This single-topic issue of / National Geographic / magazine highlights the challenges facing our most essential natural resource. "Water: Our Thirsty World" is...
Poor missing out on moringa seeds' water-purifying powers News article: Seeds from a tree that grows widely across the developing world could play a key role...
The Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) is a UN-Water initiative implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO). The...
Cactus purifies water on the cheap, finds study Source: SciDev.net Scientists have worked out how a common, edible cactus purifies water, paving the way for...
Managing limited water supplies /New report from The Economist magazine/ Freshwater supplies are limited, says a report, and to continue with present water-use...
*Fuel from sewage can be profitable: study *SewÂage sludge could be used to make bioÂdieÂsel fuÂel in a proÂcess that's withÂin a few peÂrÂcentÂage...
*JWF Fund* The Japan Water Forum (JWF) is pleased to invite grass-roots organizations in developing countries to apply for the Japan Water Forum Fund 2010. We...
Note the call for "Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies" Peter The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round...
*IBM Lets You Use Your Laptop to Solve the Global Water Crisis* IBM Corporation on Tuesday announced a new project to help solve the global water crisis, as...
The 3rd United Nations World Water Development Report: Water in a Changing World <http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/wwdr3/> The structure of the WWDR3 has...
FYI there are FUNDING possibilities for address sanitation challenges. The details are as follows: GRANTS: sanitation challenge offers seed funding for...
*AfricaSan Awards 2010: ***Nominations sought** The *AfricaSan Awards*, organized by the African Ministers' Council on water (AMCOW), are dedicated to...
*UNESCO launches new Waterportal website* In conjunction with World Science Day (10 November) and the launch of the new Natural Sciences Sector website, the...
The most recent edition of the open-access journal, PLoS Medicine, has published a series of four articles on water and sanitation. They are available for free...
... Subject: SIWI News: New issue of Water Front, national organisers for junior prize needed. Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:13:32 -0500 From: Stockholm...
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Themed Issue of Water International on The Regulation, Management, and Protection of Transboundary Ground Water Resources Water...
Many hundreds of abstracts have already been submitted. But, call for papers deadline has been extended to 15 January 2011 ( www.worldwatercongress.com...
Dear Colleagues, I thought the following post might be of interest to you: Costa Rica Institutes Proceedings in ICJ against Nicaragua Over Río San Juan...
Water scarcity is driving a wave of innovation in water filtration technology from Asian nations, according to a report issued today by Chemical Abstracts...
*Trapped Sunlight Cleans Water* Source:PhysOrg.com A new system that combines microfluidics -- transporting water through tiny channels -- and photocatalysis...
Household sewage called a vast new energy resource http://www.world-science.net/othernews/110106_waste -- Peter McGrath TWAS programmes TWAS ICTP campus Strada...
The UN-Water Activity Information System (UNWAIS) is an online tool for managing, analyzing, querying and disseminating information on existing programmes,...
Dear all, Please find below a request for any assistance you may be able to provide for what sounds like an interesting public outreach project. Please send...
For English version, see below. Peter McGrath TWAS programmes ... Subject: HELP International Symposium/Simposio Internacional de Cuencas Panamá 2011 Date:...
Dear Peter I wish you and your family Merry Xmas and a happy New year 2012 Nair ________________________________ From: Peter McGrath <mcgrath@...> To:...
