Foreign

Just Two-Minute Shower, SA Advises Johannesburg Residents

Web News 18 September 2023 134 0

Water suppliers in Johannesburg, South Africa, have asked residents of the city and its suburbs to use less water amid an intensifying water shortage that they warn could “result in the collapse of the system”. Rand Water and Johannesburg Water on Sunday said that high water consumption by Continue Reading

Foreign

Japan to Release Treated Water in 48 Hours

Web News 22 August 2023 112 0

Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite opposition from its neighbors. The decision comes weeks after the UN’s nuclear watchdog approved the plan. Some 1.34 million tonnes of water – enough to fill 500 Olympic-size pools – have accumulated since the 2011 Continue Reading

Agriculture

Rehabilitation of Water Pipeline Network to Begin in Osun

Web News 15 April 2023 203 0

By Funmi Adekoya  In a bid for sustainable water supply to the people of Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed a phased rehabilitation of selected water works and water pipeline networks across the state. The directive is coming as the sinking of 332 boreholes under direct labour and shoestring budget reaches 85 percent, with […]Continue Reading

Environment

EU Partners Ekiti on Access to Potable Water

Web News 23 March 2020 571 0

The European Union has concluded arrangement to partner Ekiti State government to improve citizens’ access to potable water with affordable and sustainable commercialisation policy in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene Sector. Policy Expert of European Union in Ekiti State, Mr. Alaba Ogunsajo, stated this at a forum for stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene […]Continue Reading