WASSER AKTUELL

49 -��� 08.09.2004

 

 

uKonferenzen:

 

Security and Sustainability in Water Resources

to be held from September 6-9, 2004 in Kathmandu, Nepal has been postponed until further notice�

http://www.seepwater.org/

 

Financing Water Infrastructure in Russia/CIS

16-17 September 2004, Sochi, Russia�

http://www.gwpforum.org/gwp/library/water-agenda.doc

 

Innovative Practices for Sustainable Sloping Lands and Watershed Management

5-9 September 2004, Chiang Mai,Thailand�

http://sswm.doae.go.th/indexen.html

 

...weitere Konferenzen:

>>> http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/events.php

>>> http://www.gwpforum.org/servlet/PSP?chStartupName=_events

 

 

!!! GESCHAFFT !!!
... �ber 145.000 Unterschriften!!!

http://www.unser-wasser-hamburg.de/

 

Erfolgreiche Volksbegehren gegen Privatisierungen

Die beiden Volksbegehren gegen die Privatisierung der Hamburger Wasserwerke sowie der Berufsschulen sind erfolgreich verlaufen. Nach Angaben der Initiatoren kamen weit mehr als die jeweils erforderlichen 61.000 Stimmen zusammen. Damit muss sich die B�rgerschaft der Hansestadt erneut mit den Themen besch�ftigten...Volksbegehren "Unser Wasser Hamburg�. Hier machten 147.500 B�rger der Hansestadt ihren Widerstand gegen eine Privatisierung der Wasserwerke deutlich...

http://www1.ndr.de/ndr_pages_newsdetail/0,2984,NID20040907114436_NTBNDR_SPM890,00.html

 

...in den Hamburger Medien:

http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2004/09/08/338358.html

http://www.welt.de/data/2004/09/08/329650.html

 

 

Satellites guide aid workers sinking water wells for African refugees

7 September 2004 Caring for more than 180,000 Sudanese refugees gathered in the desert landscape of eastern Chad, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has begun using satellite data to identify hidden water resources and site new camps�

http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEML5G0XDYD_index_0.html

 

Provinces agree on water sharing

5-9-2004ISLAMABAD: All four provinces unanimously agreed to a formula of sharing water from available resources for irrigation in the wake of the impending shortfall�

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-9-2004_pg7_1

 

Provincial water share cut

ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The federal government on Saturday decided to impose a 28 per cent cut on provincial water share for the remaining 26 days of Kharif and start the Rabi season with a 43 per cent water shortage�

http://www.dawn.com/2004/09/05/top5.htm

 

IRSA to cut provinces' water share over 40pc

September 01, 2004 LAHORE, September 02 (Online): Indus River System Authority (IRSA), has started to contemplate over 40 percent or more cut in provinces share of water for wheat sowing in the Rabbi season in the next few days owing to acute shortage of water�

http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=75837

 

Water condition fails EU targets

Most rivers, lakes and other waterways in England and Wales are unlikely to meet EU regulations on water conditions, conservationists say�

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3616630.stm

 

Africans still lack clean water - Report shows 4 out of 10 rely on unsafe sources in sub-Saharan zone

Sept. 4, 2004�� JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Sub-Saharan Africa is lagging far behind the rest of the developing world in access to clean water, with more than four out of 10 people still relying on rivers, ponds or other unsafe sources of drinking water, according to a recent U.N. report�

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2777862

 

Strategy to Increase Country's Water Resources

September 1, 2004 Pretoria�� Government has approved an R21-billion National Water Resource Strategy to allow for a more efficient management of the country's water resources, create jobs and address water shortages. The strategy described as "a blueprint for survival" explains how the development needs of South Africa will be met in future despite the country being one of the 30 driest countries on earth�

http://allafrica.com/stories/200409010444.html

 

 

�beim Recherchieren sonst noch gefunden:

 

GOVERNANCE ARTICLE FOR AWRA

What Role for Water Law in the Emerging �Good Governance� Debate?

25 March 2004 By Andrew Allan and Dr Patricia Wouters

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/law/iwlri/Documents/Conferences/2004/woutersGovernancearticleforAWRA.pdf

29th August to 2 September, 2004 Conferences: Dundee Water 2004 - Good Water Governance for People and Nature: Water Roles for Law, Institutions & Finance?

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/law/iwlri/Conferences_IWLRI_2004.php

 

 

Herzliche Gr��e von der Elbe

J�rg Barandat

http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html

 

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