WASSER
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78 - 07.09.2005
"CSE's own work and
belief has been based on the imperative of change. It is also based on the
arrogance that we can bring about change because we are working our
democracy."
Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE)
2005 World Water Week
with the 15th
Stockholm Water Symposium
¨ World Water Week Daily … daily newsletter for the World Water Week …
about the seminars and events, day by day …
¨ Indian NGO - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - and its Dynamic
Leader - Ms. Sunita Narain - Presented Top World Water Prize in Stockholm
Ceremony
¨ South African Students Win Stockholm Junior Water Prize
über:
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/
Ms.
Sunita Narain, Director of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) received
the Stockholm Water Prize from HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden …
Bild: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/Pictures/SJWP_hr/swp_hr.JPG
Video: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/Pictures/SJWP_hr/SWP%202005_100k.wmv
Sunita Narain gets Stockholm water award
August 26, 2005 Delhi-based Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE), headed by Sunita Narain, was honoured with the 2005
Stockholm Water Prize ….Narain said, "I accept the award on behalf of
thousands of water engineers and water managers all over the world, especially
in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These people are discounted in the formal
knowledge system of the world" …"CSE's own work and belief has been
based on the imperative of change," … "Water is not about
water," she said… "it's about building people's institutions and
power to take control over decisions" ….
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1472869,00040003.htm
02.09.2005 ... Fernstudiengang zum Master of Science ...
"Wasser und Umwelt" an der Universität Hannover ... in Kooperation
mit der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar bietet die niedersächsische Hochschule zum
Wintersemester 2005/2006 zahlreiche, interdisziplinär ausgerichtete Kurse an
...
- http://www.uni-protokolle.de/nachrichten/id/105061/
- http://www.wbbau.uni-hannover.de
Stockholm International
Water Institute (SIWI)
Application Deadline 30
September 2005
http://www.siwi.org/swp/swpnominate.html
The King Hassan II Great World Water Prize
Government of Morocco;
World Water Council (WWC)
Application Deadline 30
September 2005
- http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1094.shtml
- http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/download/hassan2_statutes.pdf
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NACHRICHTEN
No water, no growth
September 07, 2005 … From December 2003, soon after water restrictions were introduced in
Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and July this year, 161 green businesses - 43
nursery suppliers, 57 wholesale nurseries and 61 retail nurseries - shut down
across the country. The total value of the nursery and garden sector fell from
$5.7 billion in 2003, to $5.5billion last year. About 10,000 to 12,000 jobs
have been lost in the irrigation and turf industries in NSW alone since water
restrictions came in. Jolyon Burnett, Irrigation Association of Australia chief
executive, estimates that during the same period hundreds of businesses have
closed and turnover has dropped by about $500 million as playing fields have
shut down and public and private gardens have turned brown … Associated industries
are also feeling the pain. Brodee Myers-Cooke, editor of Gardening Australia
… says although magazine circulation
inched up last year, the four garden magazines have suffered a 20per cent drop
in circulation since June 2002 ... There is, however, some hope for the
depressed green sector on what is a dry horizon … where water restrictions were
introduced in September 2001, two years before the eastern cities, is that
gardeners and businesses can adapt to a reduced water regime ...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16516228%5E28737,00.html
Water
conservation could add 20 MGD to Delhi supply: Shiela Dikshit
September
7 2005 Water-starved Delhi could add 20 MGD (million gallons per day) of
water to its existing supply if all the wastage and distribution losses can be
stopped …The Delhi government will start awareness campaigns in schools about
water conservation …
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEP20050906081950&Page=P&Title=Nation&Topic=0
6 Sept. 2005 …"We believe that
the introduction of pollutant registers will help Kazakhstan ensure effective
control and reduction of pollution. The registers will also exert public
pressure on industries to take preventive measures" ... The Kyiv Protocol
is one of the legally binding instruments of the Aarhus Convention, technically
known as the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in
Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters …
http://www.osce.org/item/16159.html
http://www.osce.org/almaty/13096.html
06
September 2005 Conserving water now is like
having money in the bank in times of need," said an official from Rand
Water this week … explained that if all three dams were full, there would be
enough water for about six years. But … consumers should always be aware that
the situation was sensitive and could change very quickly, making it important
to conserve water and to pay for services …
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=250145&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
September 6, 2005
Sydney Water's grip on the city's water pipes and sewers may be weakened
after a call from the state's pricing tribunal to let the private sector
compete against it. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal said last
week that companies should be allowed to develop new water supplies and to bid
for the construction of water infrastructure. The tribunal's draft report on
competition in the sector is the second attack on Sydney Water's century-old
monopoly ...
