WASSER AKTUELL
79 - 27.09.2005
“… In September 2005 the world’s governments will gather
again at the United Nations to review developments since they signed the
Millennium Declaration—and to chart a course for the decade to 2015. There is
little cause for celebration. Some important human development advances have
been registered since the Millennium Declaration was signed. Poverty has fallen
and social indicators have improved. The MDGs have provided a focal point for
international concern, putting development and the fight against poverty on the
international agenda in a way that seemed unimaginable a decade ago … Yet as
governments prepare for the 2005 UN summit, the overall report card on progress
makes for depressing reading. Most countries are off track for most of the
MDGs. Human development is faltering in some key areas, and already deep
inequalities are widening. Various diplomatic formulations and polite
terminology can be found to describe the divergence between progress on human
development and the ambition set out in the Millennium Declaration. None of
them should be allowed to obscure a simple truth: the promise to the world’s
poor is being broken …”
UNDP -
Human Development Report 2005
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/
Gipfeltreffen der Vereinten Nationen
14. - 16. September
2005 in New York
EU zieht positive Bilanz ... Die Debatten konzentrierten
sich im Wesentlichen auf die Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele, auf Frieden,
Sicherheit und Menschenrechte sowie auf die Reform der Vereinten Nationen ...
Die Europäische Union zeigte sich im Großen und Ganzen mit dem Ergebnis des
Gipfels zufrieden, obgleich die Abschlusserklärung ihre Erwartungen nicht
völlig erfüllt hat ...
http://europa.eu.int/newsletter/index_de.htm#millennium
2005 World Summit’s web site:
2005 WORLD SUMMIT OUTCOME (Final document 15 September
2005)
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/N05/511/30/PDF/N0551130.pdf?OpenElement
Report of the Secretary-General:
In larger freedom: towards development, security and
human rights for all
- http://www.un.org/largerfreedom/
- http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/270/78/PDF/N0527078.pdf
I. Introduction: a historic opportunity in 2005
II. Freedom from want
III. Freedom from fear
IV.
Freedom to live in dignity
V. Strengthening the United Nations
Virtueller
Wasserhandel
– Facetten eines umstrittenen
Konzepts
06.09.2005 Workshop im Deutschen Institut für
Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
...
in der Fachwelt äußerst kontrovers diskutiert ... politisch und wirtschaftlich
sinnvoll? ... ökologisch und sozial verträglich? ... Beiträge zu diesem
Fachgespräch unter:
http://www.die-gdi.de/die_homepage.nsf/0/648aad61e93f684ec1257076004c6295?OpenDocument
Beschreibung des DIE Forschungs-
und Beratungsvorhaben:
Virtueller Wasserhandel – ein
realistisches Konzept für Entwicklungsländer?
6th Open Meeting:
Human Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change Research Community
9-13 October 2005, Bonn, Germany
http://openmeeting.homelinux.org/index.asp
Structure:
http://openmeeting.homelinux.org/docs/OM_structure_speakers.doc
Abstracts and Information:
http://openmeeting.homelinux.org/abstract_listing.asp
u.a. zu:
- Local Strategies for Adapting Water Resources
Management in Semi Arid Environments
- Under Global Change
- Transboundary Water Governance: Lessons learned in
Southern Africa
- The Role of the Human Dimension in the Global Water
System Project
- Human Dimension in Water Management – Experiences
from European Research
- Land use changes and Social systems – Linkages to
Water use and resource management
Water Management
- Institutional coordination among stakeholders for
environmental risk management in large river basins
4th International
Water History Association Conference:
Water and
Civilization
1-4 December 2005,
Paris, France
International Water History Association (IWHA) … will address various
topics related to water and history … to help advance the theoretical and
methodological quality of water history as a research field and to thereby
increasing the understanding of the role of water in history and development …
topics … control of water, water and religion, water and climate, water and
conflict, water and health, river basins …
… specifically, the panels and presentations will dovetail with the
long-term IWHA/UNESCO project to publish a seven-volume series on ‘Water and
Civilization’ ...
