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Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Water-sector-needs-R573bn-pumped-into-it-20120416 Cape Town - Water-stressed South Africa needs to invest a massive R573bn in waterinfrastructure,services and demand management over the next decade, but has budgeted for less than half ...

UN water posted online a wide, smart and funny set of campaign material to stay informed on issues related to water. You can download school games, promotional and educational videos, posters, leaflets and much more to understand and promote the role of water in relation to food produ ...

The Guardian posted today new pictures illustrating the extent to which dam construction and deforestation have already started. Take a look at the gallery and share with us your impressions.

  WssTP & ACQUEAU's joint stakeholder event Water Innovation Europe is pleased to announce a number of high profile speakers for its two-day conference, held on the 15 & 16 May 2012 at the International Press Centre, Brussels.  

Water does not exist in isolation. It is an integral part of any ecosystem and as such, every major change to this ecosystem has hydrological impacts which then lead to sociological, economic and other environmental consequences. The world’s freshwater resources are under threat from ...

Take a look at the latest news and actions of the Cap-Net international network for capacity building in sustainable water management! Download the April newsletter or visit http://www.cap-net.org/  

  The first announcement for the 4th Africa Water Week has now been made. It will take place on 14-18 May in Cairo, Egypt. Call for abstracts  for technical sessions BY 15 April 2012 For further details, please see http://www.africawaterweek.com/

Today on World Water Day the UN launches " Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk - The United Nations World Water Development Report 4." To buy a copy click here.

India Water Portal reports that the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute seeks opinion from the public on the concept of groundwater recharge with treated municipal wastewater. For more information and to complete the survey please click here.

INTRODUCE YOUR COMMENTS HERE The paper is now accessible and open for Interactive Public Discussion until 23 Mar 2012 at: http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/9/485/2012/ ABSTRACT

You can now access the new version of the Water Project Toolkit!Its contents have been updated, and the interactive version has been enhanced and made more user friendly.Enjoy! 

The report issued by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) says that between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources such as piped supplies and protected wells. An interesting 'Inside Story' by Al Jazeera asks two salient quest ...

Network of Climate Change Technology Transfer Centres in Europe and Latin America (CELA) newsletter  01 / 2012  is available online now here! www.cela-project.net/download/CELA_newsletter_2012_01_english.pdf  

La Asistencia Técnica del Programa EUROCLIMA, en coordinación con la Unidad Programas Regionales América Latina y el Caribe, de EuropeAid, le invita a visitar su portal Web (http://www.euroclima.org/) para conocer el Tercer e-Boletín del Programa.&n ...

Did you know that the UK has less rainfall per person than its northern European neighbours and that London is drier than Istanbul?[1] Water not only underpins the global economy but also provides sustenance for life itself. Yet, it is oft-forgotten during the course of everyday life. ...

Dear colleagues Are you planning to attend the WWF6 (http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/) during the week of 12 March 2012 in Marselle, France? If you are not planning to attend yourself: The EU JRC extended an invitation for member-organizations of the NEPAD Southern CoE Netwo ...

This year, the World Bank/Water and Sanitation Program’s calendar depicts water and sanitation challenges from a gender perspective to call attention to some of the social norms that result from, and reinforce poor service quality. http://www.wsp.org/wsp/content/2012-cartoon-calendar ...

Taking place in Marseille from 12th to 17th March 2012 in Marseille, the 6thWorld Water Forum is a major event in the international political and environmental agenda. Designed to be the Forum of Solutions, the 6th edition of the World Water Forum aims to generate concrete solutions t ...

Se ha habilitado en la WEB del CEDEX un espacio dedicado al Museo Virtual del Organismo donde se pueden consultar 250 maquetas de la Colección de Historia de las Obras Públicas, así como las exposiciones realizadas por CEHOPU en sus casi 30 años de trayectoria. Se accede pulsando sob ...

Dear Colleagues I have received the following communication from Andrea Leone (JRC) re the International Workshop which forms part of our project:   ------------------------- We will start organizing the conference after march, now we are very concentrated on the World Water ...

EP Water Group, is pleased to invite you to the next meeting. The Keynote speakers will be Mr. Jean-François Donzier, WWF6 Regional Coordinator for Europe and Mr. André Flajolet, French Parliamentarian,  WWF6 Parliamentarian process Coordinator. The theme of the meeting: 'Prepari ...

The 6th World Water Forum in Marseille will be the Forum of Solutions. The online platform Solutions for Water was developed for everyone to take part and to enable the sharing of solutions on the widest scale possible. Today the Platform of Solutions counts over 1,500 ...

Focusing on practical actions, the 6th World Water Forum aims to be the Forum of solutions and commitments. Thus, to collect and share concrete contributions from all horizons, an international Platform for Solutions is now open www.solutionsforwater.org. Open to all, this intera ...

SIWI is inviting individuals and organisations to host a seminar or side event, or to submit an abstract for one of the scientific workshops.