South Africa is no longer the poster child for providing access to safe water
South Africa was rightly proud of its water supply achievements in the first decade of democracy after the 1994 elections.
South Africa was rightly proud of its water supply achievements in the first decade of democracy after the 1994 elections.
Environment
Mar 22, 2017
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As incomes rise in developing countries, access to basic amenities such as electricity, clean cooking energy, water, and sanitation, also improves—but not uniformly, and not as quickly as income growth, according to a new ...
Environment
Feb 13, 2017
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The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion loan for a state-led sanitation program in India, where millions of people have no access to toilets, the bank said Wednesday.
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Dec 16, 2015
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El Salvador, Niger, and Pakistan are performing better in improving water and sanitation for their citizens than industrial giants like Russia and Brazil according to the new WaSH Performance Index developed by The Water ...
Environment
May 8, 2015
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The Kenyan government and UNESCO on Wednesday announced the discovery of a potentially vast supply of underground water in the impoverished, drought-stricken extreme north of the country.
Environment
Sep 11, 2013
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Cranfield University is to develop a waterless, hygienic toilet with the potential to transform the lives of the 2.5 billion people worldwide without access to basic sanitation, thanks to $800,000 funding from the Reinvent ...
Engineering
Aug 16, 2012
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Following is a snapshot of the world ahead of the UN's June 20-22 Rio Summit on sustainable development.
Environment
Jun 11, 2012
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Clean drinking water and basic sanitation are human rights. Yet almost 780 million of the world's population still have no access to drinking water and some 2.6 billion people live without sanitary facilities. Water, though, ...
Engineering
Apr 18, 2012
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About 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation, including more than 10 million in Kenyas densely populated urban slums. Given the lack of critical infrastructure, slum dwellers go to the bathroom in holes ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a cleansing solution to wash eviscerated chicken carcasses was effective in removing bacteria that cause human foodborne diseases, according to a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
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Jun 11, 2010
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