can make the difference between life and death. According to the Centers for...
Communities in Skierlik village near Swartruggens have called for urgent intervention from government to address the sanitation challenges in the area. “The government owes us service delivery. “We can’t use the bucket system...
Despite the fact that the Madibeng Municipality is facing criminal charges for discharging unpurified sewage into the Crocodile River, its water was found acceptable in the 2012 Blue Drop report.Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa announced the...
To meet the drinking water needs of people in Naxal-affected areas, the government is planning to set up 10,000 solar based water systems in 78 districts which have been hit by Left Wing Extremism. “We have just prepared a proposal for 10,000...
