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- Source South Asia Water and Sanitation News
[Date: 08/06/07 Source: IRC]
This regional edition of source aims to provide water, sanitation and hygiene news for South Asia on a fort-nightly basis. You are invited to subscribe free-of-charge to the new electronic Source South Asia Water and Sanitation News, a new news service co-financed by UNICEF Regional Office in South Asia and the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Click here or or write to Cor Dietvorst to subscribe the newsletter.
- Rainwater Tanks: better than dams, desalination: Australian report
[Date: 01/06/07 Source: IRC]
A new Australian study shows that rainwater tanks are cost competitive with desalination, yet five times more energy efficient - significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It also revealed that they could delay big water projects like dams for up to a decade.
- ADB, UN Body Make a Joint Statement to Help Asia's Poor Get Better Access to Water, Sanitation
[Date: 01/06/07 Source: Sumit Jha, NREDC, New Delhi]
In an effort to improve access to clean water and adequate sanitation for the poor, the Asian Development Bank and the U.N. Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation issued a joint statement on Friday to collaborate in promoting the efficient management of Asia’s water resources and bolstering investments in safe and sustainable sanitation.
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