3rd World of Difference
Award
Application Deadline 30 January 2006
… was established in 2004 as a means of rewarding the leading
proponents of the practical application of science and engineering for
environmental improvement … focuses on innovative design in water and
wastewater projects ...
http://www.ciwem.org.uk/awards/world/index.asp
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NACHRICHTEN
Delhi-Dhaka water treaty by November
September 27, 2005 An agreement
between India and Bangladesh by the middle of November will allow installation
of minor lift irrigation schemes and drinking water supply projects on the
rivers Feni and Muhuri, augmenting water supply in Tripura … 36th meeting of
the Indo-Bangladesh joint river commission … India had expressed readiness to
review the water sharing arrangement made in the 1996 Ganga water treaty and
agreed to increase advance flood forecast notices for the Brahmaputra …
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=103798
Water conservancy seminars
to improve media's awareness
26/09/05 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has hosted
three seminars on water conservancy for Chinese journalists to improve media's
awareness of water resources. The seminars, held in three major Chinese cities
respectively earlier this month, were attended by about 100 journalist from the
country's leading media organizations … China will probably face the challenge
of severe water shortage in the coming years due to water pollution and
increasing demand for water from agricultural and industrial sectors … Among
the issues discussed at the seminars were comprehensive water resources
management, water pollution, water-related infrastructure projects, water
supply and public sanitation. The seminars were part of the water awareness
project launched by the ADB in the past two and a half years across Asia…
http://english.people.com.cn/200509/26/eng20050926_210980.html
Left seeks PM's help to stop Delhi water supply privatisation
September
25, 2005 The Left parties have sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh to stop the proposed move to privatise water supply in the capital under
"pressures from World Bank" saying it will result in hike in tariffs.
In a letter to Singh, they said "the experience of implementing such World
Bank dictated privatisation of water supply around the world has seen huge
increases in tariffs and deprivation of water for the poorer sections" …
The Delhi Jal Board is undertaking a 'Delhi Water Supply Sewarage project'
partly funded by the World Bank which will lead to 21 zones of the Jal Board
being handed over to various private companies …
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1500576,000600010001.htm
Mexico, Spain sign
cooperation agreement on water resources
2005-09-24
Mexico
and Spain signed a cooperation agreement … on the use of water resources and
the control of water pollution in their semiarid areas and the control of water
pollution ...Spain will provide Mexico with technologies in water conservancy
and irrigation projects, purification of sea water and treatment of waste
water, she said. As a member of the European Union (EU), Spain will promote
cooperation between the EU and Mexico in the exploitation of water resources …
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/24/content_3535554.htm
OSCE Office promotes
environmental education in Armenia
23 September 2005 - A new range of publications
dedicated to environmental problems was launched … with the support of the OSCE
Office in Yerevan by the environmental non-governmental organization (NGO),
'Khazer'. The publications, entitled 'We and Our Planet', form a set consisting
of 14 brochures with 11 posters, and are part of a project implemented by the
NGO, supported also by Armenia's Aarhus Centre. "Environmental education
is one of the priorities of the OSCE - it is a commitment which all
participating states made in the Helsinki Final Act," said Ambassador
Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan …
http://www.osce.org/item/16391.html
SAINT PETERSBURG
- opening ceremony of the South-West wastewwater treatment plant
September 22 2005
... GOVERNOR OF ST PETERSBURG VALENTINA MATVIYENKO: … Today is a very
important day in the history of St Petersburg. We are inaugurating the
Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant and this is a truly significant event not
just in the life of our city but for the entire Baltic Sea region. This
international project has created an important precedent in that, for the first
time in St Petersburg, different states, European financial institutions and
856 private companies have all united their efforts to build this environmental
facility of such significance for us all – a facility that is the biggest of
its kind in recent years and the best in Europe. It is also significant that
this project was implemented through the effective financial mechanism of public-private
partnership, that it was built with investment from the Nordic countries and
the European financial institutions and that the most advanced technology and
equipment were used in its construction. St Petersburg takes an active part in
the Northern Dimension programme’s international environmental partnership and
the completion of the wastewater treatment plant was made possible by the
support of our close neighbours, Finland and Sweden, and by the entire European
community … The Baltic Sea is our common home and we all want it to be clean.
