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by Jovana Dodos
Defined by UNICEF as “the outcome of insufficient food intake and repeated infectious diseases“ under-nutrition is one of the world’s most serious problems ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Access to safe and reliable drinking water and sanitation services is a concern for many Arctic communities. The high costs of of infrastructure and the ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Some $114bn is needed each year to reach the SDG on water and sanitation. Here are eight ideas to help achieving this goal by 2030. 1 | Crack down on illicit ...
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by Faisal Hashi, Consultant at Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR)
The paper compares and contrasts the public sector agency and PPP models in two towns in Somaliland. Somaliland is a water scarce, drought prone country. ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Can access to water and sanitation be secured now for future generations? We don’t have a choice, we have to turn to sustainablility -a panel discussion ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The cost of showering ranges widely from dirt-cheap in China and Bulgaria to exorbitantly expensive in Papua New Guinea and India. The average American ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Join Eleanor Allen in uncovering the reasons why access to water is a women’s issue. Every year, 500,000 children die from drinking contaminated water. Until ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Providing urban sanitation services to the whole city, including those who are very poor and often have no ownership of their land and few if any legal ...
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by Luzma Fabiola Nava, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Guest Research Scholar
The Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Desalination and Water Reuse is ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
About $28.4bn (£21.2bn) is spent each year to provide access to water and sanitation around the world. If this investment is maintained, by 2030 everyone will ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Water and sanitation specialist, Joel Kolker, writes about how 'blended finance' and adoption of new policies could help achieving universal access to safe ...
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by Sean Furey, Water & Sanitation Specialist at Skat Consulting
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Thai researchers have developed an eco-friendly toilet system aimed at improving the lack of sanitation in parts of Africa and Asia. Source: Reuters
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Scientists at the University of Rochester have used lasers to transform metals into extremely water repellent or super-hydrophobic materials without the need ...
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by Paul Villegas, Professor of Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
This article studies the legal regime of groundwater by analyzing the context of integrated water resources management and recognizing its definition and ...
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by Sean Furey, Water & Sanitation Specialist at Skat Consulting
As drought sweeps many countries in Africa, an initiative led by water NGOs supports the use of underground aquifers. But the idea is controversial. Despite ...
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by Sean Furey, Water & Sanitation Specialist at Skat Consulting
Access to groundwater and link to the impact on quality of life: A look at the past, present and future public health needs in Mzimba District, Malawi ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Government officials are concerned about some contaminants in the water because of the risks of chronic ingestion. Caffeine and a drug used to regulate blood ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A new study from Harvard University found that more than six million Americans have industrial chemicals linked to PFOA in their water. The report was ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government had built more than 20 million toilets and brought electricity to thousands of villages. From the ...
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