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5 June - World Environment Day
http://www.unep.org/wed/2005/english/About_WED_2005/
World Environment Day (WED), commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of
the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide
awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The
World Environment Day theme selected for 2005 is Green Cities and the slogan is Plan
for the Planet! ...
Message from the Secretary
General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, on the occasion of World
Environment Day, 5 June 2005
http://www.unep.org/wed/2005/english/Information_Material/SG-message.asp
EVENT POSTER
http://www.wed2005.org/pdfs/WED_Events_Poster.pdf?PHPSESSID=41029d83a1426cdc0b0cf18590cd0440
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NACHRICHTEN
2005 Jun 08 - The cost of
meeting Red River Valley water needs in the year 2050 could range from $500
million and $2.5 billion, a federal report estimates. The report from the
federal Bureau of Reclamation looks at the technical pros and cons of seven
alternatives. The most affordable option would divert water from the Missouri
using a canal already built, and pipe water to the Sheyenne River, which flows
into the Red River ...
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050601/w060132.html
2005-06-07 China's booming
economy is driving a rapid rise in water pollution so severe that densely
crowded cities could be left without adequate supplies ... ``Limited water
resources are threatened by pollution, and water safety in cities is facing
severe challenges,'' said Qiu Baoxing, deputy minister of construction ... More
than 100 of China's 660 cities face ``extreme water shortages'' ... The minister
called for local governments to step up enforcement of water quality standards,
promote conservation and expand use of alternative sources such as rainwater
and recycled sewage ... China will face growing shortages until 2030, when its
population is projected to reach 1.6 billion people ... ``According to the UN
definition, at that time we will belong to countries that lack water,'' he
said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/07/content_449451.htm
Siehe auch:
07. Juni 2005 Chinesischen St�dten geht das Wasser aus
...
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2071257
2005-06-06 Experts suggest Beijing ration water
supply ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/06/content_449108.htm
Water supplies 'in dire
peril'
7 June 2005 BAHRAIN'S natural resources are under
immense threat due to rapid industrialisation, high population growth rate and
restricted space ... There is no surface water in Bahrain and the groundwater has
been declining in quality and quantity due to over-abstraction from the
aquifer, said Works and Housing Minister Fahmi Al Jowder. "A high
percentage of our water supply comes from the desalination of seawater,"
... "This situation has caused deep concern over the sound management of
water resources in Bahrain"... "Water Management has become an issue of
top priority to be resolved on strategic grounds, in an environmentally
friendly manner, by utilising appropriate technologies to restrict the
pollution and conserve the finite and delicate resources of the country" ...
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=113956&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28079
06/05/2005 The ongoing negotiations between the Denver
Water Board and Western Slope water interests is the latest sign - and a
welcome one - that a cooperative trend is slowly replacing the water wars that
have divided Coloradans for more than a century ... But as is so often the case
in the state, local and regional groups have been working productively even
while the state was deadlocked ... In short, the growing good faith on both sides
of the Continental Divide may soon translate into enforceable legal agreements
that replace the rancorous water wars with win-win solutions. We'll drink to
that.
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_2776738
Even Lake Tahoe residents
face water restrictions
June
04, 2005 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Even residents who live next to the nation's
largest alpine lake face water restrictions. The South Tahoe Public Utility
District is sending its education officers to neighborhoods to remind customers
of the permanent rules that have been in place for more than three years ...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/jun/04/060410372.html
Welt-Umwelt-Tag:
Sauberes Wasser ist ein Luxusgut
Report "Wasser f�r das Leben": Rund eine
Milliarde Menschen trinkt mit Krankheitserregern verunreinigtes Wasser
03. Juni 2005 - Sauberes Wasser und sanit�re Einrichtungen sind bis
heute ein Luxusgut auf der Welt. Darauf weisen UNICEF und die
Weltgesundheitsorganisation WHO anl�sslich des Welt-Umwelt-Tages am 5. Juni mit
dem Report "Wasser f�r das Leben" hin ...
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2067793
Bezugsdokument:
WHO: Almost 2 billion more
people need access to basic sanitation by 2015 to meet millenium target ...
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr23/en/print.html
02.06.05
"Geschirr und Essgewohnheiten im Wandel der Zeiten",
lautete jetzt der h�chst informative und interessante Vortrag der Neusser
Stadtarch�ologin Sabine Sauer ... Gute Zeiten - schlechte Zeiten: Das 14.
Jahrhundert mit seiner kleinen Eiszeit brachte den widerstandsf�higen
Buchweizen, im 15. Jahrundert erlebte die Glasur nach 500 Jahren ihre
Renaissance: "Das war die Teflon-Pfanne des Mittelalters", gab Sabine Sauer zu
verstehen. Und Bier galt als ges�nder als das Wasser, das damals verf�gbar war
...
http://www.ngz-online.de/ngz/news/kaarst/2005-0603/Bier.html
June 2, 2005 Chinese
and Russian officials are considering the possibility of diverting water from
Lake Baikal in Siberia through Mongolia to China's Inner Mongolia Region ...
Interestingly, Russian media outlets have expressed no interest in the Chinese
leak and subsequent denial. However, Chinese media statements are understood as
a trial balloon to test Russian readiness to discuss Baikal water sales ... The
lake holds some 20% of the world's fresh surface water, and it is the world's
oldest lake, perhaps 25-30 million years old. The United Nations declared Lake
Baikal a World Heritage Site in 1996. Nonetheless, Lake Baikal has been
considered a potential source for water exports ... The Central Asian
governments have backed the plan to divert Siberian waters because they are
struggling to share water resources ...
http://jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2369831
City
water supply hit
June 1, 2005 Unidentified miscreants have diverted
millions of litres of precious Cauvery drinking water meant for Bangalore at
Kallahalli village in Kanakapura taluk - 45 km from here - on Monday midnight.
With this, the citizens in many parts of the City will have to bear the brunt
and there will be no drinking water supply for at least two days. The water has
been stolen from the Cauvery III stage water supply system, which pumps 270
million litre per day (MLD) water, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board
(BWSSB) officials told ...
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun012005/index2147422005531.asp
Toughest water restrictions
on way
May
30, 2005 SYDNEY will be hit with its
toughest water restrictions after dam levels dropped below 40-per-cent
capacity. The NSW Government tomorrow is expected to announce unprecedented
level-three water restrictions as the drought continues to starve Sydney's
water catchments of rain ... The restrictions are expected to strengthen limits
already in place on washing cars, refilling pools and watering gardens.
However, the new water saving regime would not be imposed immediately. The NSW
Government wants to conduct a public education campaign advising residents of
the new measures ... "What is important is to introduce restrictions in a
way that reduces water consumption and at the same time does not cost jobs, nor
force businesses to close" ...
http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,15452936-31037,00.html
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VER�FFENTLICHUNGEN
WATER POLICY is the official
journal of the World Water Council ... Publication is
based on 1 volume per year, 6 issues per volume ...
http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/water_policy.shtml
Water Policy: Volume 7 Number 3 June 2005
http://www.iwaponline.com/wp/00703/03/default.htm
Contents ...
227 Water resources management in the Nile basin:
the economic value of cooperation
Dale Whittington, Xun Wu and Claudia Sadoff
269 What water managers need to know about public
participation: one US practitioner's perspective
James L. Creighton
313 Exporting fresh water: is there an economic
rationale?
Mohammed H.I. Dore
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