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06 June 2017

IAEA project maps groundwater reserves in Africa’s Sahel region

An IAEA project now shows that significant reserves of good quality water are available in Africa’s drought-prone Sahel region...

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02 June 2017

Connecting freshwater and saltwater at Ocean Conference

The Governments of Fiji and Sweden have the co-hosting responsibilities of the Conference that will be held at the...

02 June 2017

Transforming water-scarce cities through collaboration

Cities house a growing number of the world’s population, and current estimates show that the future of humanity looks...

31 May 2017

Special Rapporteur calls for inputs on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

From 30 October to 10 November 2017, the Special Rapporteur on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation...

UNMISS Hands Over Solar-powered Water Facility to Gormoyok Village

31 May 2017

CEO Water Mandate announces the Water Action Hub 2.0

The hub revolves around a mapping system allowing users to search and indicate their interest in any region in...

30 May 2017

UN Environment launches new freshwater strategy

Covering a key period where it will be crucial to tackle the world’s freshwater issues to deal with threats...

28 May 2017

Providing education on menstrual hygiene

The day complements other important days of the year in relationship to sanitation and hygiene, such as 15 October...

20 May 2017

IWRA to bridge science and policy at 16th congress

In 2017, the overall theme is bridging science and policy and the conference will catalyze cooperation and focus on...

18 May 2017

In search of breakthroughs

The Government of Australia, the World Bank Group, Australian Aid and partners recently launch the Water Data Challenge...

09 May 2017

Africa water and sanitation sector monitoring – training workshop in Accra

On 2-5 May 2017, country representatives from across the African region and other national, regional and global stakeholders gathered...

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