What is important is that this new treatment facility not only enables us to
resolve environmental problems but also acts as a boost for the city’s
development, opening up possibilities for building new residential districts
and improving the social climate in general … PRESIDENT OF FINLAND TARJA HALONEN: … The Baltic Sea has
always more connected than divided the people living on its shores. It is
natural that also our concern for the Baltic is common. The coastal states have
cooperated for decades in order to improve the condition of the Baltic, and
great advances have been made. One of the most important of these is the
Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Petersburg ... The Southwest
Wastewater Treatment Plant is the first project that has been completed with
assistance from the Support Fund of the Northern Dimension Environmental
Partnership … PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN GORAN PERSSON: … Over these last decades
we have witnessed rapid growth of trade and investment between our countries
and contacts between our peoples. The Baltic Sea has once again become the
natural bridge between us that it should be … We know now that the
environmental damage done to the Baltic Sea is far greater than we thought.
This has serious consequences for the entire region … I also noted that
preparations are underway for similar projects in Kaliningrad. Improving
wastewater treatment in Kaliningrad will also help improve the environmental
situation in the Baltic Sea region and the Swedish government is ready to
support such projects … PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: … specialists know that the
water exchange cycle between the Baltic Sea and the world ocean takes from 25
to 40 years, while pollution is rising at a constantly increasing rate.
Everyone living in the Baltic Sea region feels the effects of this pollution.
The Finnish and Swedish taxpayers, therefore, and indeed, all the countries of
Europe, for the European Union also made its contribution to this project,
should know that their money has been spent in the best way possible here in St
Petersburg. The second reason to be happy over today’s event is that it is an
outstanding example of cooperation in the north of Europe … There is yet
another reason for us to feel optimism today: the results of our work show that
we can resolve common problems very effectively together. Russia realises its
responsibility for maintaining the ecological balance and improving the
region’s environment …
http://president.kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2005/09/22/2254_type82914_94193.shtml
Deaths from bad water prompt
emergency in Karachi
20 September 2005 - Water
supplies contaminated with sewage and toxic waste have killed at least eight
people and led to around 3,500 more being treated in hospital in the Pakistani
city of Karachi … poor residents had set up illegal water connections with substandard
plastic lines, which allowed sewage and toxic waste from an industrial zone to
seep in …
Tata Projects to introduce
cheap technologies for drinking water
September 19, 2005 The Andhra Pradesh government has enlisted
the support of Tata Projects Limited to introduce cheap technologies to provide
safe and pure drinking water to people living in flouride-affected areas across
thousands of villages in the state …Reddy said that the water purification
machines could be operated by the women-led self help groups (SHG) on loan or
subsidy basis in fluoride-affected villages. He said that the SHGs could sell
purified water at Re 1 per 20 litre pack, which in turn would also provide
sustainable income to them in the villages …
Wasser-Futures
gegen die Dürre in Australien
15. September 2005 In
Australien können sich Landwirte und ihre Geschäftspartner künftig gegen
Verluste aufgrund einer Wasserknappheit absichern. Die Regierung des
australischen Bundesstaats New South Wales und die Sydney Futures Exchange
entwickeln erstmals Derivate, die sich an einem Index der Wassermenge in
Stauseen orientieren. Die Farmer können sich gegen Verluste absichern, indem
sie Kontrakte verkaufen und diese dann zu einem niedrigeren Preis zurückkaufen,
wenn der Index fällt ...
- http://www.nzz.ch/2005/09/15/bm/articleD56O9.html
China
gräbt Westsibirien das Wasser ab
14/09/05
... Katastrophale
Folgen können gleich einige Regionen Sibiriens erwarten, wenn China den
umfassenden Bau eines Wasserkanals an Irtysch-Ursprüngen abschließen wird. Im
Falle der unkontrollierten Wasserentnahme wird die Industrie Westsibiriens
stillgelegt, und Großstädte Russlands und Kasachstans werden an Trinkwasser
Mangel haben ... Das Unternehmen „Eurasische Wasserpartnerschaft“, das seit dem
vorigen Jahr den Omsker Wasserkanal für 25 Jahre in Verwaltung übernahm,
erklärte: „Wenn China den Abfluss von Tschjorny Irtysch zusätzlich regulieren
wird, so wird das Flussbett auf unserem Abschnitt einsinken… das kann so weit
gehen, dass Ozeanwasser oder Wasser aus umliegenden Sümpfen einfließt“ ... „Das
ist ein internationales Problem. Aber China weigert sich, einen Dialog in die
Wege zu leiten“, sagte der Gouverneur des Gebiets Omsk, Leonid Poleschajew.
