Photo Credits: Woman in field: Warrick Page/CARE, Woman in water: Rupak De Chowdhuri/REUTERS

 

Pakistan Water Programme - Dissemination material

Fri, 05/03/2013 - 09:40 — hammad

List of material being developd for Pakistan Water Programme:
 

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Water shortage

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 11:48 — portalmanager

Thursday, April 25, 2013 
From Print Edition

Rawalpindi: The residents of Lane 5, Peshawar Road, particularly those living in area near, Masjid-e-Quba, are facing acute water shortage for the last 15 days, says a press release.

 They have appealed to the concerned civic body to address the situation at the earliest to alleviate their miseries.

Source - http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=173305&Cat=6&dt=4/25/2013

Health department starts collecting samples from ice & soda water factories

Thu, 05/02/2013 - 11:43 — portalmanager

Muhammad Qasim
Saturday, April 27, 2013 
From Print Edition

Rawalpindi

The district health department has started collecting water samples from ice and soda water factories to get them tested from Public Analyst Laboratory, Lahore, for quality checking to avoid a possible outbreak of gastroenteritis in the district.

Revisiting the 1960 IndusWaters Treaty

Mon, 04/15/2013 - 09:19 — hammad

Hamid Sarfraz*

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Islamabad, Pakistan

World Water Day: Irrigation water shortage to increase 31 per cent in two years

Sat, 03/23/2013 - 11:15 — hammad

1.3 million tube wells operating in the Punjab were causing a drop in the water level.

Faisalabad:

Irrigation water shortfall in Pakistan would increase by 31 per cent by 2015 if tangible steps are not taken to cope with the situation, speakers at a seminar arranged by the Department of Irrigation and Water Management Research Centre of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) said on Friday.

World Water Day, by Mark Smith

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 16:10 — hammad

Blog article by Mark Smith. "World Water Day is like any themed global day: it’s not really to ‘celebrate’ water, it’s about getting people to pay attention and decide they’re going to take action to solve water problems."

Water cooperation in Mesoamerica: Interview with Rocio Cordoba

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 13:05 — hammad

Continuing our countdown to World Water Day, which is celebrated each year on 22 March, we zoom in on Costa Rica to interview IUCN's Rocio Cordoba on water cooperation in the Mesoamerica region.

Water cooperation in Asia: Interview with Ganesh Pangare

Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:05 — hammad
 

In our countdown to World Water Day, we speak to Ganesh Pangare, Head of the IUCN Asia Water Programme.

Post2015: Can there be enough water, energy, food for all?

Mon, 03/11/2013 - 09:30 — hammad

This week, IUCN and the International Water Association (IWA) host an online consultation session on Infrastructure Solutions for the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus. As part of the UN's 'The World We Want' initiative, the consultation platform allows everyone to have their say on development issues post 2015, from 11-17 March with a particular focus on water, energy and food.

New video: Integrando Fronteras / Integrating Borders

Mon, 03/04/2013 - 09:30 — hammad

As the UN recently kicked off the official launch of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation, the IUCN Mesoamerica office released a new video on cooperation achievements between Panama and Costa Rica, including actions in the transboundary Sixaola river basin.

The new video entitled 'Integrating Borders' or 'Integrando Fronteras' recounts the history, activities and future course of the Costa Rica-Panama Convention on Border Development.

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