Saudi
water and power sector needs $200b in 20 yrs
3 September 2005 JEDDAH
— Investment needs in Saudi Arabia's water and power sector are estimated to be
in the region of $200 billion over the next 20 years … ''This is a critical
infrastructure sector, and needs huge investments …” to brief the media on the
Jeddah Water and Power Forum 2005 to be held from November 12 to 14, 2005 ...
the conference was an appropriate venue for people to conduct their businesses,
create joint ventures, facilitate the growth in this sector as such and to meet
the ever-increasing demand for water …
Protecting water from
effluents
9/4/2005 BANGLADESH is going through random unplanned urbanisation and
industrialisation. This has cast a negative impact on the quality of water. The
pollution from industrial and urban effluents in some water bodies and rivers
has reached alarming levels. The long-term effects of this contamination by
organic and inorganic substances -- many of them toxic -- are severe …
http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=9/4/2005§ion_id=5&newsid=12890&spcl=no
September 3, 2005
Sydney Water bills will rise by at least 9per cent
in a State Government bid to ration the city's dwindling supply of fresh water
and to cover some of the costs for a proposed desalination plant. The price
rises, to come into effect on October 1, will not end there. The Planning
Minister, Frank Sartor, yesterday conceded the increases - which will see most
residents paying an extra 20 cents a kilolitre - could go higher to cover the
full cost of building the plant. "Desalination provides a source of water
that is independent of drought and rainfall and we want to make sure no
unnecessary obstacles are there in the procurement of a desalination
plant" …
Water crisis looms as
Himalayan glaciers melt
03
September 2005 NEW DELHI: Imagine a world without drinking water. It's a scary thought,
but scientists say the 40 per cent of humanity living in South Asia and China
could well be living with little drinking water within 50 years as global
warming melts Himalayan glaciers, the region's main water source. The glaciers
supply 8.6 million cubic metres every year to Asian rivers, including the
Yangtze and Yellow rivers in China, the Ganga in India, the Indus in Pakistan,
the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh and Burma's Irrawaddy. But
as global warming increases, the glaciers have been rapidly retreating, with
average temperatures in the Himalayas up 1degC since the 1970s …About 67 per
cent of the nearly 34,000sq km of Himalayan glaciers are receding and in the
long run as the ice diminishes, glacial runoffs in summer and river flows will
also go down, leading to severe water shortages in the region ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3398087a12,00.html
OSCE Office presents
publication on environmental legislation in Armenia
31 August 2005 - The
OSCE Office in Yerevan and the NGO Environmental Public Advocacy Centre (EPAC)
yesterday presented a publication on the existing Armenian environmental
legislation ...
