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Tanzania: Biwater fails in damages claim

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: “A British water company thrown out of Tanzania over a bungled privatisation deal has failed i … more →

Tags: Africa, governance, biwater, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment o, Tanzania, Water privatisation, World Development Movement

Chief of Party, Water and Sanitation, Africa, ARD Inc.

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: ARD, Inc. requests expressions of interest from highly qualified Chief of Party (COP) candidates for … more →

Tags: Africa, private-sector, Vacancies', Jobs, sector reform, water regulators

Water democracy : reclaiming public water in Asia

dietvorst wrote 3 weeks ago: Manahan, M.A., Yamamoto, N and Hoedeman, O. (2007). Water democracy : reclaiming public water in Asi … more →

Tags: Policies & legislation, governance, publications, Water supply, South Asia, East-Asia Pacific, SSA07-Publications, Water privatisation

Latin America: Water authorities create regional committee to finance water resource protection

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Peru’s national sanitation authority Sunass and its Brazilian, Chilean and Colombian counterpa … more →

Tags: Charges, Government, Latin America & Caribbean, Water Resources Management, payment for environmental services

Peru: Legislators okay outsourcing of responsibilities of national sanitation authority, Sunass

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: The Peruvian congress’ consumer defense committee has approved the outsourcing of national san … more →

Tags: Policy & Legislation, Perú, governance, public service regulators

South Africa: Joburg Water Scoops National Award

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: “Joburg Water has been recognised for its work in conserving water, winning an award from the … more →

Tags: South Africa, water distribution, Johannesburg Water, Water Conservation, water demand management

South Africa: Joburg Water Scoops National Award

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: “Joburg Water has been recognised for its work in conserving water, winning an award from the … more →

Tags: Africa, Johannesburg Water, South Africa

Effective Utility Management tools released

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: Water and wastewater utilities now have access to a new package of tools designed by their peers in … more →

Tags: Web sites, publications, Monitoring & evaluation, Wastewater Treatment, Water supply, North America, wastewater utilities, utility management, S0805-Net

Raising Revenues: Quick Solutions for Better Services

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: Tell consumers that increasing water tariffs is in their best interest and you’ll get scorn and sk … more →

Tags: Costs, Charges, South Asia, East-Asia Pacific

Central Asia and South Caucasus Water Utilities Association-CASCWUA web page

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: CASCWUA is a new organisation of water utilities drawn initially from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, … more →

Tags: Web sites, Monitoring & evaluation, Water supply, Europe & Central Asia, Central Asia, South Caucasus, water utility associations

Nepal: national water supply corporation reeling under human resource crunch

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: The state-owned Nepal Water Supply Corporation, responsible for drinking water supply in 23 cities, … more →

Tags: nepal, capacity development, Water supply, water sector reform

Côte d'Ivoire: Clean tap water, despite everything

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: Since crisis erupted in 2002, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been the only … more →

Tags: Côte d’Ivoire, Emergencies, Water Supply

2nd International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics, and Finance, Alexandroupolis – Thrace Greece, 3-5 July 2009

dietvorst wrote 2 months ago: An international conference is being arranged that will focus on economic, financial and statistical … more →

Tags: mechanisms, Charges, Professional Associations, Economics, Benchmarking, statistics

Cameroon: multifunctional water fountain also serves as a meeting place and store

dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: Since the 1990s when the Cameroon government stopped providing free water in urban centres, most of … more →

Tags: Africa, Charges, Multilaterals, Urban WASH, Cameroon, S0804-Finance, water kiosks, water supply charges

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam water kiosks four times cheaper than vendors1 comment

dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: Less than a quarter of the four million people living in Tanzania’s financial capital have running … more →

Tags: Africa, Charges, Urban WASH, S0804-Finance, Tanzania, water kiosks, water vendors

South Africa: court tells Johannesburg to provide 50 litres of free water per person per day

dietvorst wrote 4 months ago: A landmark High Court ruling against a multi-million-dollar prepaid water scheme in South Africa … more →

Tags: Government, Policies, free basic water, pre-paid water meters, South Africa

Ghana: The Water Crisis

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: The Acqua Vitens Rand Ltd, managers of the Ghana Water Company (GWC) has been in the news recently, … more →

Tags: Ghana, Urban WASH, Acqua Vitens Rand

Brazil: Abcon, AquaFed discuss cooperation agreement

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: Brazil’s national water and sewerage concessionaires association Abcon and the international f … more →

Tags: Financing, Brazil, Privatisation, private sector participation, Abcon, Aquafed

USA: Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) launched1 comment

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: Eight of the USA’s largest water utilities announced the formation of a coalition to improve r … more →

Tags: climate change


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