„Irtysch ist ein grenzüberschreitender Fluss. Seine Länge beträgt 4500
Kilometer, und von seiner Vollwertigkeit hängt die Stabilität in dieser
riesigen Region ab.“
http://de.rian.ru/articles/20050914/41392618.html
WB report on water
resources spells out long-term strategic vision
9/14/2005 A World Bank (WB) strategy paper has outlined a long-term strategic
vision highlighting the enormity and complexity of investments and system
reforms needed for developing water management in the country. The report
titled 'Water Resources Assistance Strategy' (WRAS) for Bangladesh drawing on
an extensive consultation process with the government, the experts and the
civil society, has recently been prepared by the WB and is being discussed with
the government … The report stressed the need for coordination and partnerships
between the government, the WB and other donors to more effectively manage
Bangladesh's scarce water resources …
http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=9/14/2005§ion_id=2&newsid=356&spcl=no
China: Wenn des Wasser knapp wird - Großmesse im Juni 2006 in Shanghai soll
Abhilfe schaffen
13.09.2005
- Die Wasserwirtschaft Chinas steht vor grooßen Herausforderungen, um eine Versorgung
der gesamten Bevölkerung zu sichern. Die Ressourcenverteilung im Reich der
Mitte ist nämlich keineswegs gleich, sondern höchst unterschiedlich. In den
nördlichen Landesteilen stehen fast 47 Mio. Menschen weniger als zehn bis 15
Liter Trinkwasser täglich zur Verfügung. Die wirtschaftlichen Chancen der
Wasserversorgung und Abwasserbehandlung sind Thema der Messe IFAT-China http://www.ifat-china.com ... [27. - 30.06.06, Shanghai] ... auf mehr als
100 der insgesamt 660 Städte eine extreme Wasserknappheit zukommen wird. In den
Städten steigt nämlich der Wasserverbrauch rapide an: Im Vergleich verbraucht
ein chinesischer Landbewohner 89 Liter Wasser pro Tag, während ein Städter auf
227 Liter kommt. In industriellen Ballungszentren beträgt der
Pro-Kopf-Verbrauch bis zu 600 Liter im Tag ...
http://www.pressetext.at/pte.mc?pte=050913047
Strong government support vital to
success of water companies: analysts
13
September 2005 Government support will be key to the success of local water
companies in becoming strong international players … the global water sector is
extremely competitive and poses financial risks to local companies. Singapore
aims to capture 3% to 5% of the global water treatment market in 10 years time.
This means the water sector will have to grow about 20 times from its present
size to achieve that goal … strong government support was one key reason why
Hyflux was able to launch its first desalination plant in Singapore …
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/168081/1/.html
Klaus Töpfer nimmt Abschied vom UN-Umweltprogramm
12.09.2005
Der Deutsche
Klaus Töpfer gibt den Chefsessel beim UN-Umweltprogramm (UNEP) zum Jahresende
auf – obwohl Generalsekretär Annan ihm Verlängerung angeboten hat ... Als Umweltminister gab er der Politik der Union ein unverwechselbares
Gesicht, sachkundig und streitbar. Auf dem Erdgipfel von Rio 1992, als vieles
im globalen Umweltschutz möglich schien und das Wort Nachhaltigkeit berühmt
wurde, war Töpfer einer der wichtigsten Repräsentanten. In seinen acht Jahren
an der Spitze der UNEP schließlich - vom Frühjahr 1998 an - verwandelte er die
zuvor als schlecht organisiert verrufene Behörde mit 800 Mitarbeitern in eine
nicht zu überhörende Institution ...
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1705546,00.html
Contaminated Water
Presents Bigger Crisis in the Gaza Strip
11 Sep 2005 A group of Israeli,
Palestinian and French scientists have proposed a possible management solution
to ameliorate the water quality crisis depriving residents of drinkable water
in the Gaza Strip. The study is published in the September-October 2005 issue
of the journal Ground Water. This special theme issue contains 14 papers on
transboundary ground water. Israel and the Palestinian Authority share the
Southern Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer. The long-term over-exploitation in the
Gaza Strip has resulted in a declining water table, accompanied by the
degradation of water quality. According to the researchers, the proposed management
plan would provide a win-win situation for both Israelis and Palestinians, but
requires cooperation between the two parties. The plan is a unique three phase
effort among the researchers as a part of the European Union Fifth Framework
Program. The first step involved investigating sources of salinity and
contamination patterns in the area ...
