International: Mid-term review on water commitments released
Safe Water for All (SWA) and partners have reported significant progress on 56 percent of their 383 commitments to ensuring sustainability of water and...
International: WASH Alliance shifts strategy to sector development
In a bid to strengthen continuity after WASH programmes conclude and to strive for universal access to WASH by 2030, Wash Alliance International has...
Ecuador: Ecuador set to achieve complete sanitation coverage
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America, has revealed that the improvement and expansion of the potable water system in the parish of San...
International: Bill Gates’ poo machine up and running in Dakar
In a blog update, Bill Gates has revealed that the Janicki Omni Processer (JOP), from which he drank a glass of water earlier in...
International: Second Annual World Portable Sanitation Day held
Portable Sanitation Association International (PSAI) held the second annual World Portable Sanitation Day (WPSD) in August. The inaugural day in 2014 kicked off a...
International: WHO launches new Strategy Plan to 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a global plan to better integrate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services with four other public health...
United States: Water Environment Federation releases stormwater report
The Water Environment Federation has released a new report that details the challenges, opportunities, and pathways to improving stormwater systems. The release of Rainfall...
International: New standard provides guidelines to ensure water supply during a...
To help water utilities be prepared and continue to operate when disasters strike, ISO has published ISO 24518. The new standard lists the steps...
United States: US student invents new method of removing electronic waste...
Perry Alagappan from the United States has received the 2015 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for inventing a filter through which toxic heavy metals from...
Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico to upgrade sewage infrastructure
Under a settlement with the US Department of Justice and the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has...
International: Landscapes for People, Food and Nature to write paper on...
Landscapes for People, Food and Nature, a global coalition of agriculture, environment and development organisations, is leading an initiative to write a white paper...
International: UNESCO launches project on emerging water pollutants
UNESCO, together with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), has launched the project Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater Reuse in Developing Countries, funded by...
SIWI urges leaders to put water at the centre of any...
World Water Week 2015 closed with the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) urging climate negotiators to ensure that water is thoroughly integrated into any...
iDE launch new Basin Report Card model
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Integration and Application Network of the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science (UMCESIAN) have officially launched their...
Statkraft opens new hydropower plant in Peru
Statkraft, a Norwegian renewable energy company, has opened the Cheves hydropower plant in Peru. The power plant is Statkraft’s ninth in the country, and...
India: Jindal Power’s Etalin project wins sustainability award
The Energy and Environment Foundation, an NGO based in Delhi, has announced Jindal Power’s Etalin Hydro Electric Power Company as the winner of the...
International: International Hydropower Association reappoints president
Ken Adams has been re-selected as President of the International Hydropower Association (IHA) during the first meeting of the association’s new board in London....
Nepal: InvestBank acquires stakes in two hydroelectric projects in Nepal
InvestBank Corp., a US-based investment bank, has acquired a 70 percent equity stake in the 440 MW Tila-1 hydroelectric project and the 420 MW...
Ireland: Irish wave energy project awarded €800,000 in EU funding
An Irish wave energy project developed at Maynooth University, Kildare, called InnoWave has been awarded €800,000 in EU Horizon 2020 funding to develop commercial...
Georgia: K-Water constructing hydroelectric dam in Georgia
The Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) has started the construction of a hydroelectric dam in Georgia. The US$870 million hydroelectric power plant will be...