http://www.osce.org/item/16125.html
OSCE Office in Yerevan -
Environmental activities
http://www.osce.org/yerevan/13521.html
Experts say tensions over water will not
lead to war
30.08.05 Regional tensions over water resources will
multiply as the world becomes a drier place, but fears of water wars have faded
as countries adopt a cooperative approach rather than violence, experts
gathered at a Stockholm water symposium said … "When 60 percent of the
world population suffers from water shortages, it is easy to imagine the
potential for conflict," Patricia Wouters, director of the International
Water Law Research Institute at Dundee University, Scotland, said at the World
Water Week, which ended at the weekend … Moral considerations aside, states
have realized that it is costly and unnecessary to go to war over water ... The
UN has attempted to pass a legal framework for water dispute resolution, but a
1997 convention calling for peaceful cooperation between states sharing water
resources has still not been ratified … But even without legally binding rules,
international organizations have begun to get involved in water conflict
resolution, using their expertise and their money …
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=18055#
Neue Mittel zum Wasser
sparen in Australien
29.08.2005 Beim Duschen in den Dürreregionen im
Südosten Australiens könnte es künftig eng werden: Um Wasser zu sparen, sollen
sich Paare nach einem Vorschlag des Ministerpräsidenten des Bundesstaates
Queensland gemeinsam unter die Brause stellen. Zugleich riet Peter Beattie,
beim Duschen ein möglichst kurzes Lied zu singen, nach dessen Ende das Wasser
abgedreht wird. Er selbst bevorzuge den Beatles-Song "Let It Be", für
den er höchstens zwischen zwei bis drei Minuten brauche, sagte Beattie am
Montag vor Journalisten ...
Treibgut
aus Hamburgs Unterwelt im Sielmuseum
29.08.2005 Straps ohne Gummi, Gebiss ohne Zähne, Puppe
ohne Kopf - alle wurden sie in Hamburg durch die Toilette gespült oder in einen
Gully geworfen. Nach langer Reise durch die braune Brühe in der Unterwelt der Hansestadt
landeten sie mit weiteren rund 500 skurrilen Ausstellungsstücken im Sielmuseum
an den St. Pauli- Landungsbrücken. «Kaum zu glauben, was unsere Männer alles
finden», sagt Norbert Wierecky von der Hamburger Stadtentwässerung (HSE)....
Sprudelnde Gewinne beim „Blauen Gold“
29.
August 2005 Wasser ist ein knappes
Gut, lediglich drei Prozent des Welt-Wassers entfallen auf wertvolles
Süßwasser, wobei der Großteil davon in den Polarkappen gebunden ist ... ABN
Amro bringt nun das "Wasser Open End“-Zertifikat an den Kapitalmarkt ...
Die beiden bekanntesten Einzelwerte im Index sind die französische Suez und die
spanische Aguas de Barcelona, die wir ebenfalls schon im ZertifikateJournal
15/2005 als typische „Wasser-Aktien“ nannten. Aus Europa ist zudem die
französische Veolia Environment, die Schweizer Geberit und die beiden Briten
Kelda Group und Severn Trend mit dabei. Hinzu kommen zwei hierzulande nur
Experten bekannte Japaner, ein Brasilianer und zwei Amerikaner. Diese breite
Mischung über alle Kontinente sorgt für eine ausreichende Abdeckung der
verfügbaren Aktien mit einer engen Affinität zum „blauen Gold“. Die deutsche
RWE schaffte den Sprung in die „Top Ten“ nicht, weil sie den größten Teil ihrer
Erträge mit der Energieversorgung erzielt ...
http://www.handelsblatt.com/pshb?fn=tt&sfn=go&id=1095243
August 29, 2005 Australia Twenty-three irrigators along
the River Murray have been fined more than $500,000 for taking more water than
they were allowed. The biggest individual fine was $193,000. State Environment
Minister John Hill says the number of people fined this year is a dramatic drop
compared to previous years. He says tougher penalties for irrigators stealing
water have led to the reduction. "We substantially increased the
penalties, made it clear that we saw the taking of water without permission as
the equivalent of stealing and I think that message has got out there very
well"...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1448380.htm
Iraq
sees water crisis fixed in four years - Minister says Iraqi people are
determined to solve the problem
26.08.05
… Iraq's water supply, damaged by years of war and mismanagement, could return
to an adequate level within three to four years, Iraq's Water Resources
Minister Latif Rashid … "It is an absolute crime that with all our wealth
Iraq still lacks clean water," he said … Most of Iraq's water system is 50
years old … 60 percent of drinkable water in Iraq is lost between treatment and
delivery, mostly through hundreds of thousands of leaks in pipelines due to old
age. Under former leader Saddam Hussein, the system was
neglected as resources were diverted to the war effort and to fighting
insurgencies. One legacy of that era, the draining of 20,000 square kilometers
of marshland in southwestern Iraq, was being reversed … "It was a crime
against nature and humanity" …
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=17956#
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NEUE DOKUMENTE /
VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN
The sustainable difference: energy and environment to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals
UNDP - Report on Energy and Environment to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals … providing the poor with the means to improve
their livelihoods, and protecting nature’s capacity to provide services upon
which economic growth depends …
http://www.undp.org/energyandenvironment/sustainabledifference/
Policies and Strategic Options for Water Management in the Islamic
Countries Proceedings of the
Symposium organized by the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management, RCUWM-Tehran.
