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Documento elaborado en el marco del proyecto Triple-S con los resultados del estudio sobre modelos de provisión de servicios de agua en Colombia. Read more...
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu (pop. 10,544) has declared a state of emergency due to severe water shortages on 28 September 2011 after existing desalination plants broke, exacerbating an already dire situation. The Australian, New Zealand and U.S. Defence forces - together with the Red Cross... Read more...
Contamination of deep groundwater with arsenic from shallower sources may not be as serious as feared — if pumping deep water is limited to domestic use, a study has found. Exposure to arsenic-contaminated groundwater has been linked to almost one in every five deaths in Bangladesh , and some 100,... Read more...
As sustainability concerns regarding water management in cities continue to increase, the challenge facing cities is for them to do more with less. SWITCH , an EU-funded programme, was a five year experiment focused on some of the key sustainability challenges in urban water management. In a number... Read more...
A shallow well in Elwany Village, Lira district in Uganda badly needs rehabilitation. But rather than collect money to repair the well, residents would rather return to a dirty pond which they used before the well was established. This is all because they were once betrayed by a treasurer whom they... Read more...
Après la Haye au Pays-Bas, c’est Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso qui a accueilli la deuxième rencontre du Consortium du projet WashTech du 4 au 7 octobre 2011. Venus du Royaume-Uni, des Pays Bas, d’Ouganda, du Ghana et du Burkina, les participants ont salué l’opportunité offerte de tirer les meilleures... Read more...
What has happened in WASHTech in the past six to nine months? Where are the technology assessment framework (TAF) and Guidance for Technology Introduction (GTI) at? T Read more...
The Business Plan 2012-2016 highlights a number interesting IRC activities, findings and opinions. Read more...
The thematic discussions ‘ Palabres de l’eau ’ (water talks) are interactive discussions between information professionals working in the water and sanitation sector. The inaugural event took place in Ouagadougou on 4 October 2011 around the theme ‘communes facing the challenges of water and... Read more...
IRC and the National network of resource centres from Burkina Faso (RCR-BF is its French acronym) jointly carried out an investigation around current information and knowledge practices in the WASH sector in Burkina Faso. Read more...
L’IRC et le Réseau National des Centres de Ressources du Burkina Faso (RCR-BF) ont mené de concert une étude, intitulée ‘Vers la gestion des connaissances et l’apprentissage sectoriel au Burkina Faso : comprendre les pratiques actuelles relatives à l’information et aux connaissances dans le secteur... Read more...
Paper presented at the East Africa practioners workshop on pro-poor urban sanitation and hygiene, Laico Umbano Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda, march 29th -... Read more...