Singapore hosts international forum on desalination
technology
11 September 2005 … the first time the International
Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress is being held in Singapore in its
20-year history. More than 600 international experts and delegates from the water
industry are at the six-day forum from September 11 to discuss about
desalination and water reuse in Singapore … Saudi Arabia is one of the largest
users of desalinated water in the world where 70 percent of its water supply is
from desalination plants, making up 30 percent of the world's desalinated water
production. Middle Eastern countries are now looking beyond desalination to
increase water supply …
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/167726/1/.html
siehe auch: 13 September
2005 PM Lee opens
Asia's largest water desalination plant in Tuas
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/168052/1/.html
Der neue Herr
über das Wasser - Vize-Chef Jeremy Pelczer rückt an die Spitze von
RWE Thames Water
09. September 2005 ... Der Essener Konzern lässt die
Führung seines internationalen Wassergeschäfts in englischer Hand. Alexanders Nachfolger
wird sein bisheriger Stellvertreter Jeremy Pelczer. Der Mann aus Yorkshire
leitet derzeit die US-Tochter American Water, die in 27 Bundesstaaten der USA
insgesamt 17 Millionen Menschen mit Trinkwasser beliefert. Wasser ist für RWE
ein Wachstumsgeschäft. RWE Thames Water mit Sitz am Themseufer in Reading nahe
London organisiert mit 17 000 Mitarbeitern die Wasserversorgung und
Abwasserentsorgung für 70 Millionen Kunden, neben Großbritannien auch in Berlin
sowie in Teilen des Ruhrgebiets und des Münsterlands ... Einen seiner ersten
Kämpfe wird er vor der Haustür auszutragen haben. Thames Water will eine
Entsalzungsanlage am Stadtrand bauen, um den stetig wachsenden Wasserverbrauch
der Metropole zu decken, doch Londons Bürgermeister Ken Livingstone sperrt
sich. Er will seine Londoner lieber zum Wassersparen bewegen ...
http://www.handelsblatt.com/pshb/fn/relhbi/sfn/buildhbi/cn/GoArt!200014,200811,956892/index.html
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DOKUMENTE / VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN
UNDP 2005
The Sustainable Difference: Energy and Environment to Achieve the MDGs
… highlights the important
role that energy and ecosystem services play in providing the poor with the
means to improve their livelihoods, as well as protecting nature’s capacity to
provide invaluable ecosystem services upon which economic growth depends ... http://www.undp.org/energyandenvironment/sustainabledifference/
Wasser
ist Zukunft - Nachhaltige Wasserversorgung im 21. Jahrhundert
Dokumentation der Konferenz vom 15./16.
April 2005 im Deutschen Bundestag
http://www.gruene-fraktion.de/cms/publikationen/dokbin/71/71700.pdf
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Links
Water resources during
armed conflicts
http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=4682&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Good Water Neighbours
… regional project between Palestine, Jordan and Israel … sustainable
management of water resources must include a region-wide perspective and
consider all peoples and communities fairly ...
http://www.foeme.org/water.htm
UNESCO -PCCP
International Conference on Regional
Cooperation on Transboundary River Basins
30
May – 1 June 2005 Dushanbe , Tajikistan
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/pccp/events.shtml#trans
· Wasser + Energie:
United Nations Environment
Programme, UNEP
Dams and Development Project
…
provides information about the programme, publications, events and frequently asked
questions about dams …
Energy Branch
environmental
consequences of energy production and use … more informed energy choices that
fully integrate environmental and social costs.
http://www.uneptie.org/energy/
United Nations Development
Programme, UNDP
Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development section
…
information about the priorities areas of this UNDP section, country level initiatives,
development policy and practice, environmental governance and publications...
http://www.undp.org/energyandenvironment/
International Atomic Energy
Agency, IAEA
Isotope Hydrology section
…
assisting its Member States in hydrological data gathering and analysis, such
as the origin, occurrence and replenishment of water resources, training and
capacity building, information exchange, and technical cooperation.
http://www-naweb.iaea.org/napc/ih/index.asp
Herzliche Grüße von der Elbe
Jörg Barandat
http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html