15-16 December 2003, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran UNESCO/IHP 2005 … a step
forward towards founding principles of integrated water resources management in
the Islamic countries, in compliance with the declaration of the Johannesburg
Summit …
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001385/138521e.pdf
Fernsehdokumentation "Wasser unterm
Hammer"
Dokumentarfilm über die Privatiserung der
Wasserversorgung in Deutschland und England.
http://www.unser-wasser-hamburg.de/Wasser_unterm_Hammer.html
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Links
…United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is in collaboration with Stockholm
International Water Institute (SIWI) launching a new programme – The UNDP Water
Governance Facility at SIWI (WGF) - to support developing countries to improve
water governance ...
Internationales
Konversionszentrum Bonn / Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
New infopage on Transboundary Waters and
Crisis Prevention launched/ Neue Informationsseite zum Thema “Grenzübergreifende
Gewässer und Krisenprävention”
http://www.bicc.de/water/index.php
·
DATEN – FAKTEN – KARTEN:
- Atlas of International Freshwater Agreements
- International Freshwater Treaties Database
- Transboundary Freshwater Spatial Database
- International water event database
- International River Basin Register
http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/
Water Resources and
Freshwater Ecosystems
http://earthtrends.wri.org/maps_spatial/index.cfm?theme=2
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/world_water_crisis/default.stm
…
provides maps of land cover, population density and biodiversity for 154 basins
and sub-basins around the world ...
http://www.iucn.org/themes/wani/eatlas/index.html
· WATER
IN THE ARAB STATES:
Regional Centre on Urban Water Management
(RCUWM-Tehran)
…is
a regional scientific organisation on Urban Water Management, which takes into
account the climatic and other specifications of the region. The potential
impact of the centre is on international scientific and technical cooperation
in the region ...
…
Arab world is facing one of the severest water scarcities in the globe where
most of the Arab countries are suffering from water poverty. For example, out
of the 22 Arab countries, 19 falls under the water poverty level. This means
that water is a major constraint on social and economic development in these
countries ...
http://www.unesco-cairo.org/UCO/index/progs/hyd.html
Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and
Dry Lands (ACSAD)
…
working within the framework of the League of Arab States with the objective of
unifying the Arab efforts which aim to develop the scientific agricultural
research in the arid and semi-arid areas, help in the exchange of information
and experiences and make use of the scientific progress and the modern
agricultural techniques in order to increase the agricultural production ...
Arab Water Council – AWC (nur in arabisch)
… non-profit, regional
organization dedicated to water issues in the Arab States ...
http://www.arabwatercouncil.org/
Regional Water Demand Initiative (WaDImena)
… five-year multi-donor
funded programme (2004-2009) coordinated by the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC - Canadian public corporation) and in partnership
with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) … aims to facilitate the
adoption and implementation of water demand management strategies and tools in
the countries of the MENA region: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco,
Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen and to translate awareness into action for
tangible impacts …
http://www.idrc.ca/waterdemand/
Herzliche Grüße von der Elbe
Jörg Barandat
http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html