October 15th is a special day in the WASH world. Handwashing with soap is the MOST effective and inexpensive way to reduce diarrheal disease and acute respiratory infections which take the lives of millions of children.
The First Workshop will be organized on 23 and 24 September 2013, back-to-back with the eighth meeting of the Water Convention’s Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management (25 and 26 September 2013).
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In this issue N°113 (www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/eflash/flash113)
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HEADLINE
1- Water Information Systems to support IWRM indicators in the Mediterranean
CNN reports that Martian's soil contains large amount of water. The rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument helped scientists probe the soil by heating a sample up to 835 degrees Celsius.The gases that came off included oxygen and chlorine as well as water vapor. Based on the ratio of isotopes within, scientists believe this water is coming from the recent Martian atmosphere. Scientists are also learning about the diversity of the soil on Mars.
The conference “exchange of experiences in water resources management between Africa, China, Latin America and Europe” was organised in the framework of the European Commission (EC) support project to the African Union/NEPAD Networks of Centres of Excellence in Water Science and Technology implemented by the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC). High level experts on water resources management from Europe, China, Africa and Latin America contributed to the conference held at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra (Italy) during 15 to 18 October 2012.
A water-filtration system that uses plants to extract arsenic from water supplies and allows the user to sell the poisonous substance at a profit has been voted the "Idea that will change the world" at the Global Design Forum in London.
[...] Clean Water uses special, arsenic-absorbing plants, which are grown in a container. Water is pumped through the container and arsenic is trapped in a filter, and then absorbed by the plants where it poses no danger.
GRIFN will embed graduate students from top U.S. universities into research institutions, government agencies, NGO’s, private sector companies, or universities where they will undertake innovative research that meets the needs of the host institutions. The Fellowships will run from 2-12 months, with topics that can range from engineering, telecommunications, health systems, climate change, water systems, infrastructure, and others.
