Water supply
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- What does water as a human right mean in the Middle East and North Africa region?
- ( A.K. Biswas;E. Rached;C. Tortajada / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
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In 1992, a United Nations declaration proclaimed water as a human right. However, the water profession and the vast majority of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have no...
- How does access to clean water and sanitation affect women?
- ( Pambazuka , 2008)
- Women and children are the first to suffer from the disruption of water supply and the provision of sanitation services. This collection of four essays examines different issues faced in the provision...
- The extent of flouride presence in Malawi's groundwater reserves
- ( S.M.I. Sajidu;W.R.L. Masamba;B. Thole;J.F. Mwatseteza / Academic Journals , 2008)
- Various natural and anthropogenic ecological factors pollute groundwater because of deep percolation from intensively cultivated fields, disposal of hazardous wastes, liquid and solid wastes from indu...
- Successful peacebuilding through environmental cooperation in the Middle East
- ( N. Harari;J. Roseman / EcoPeace Friends of the Earth Middle East , 2008)
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Whilst the Israeli-Palestinian conflict does not stem from an ecological cause, issues such as water supply and water scarcity, pollution of groundwater and solid waste management are importan...
- How to implement participatory water monitoring
- ( The Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman , 2008)
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Participatory monitoring is one established and accepted way for the public to make informed decisions. Through the collection of data that is credible to multiple parties, participatory monitoring...
- Advocacy for water and sanitation
- ( Wateraid , 2007)
- Over 1.1 billion people around the world do not have access to safe water and over 2.6 billion do not have access to safe sanitation. This sourcebook provides guidance for users in drawing up advocacy...
- Environmental trends to 2030: an OECD perspective
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2008)
- The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges. ...
Managing water reserves in the North-western Sahara aquifer system
- ( Sahara and Sahel Observatory , 2008)
- The North-western Sahara aquifer system (NWSAS) shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia contains considerable water reserves; however, it is largely unrenewable and not fully exploitable. This resource i...
- Workable alternatives to privatisation of water sector
- ( M.A. Manahan;N. Yamamoto;O. Hoedeman / Focus on the Global South , 2007)
- Water crisis is largely a problem of governance. While there is an obvious bias towards privatisation as a solution to the water sector problems, the last few years have also seen many social mobilisa...
- Producing clean pathogen-free water using the sun, a plastic bottle and corrugated iron!
- ( R. Meierhofer;M. Wegelin / The SODIS Reference Center , 2002)
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Access to safe drinking water is a major issue faced by a large number of the world’s population. In an attempt to address this issue, multiple water processing methods have been developed. O...
