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China: Water Pricing & Water User Associations Sustainability
This study investigates the key aspects of irrigation water pricing in China, including the composition of the water fee, water price determination, water fee collection, and water fee management, and the role of Water Users Associations in water pricing.
World Bank, WSP Sessions at Rural Water Supply Network Forum
The Rural Water Supplies Network (RWSN) Forum, hosted by Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment, brought together almost 500 professionals from government, civil society, the private sector, and donor community.
Geeking out for Development: WaterHackathon Generates Solutions
For 48 hours computer programmers, designers and other information technology specialists competed in 10 cities around the world to create easily deployable, scalable, and sustainable technological tools that respond to water and sanitation challenges.
Lessons for Rural Water Supply: Sustainable Services at Scale
The World Bank and USAID sponsored a discussion of the Sustainable Services at Scale research report, which summarizes findings from a 13 country study of rural water supplies and identifies actions in three strategy areas.
Reallocating Irrigation Water to Alternative Uses
In many regions water reallocations from irrigated agriculture will play an increasing role for meeting changing demands. This World Bank study addresses some of the controversies associated with reallocations.
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Dec 05, 2011 | Publication
Ce rapport a été préparé grâce à un financement du Fonds fiduciaire du Programme « Partenariat sur l’Eau » administré par la Banque mondiale. Ce rapport présente un diagnostic des aspects techniques institutionnels et financiers et forme la base analytique pour la Stratégie Nationale d’Assainissement Liquide. La Stratégie Nationale d’Assainissement même est disponible dans un volume séparé. Liquide Ce diagnostique et les propositions principales de la Stratégie ont été validées au cours de deux ateliers nationaux en octobre 2010 et janvier 2011.
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Dec 05, 2011 | Publication
En 2010, on estimait qu’un tiers de la population totale du Cameroun évaluée à 20 millions d’habitants avait accès à une installation d’assainissement améliorée et plus de la moitié à une installation traditionnelle rudimentaire. Les faibles taux de couverture en installation d`assainissement, le rejet des boues et effluents directement dans le milieu naturel engendrent une situation sanitaire préoccupante. L’OMS estime que les mauvaises conditions d’alimentation en eau, assainissement et hygiène sont à l’origine de 13,4% des maladies au Cameroun.
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Nov 30, 2011 | Multimedia
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Nov 14, 2011 | Publication
From June 13 to June 17, 2011 a delegation from the Administración de las Obras Sanitarias del Estado (National Water Supply and Sanitation Company of Uruguay, or OSE) and the LCSUW Unit at the World Bank traveled to Spain to observe how Spanish water and sanitation utilities are responding to climate change. The trip was planned as part of the preparatory stage of a project to build OSE’s capacity to respond to climate change.
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Nov 10, 2011 | Publication
Wondering how climate change may affect the watershed or area where your project is? Being asked for advise on the new government policy to expand irrigation? Not sure where to start? The World Bank Water Anchor and a team from Colorado State / MIT have developed a tool to get you started. It is on http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/ and described in this publication
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Aug 12, 2011 | Publication
The Water Anchor manages a group called the Rural Water Supplies Collaborative (RWSC) on Scoop, the World Bank’s internal social collaboration platform. RWSC is widely admired and has the trappings of success: lots of activity, large group membership, and a group space that is consistently one of the most visited on Scoop.
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Aug 10, 2011 | Publication
Harnessing water for people to use is one of the world’s greatest development challenges. Whether the water provides clean, sustainable energy, or delivers something safe to drink to a village for the first time, water plays a critical role in people’s lives.
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