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World Water
Week in Stockholm, August 16�20, 2004
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)� http://www.siwi.org/
Leading scientists launch 'Blue Paper' as wake -up call to
combat water scarcity and food shortages:
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Assessment/files/pdf/BluePaper.pdf
Press Release: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Press/PR_040819_BluePaper.doc
Scientists
Say Risk of Water Wars Rising
Aug
20, 2004 STOCKHOLM - The risk of wars being fought over water is rising because
of explosive global population growth and widespread complacency, scientists
said on Friday. "We have had oil wars," said Professor William
Mitsch. "That's happened in our lifetime. Water wars are possible."
Scientists at the World Water Week conference which began on Sunday in
Stockholm said that ignorance and complacency were widespread in wealthier
countries�
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=6030286
Siehe
auch:� taz vom 21.8.2004: Vegetarier sparen kostbares
Wasser
http://www.taz.de/pt/2004/08/21/a0179.nf/text.ges,1
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Wasser-Liberalisierung bleibt ohne Effekt
Privatisierungen und Zusammenschl�sse von
Wasserversorgern bringen - zumindest bei l�ndlichen Unternehmen - kaum
Effizienzgewinne.
23.08.2004 - In die Trinkwasserversorgung flie�en gigantische
Betr�ge. Allein in �sterreich gibt es f�r den Ausbau und die Instandhaltung bis
zum Jahr 2015 bei den rund 4000 Versorgern einen Investitionsbedarf von 1,9
Mrd. Euro. Um diese gigantische Aufwendungen m�glichst gering zu halten und
zudem den Betrieb der Wasserversorger effizienter zu machen besteht in der EU
seit einigen Jahren hoher politischer Druck zu Liberalisierungen und zu einem
st�rkeren Wettbewerb...
http://www.diepresse.com/Artikel.aspx?channel=e&ressort=eo&id=439051
Volksbegehren
Wasserwerke und Berufsschulen starten
23.
August 2004� Heute starten in Hamburg
zwei Volksbegehren, die bei einem Erfolg auf grundlegende politische Fragen in
der Hansestadt erheblich Einfluss aus�ben k�nnten .... Die Initiative
"Unser Wasser Hamburg" wendet sich grunds�tzlich gegen die
Privatisierung der Wasserwerke. Beide Gruppierungen m�ssen innerhalb der
kommenden beiden Wochen unter den Hamburgern jeweils rund 61 000 Unterschriften
sammeln. Bei einem Erfolg st�nden im Fr�hjahr kommenden Jahres zwei
Volksentscheide an...
http://www.welt.de/data/2004/08/23/322824.html
Asian
peoples� network for water to face river linking
Aug
22, 2004 A two-day consultation of river linking ended in Dhaka yesterday with
a call for the creation of a South Asian network of people for water to prevent
large intervention on rivers that risk the integrity of river basins on which
life, livelihood, culture and civilization depend. The consultation attended by
experts and activists from India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan also called
for the development of a people's database on the rivers of the region to deal
with the problems of secrecy that shroud mega projects like river linking
promoted by the immediate past BJP-led government in India�
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_11699.shtml
National Water Policy in the
Offing
August 20, 2004 GNA - The
Ministry of Works and Housing (MWH) would soon come out with a National Water
Policy, Dr Charles Brempong-Yeboah, Deputy Minister of Works and Housing has
disclosed in Accra. Speaking at a workshop of the Policy-Monitoring and
Management Support (PMMS) Component of the Water and Sanitation Sector
Programme (WSSPS), Dr Brempong-Yeboah stated that under the policy, MWH would
act as the policy-making and monitoring institution responsible for water
issues�
http://allafrica.com/stories/200408200871.html
Israel and
Palestine must resolve the water problem together
August 19, 2004� Water issues can impact the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict in various ways. On the one hand the issue of
allocation and control of water resources can be a source of direct conflict
and dispute. On the other, due to the shared nature of the resource, which
leads to the need for joint management and protection of water resources from
pollution, there is a strong need for cooperation�
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=7456
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
13.08.2004�
Satelliten beobachten
erstmalig die jahreszeitliche Wasserbilanz der Kontinente...
http://op.gfz-potsdam.de/grace/index_GRACE.html
Herzliche Gr��e von der Elbe
J�rg Barandat
http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html