Villagers in Elim, Limpopo have been without water since boreholes in the area ran dry more than a year ago. This week about a hundred protesters blocked roads near the mall to demand that the Vhembe District Municipality, which is responsible for water supply, fix their boreholes and truck in water to communities. Waterval police […]
Tag: Water and Sanitation
Cape Coast — The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is to start the rationing of water in Cape Coast and its environs to address the issue of inadequate water supply in the area. Some areas in Cape Coast had been without water for days due to the shortfall in the supply of potable water by […]
ZANU PF Vice President Cde Kembo Mohadi has rallied Zimbabweans to come up with sustainable waste management initiatives in their localities for a clean environment, which is key to economic transformation. Speaking after leading the first 2022 National Clean-up campaign in Lupane, Matabeleland North, on Friday, Cde Mohadi said the country’s integrated solid waste management […]
Many African cities struggle to supply safe, potable water to their residents. One of the main reasons for this is urbanisation; cities’ populations grow rapidly as more people move to them from rural areas. Another reason, in some regions, is water scarcity. Researchers have long suspected that informal urban neighbourhoods are lagging behind their formal […]
LONGIDO District in Manyara region has signed contracts with six contractors who will execute water projects worth 3.4bn/-. Upon completion, the water projects are envisaged to end water woes in the district with over a 250,000 population. Longido District Commissioner Nurdin Babu revealed the good news after inspecting a 24m/- water project at Ndooto Ward, […]
The call for a total ban of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), a synthetic insecticide used in malaria-endemic countries that causes harm to the environment and human body, has sparked a debate. Some people canvass its anti-malarial benefits while others cite its harmful effects on the environment and human health. It is banned in some countries even as […]
HWANGE residents have rejected pre-paid water meters being installed by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) saying they were not consulted before the installation. The water authority believes pre-paid water meters will help improve service delivery and allow water consumers to use what they can afford, while addressing concerns about estimated water charges in various […]
Umuahia — To protect people from water borne diseases and ensure quality health for the citizenry, a professor of microbiology(microbial biotechnology) has called on relevant authorities to maintain regular microbiogical assessment and physicochemical analysis of water meant for drinking and other domestic uses. Microbiological assessment of water helps to detect the presence of microorganisms that […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Infinity Den Enterprise and Infinity Stars Hotel at Penyi in the Ketu North Municipal of the Volta Region, Mr John Kwakuvi Hounlessodji, has provided a portable water plant to the Tadzi Community in Ketu North. The people of Tadzi who were present at the ceremony to inaugurate the small water […]
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will open two more sluice gates this morning at the Vaal Dam. This implies a total of four gates will be open. This decision has been taken as the DWS continues to monitor the high inflows impacting on the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) and thus the Vaal […]
TANGA Regional Commissioner (RC), Adam Malima has called on local contractors who have been awarded the tender for the execution of water projects in the region to demonstrate their ability by observing quality and value for money. The RC made the remarks on Wednesday during the signing of 16 water contracts worth 8.2bn/-which will be […]
The farmers in the Eastern Cape’s Karoo are given to thousand-yard stares. Moments where they recall the good years, before the current drought. Not easy years in themselves, as is the norm in the Karoo. Or they wonder when the drought will break (sometimes whether it will break at all). And when it does, will […]
Madrid — Now it comes to the scary water crises, as it is estimated that, globally, over two billion people live in countries that experience high water stress. On this, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) also reports that “other estimates are even more pessimistic, with up to four billion people – over half […]
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N3.51bn for two water projects in Gashua, Yobe State. The Minister of Water Resources, Sulaiman Adamu, told reporters that the projects were urgently needed because of the observed surge in kidney disease among the residents of Gashua town and environs in the last few years. He said: “Council […]
Scientists from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) wastewater surveillance team are reporting a decline in concentrations of COVID-19 fragments in the majority of wastewater treatment plants. “We are seeing this pattern of levelling or declining concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragments in 89% of the wastewater treatment plants we are monitoring in urban areas […]
Suakoko — As part of efforts to providing safe drinking for Liberians, Club Kwatekeh of Kentucky in the United States of America, has dedicated a hand pump to residents of the Suakoko Leprosy Rehabilitation Center in Bong County. Speaking during the dedicatory ceremony, the Senior Advisor to the President of the organization, Stanley Cooper, said […]
The recent rains that soaked most parts of the country have made a significant impact on water levels in some parts of the country, particularly the national average. This is according to the Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly state of the reservoirs report, which shows the impact of summer rains in some areas. In […]
On 30 November and 10 December respectively, WUN teamed up with the Ambassadors of Brazil, India, Indonesia and Senegal to launch the UN Group of Friends on Defeating Neglected Tropical Diseases and with the Ambassadors of Hungary and the Philippines, to launch the UN Group of Friends in Support of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in […]