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UNICEF provides 300,000 water, sanitation, hygiene items for flood victims in Thailand
[Date: 10/11/11 Source: www.unicef.org]
UNICEF is providing more than 300,000 water, hygiene and sanitation items, including bars of soap, chlorine drops for water purification, alcohol hand-wash gel and garbage bags, to flood-affected families in order to help prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
For more information, please visit: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_60473.html
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PHE conducted workshop on drinking water quality and sanitation
[Date: 09/11/11 Source: arunachalipr.gov.in]
One day District Level Workshop on Sustainable Sanitation and Management of Drinking Water Quality Monitoring was held at Multipurpose Community Hall, Yingkiong on 6 November last. All the GP Chairpersons, ASMs from different circles of the district actively participated in the day long workshop, reports DIPRO.
For more information, please visit: http://arunachalipr.gov.in/Press_latest/PR_1103.doc
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Gates Foundation funds novel Third World sanitation proposal
[Date: 07/11/11 Source: www.eurekalert.org]
For less than $100 and a day's work, a single family in an undeveloped country can construct a solid waste disposal system that not only processes the waste, but requires no electricity or additional energy while destroying harmful pathogens.
For more information, please visit: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/du-gff110711.php
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U.S. EPA approves new water quality standards for Chicago River System
[Date: 07/11/11 Source: yosemite.epa.gov]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the State of Illinois' new and revised water quality standards for five segments of the Chicago and Calumet Rivers.
For more information, please visit: http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/894B1F48807E54EA85257941005128BE
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ABS Releases Ballast Water Treatment Guide
[Date: 07/11/11 Source: www.eagle.org]
ABS announces the release of a new Guide for Ballast Water Treatment which will aid vessel owners and operators in preparing for compliance with the IMO’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004.
For more information, please visit: http://www.eagle.org
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2011 Global Human Development Report: Inequalities and environmental challenges threaten progress in Asia, Pacific
[Date: 02/11/11 Source: www.undp.org]
Pollution, deforestation and rising sea levels threaten development in Asia and the Pacific, while South Asia must overcome acute poverty and internal inequalities to maintain current rates of progress, warns the 2011 Global Human Development Report, released here today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
For more information, please visit: http://www.undp.org.in/sites/default/files/mediarelease/GHDR-2011-English-PR.pdf
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World Toilet Organization Won Gates Foundation's Support of USD270, 000
[Date: 01/11/11 Source: www.worldtoilet.org]
The Gates Foundation announced a USD270,000 funding that will support the World Toilet Organization global advocacy on sanitation to build and attract new partnerships with the private sector. This will result in increased traditional and media space on sanitation issues as well as new marketing and branding
opportunities with the private sector.
For more information, please visit: http://www.worldtoilet.org/WTD/gates_foundation.pdf
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