Tag: water

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:20 UTC

  “There is simply no time to lose” to avert the loss of water supplies

  

  The world must race to avert disastrous loss of water supplies, Brazil's President Michel Temer told a conference Monday, after the UN said some 5.7 billion people may run short of drinking water by 2050.

• Monday, February 27th 2017 - 08:47 UTC

  Torrential rains and mudslides leave 4 million people in Santiago with no drinking water

  

  Just two weeks ago Chile was desperately combating with foreign support thousands of acres of bushfires out of control, but now over the weekend rainstorms and landslides killed four and contaminated a major river, forcing authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital Santiago, authorities said.

• Friday, November 21st 2014 - 07:40 UTC

  UN reveals major gaps in water and sanitation, especially in rural areas

  

  Global efforts to provide improved water and sanitation for all are gaining momentum, but serious gaps in funding continue to hamper progress, according to a new report from the World Health Organization on behalf of UN-Water.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 15:18 UTC

  Sao Paulo faces water rationing; in 100 days the system could run dry

  

  Federal prosecutors have asked the government of Sao Paulo to present water rationing plans for Brazil's most populous state to prevent the collapse of its main reservoir. If such plans are not presented in 10 days, the prosecutor's office said on its website it may ask courts to force rationing.

• Monday, June 20th 2011 - 05:43 UTC

  Chilean government sells water utility stock raises 984 million USD

  

  The Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO) raised US$984 million last week by selling its 29.98% stake in the country’s main water utility, Aguas Andinas SA.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 06:50 UTC

  Israel desalination plant will provide 20% of the country’s households water needs

  

  Israel's Finance Ministry has approved funding for the construction of the largest water desalination plant in the world. Under construction in Sorek, central Israel, the plant is scheduled to be completed in 2013 at a cost of 400 million US dollars.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 22:32 UTC

  South Georgia shelf graveyard for mega-icebergs with huge impact on marine life

  

  The huge tabular blocks of ice that frequently break off Antarctica get swept towards the Atlantic and then ground on the shallow continental shelf that surrounds the 170km-long island of South Georgia.

• Friday, November 12th 2010 - 18:22 UTC

  Ambitious 1.000 km pipeline project to deliver water to desert dry north Chile

  

  A 3.85 billion US dollars pipeline to carry freshwater some 1,000 kilometres from central Chile to the country’s northern desert will provide a cheaper alternative for users now reliant on desalinization of ocean water, a business news Web site said this week.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:28 UTC

  Invasive “killer shrimp” discovered at water reservoirs in England

  

  A killer shrimp has been found for the first time in the UK at an Anglian Water reservoir in Cambridgeshire, England. Two anglers spotted the shrimp, which can be as small as three mm, at Grafham Water near St Neots on Friday September 3 and sent samples to the Environment Agency for identification.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 06:51 UTC

  Grant to expand water services in Uruguayan rural communities and schools

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank approved a 6.85 million USD grant to expand access to better sanitation and water services in Uruguayan rural communities and schools.