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Simple Tool Helps Companies Address Water Risks
A global online tool launched today, March 28, 2012, by WWF and German development finance institution DEG (Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH) enables companies and investors to address their water-related risks. WWF and DEG have created a practical online questionnaire that not only identifies water risk in supply chains and investment portfolios, but also provides practical steps to mitigate risk.
Wed, 03/28/2012 - 08:43 — admin
Millennium Development Goal Drinking Water Target Met in Advance of Deadline
The world has met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water, well in advance of the MDG 2015 deadline, according to a report issued on March 6, 2012 by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells.
Fri, 03/09/2012 - 16:56 — admin
Close to One Million Water Filters Delivered to Rural Kenyans in Lifestraw Carbon For Water Program
Nearly 900,000 LifeStraw® Family water filters will be installed in almost all households in the Western Province of Kenya thanks to a program which began on 26 April 2011.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 17:23 — admin
Path breaking Methods for Improving Water Quality Earn American Professor the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize
Professor McCarty has defined the field of environmental biotechnology that is the basis for small-scale and large-scale pollution control and safe drinking water systems.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 13:32 — admin
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- Actions to Prevent Polluted Drinking Water in the United States
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- World Water Week: Healthy ecosystems essential to human health: from coronavirus to malnutrition Online session Wednesday 24 August 17:00-18:20
- Mangrove Action Project Collaborates to Restore and Preserve Mangrove Ecosystems
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