Saturday 30 July 2011
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, fourth edition
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, fourth edition
World Health Organization 2011
This fourth edition of the World Health Organization's Guidelines for
Drinking-water Quality builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on
drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for
the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in
support of public health.
It is the product of significant revisions to clarify and elaborate on
ways of implementing its recommendations of contextual hazard
identification and risk management, through the establishment of
health-based targets, catchment-to-consumer water safety plans and
independent surveillance
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/2011/dwq_guidelines/en/index.html
--
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
•You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Africa Network for Environmental Rights(ANER)"group.
•To post to this group, please send email to environmentalrights@googlegroups.com
•To unsubscribe from this group, send email to environmentalrights+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
•For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/environmentalrights
•For more information, please visit http://www.conserveafrica.net/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
World Health Organization 2011
This fourth edition of the World Health Organization's Guidelines for
Drinking-water Quality builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on
drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for
the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in
support of public health.
It is the product of significant revisions to clarify and elaborate on
ways of implementing its recommendations of contextual hazard
identification and risk management, through the establishment of
health-based targets, catchment-to-consumer water safety plans and
independent surveillance
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/2011/dwq_guidelines/en/index.html
--
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
•You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Africa Network for Environmental Rights(ANER)"group.
•To post to this group, please send email to environmentalrights@googlegroups.com
•To unsubscribe from this group, send email to environmentalrights+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
•For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/environmentalrights
•For more information, please visit http://www.conserveafrica.net/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Youth ideas for Rio+20 - by IdeaScale
Youth ideas for Rio+20 - by IdeaScale
Make your voice heard at the upcoming historical UN summit on sustainable development (also known as 'Rio+20')
Thursday 14 July 2011
Namibia: Independent UN expert urges nation to expand access to sanitation services
Namibia: Independent UN expert urges nation to expand access to sanitation services
Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:54 AM PDT
Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, United Nations independent expert on the right to water and sanitation paid a week-long visit to Namibia. She noted that the country has over the past 20 years achieved significant progress in extending its water network across the country. Ms. De Albuquerque urged the Government to make similar efforts to ensure that proper sanitation is available to more people in the country. She stressed that access to water and sanitation are human rights, and while that did not mean that the two services must be offered free of charge, it meant that systems must be in place to ensure availability to those who face economic barriers to access. Water points are still far away from households and water remains too expensive. She added that community participation in the design and implementation of water and sanitation projects was indispensable.
Ms. De Albuquerque will prepare a report to be presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next year, describing her main findings and providing recommendations.
Source: UN News Service / allAfrica.com, 11 July 2011
Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:54 AM PDT
Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, United Nations independent expert on the right to water and sanitation paid a week-long visit to Namibia. She noted that the country has over the past 20 years achieved significant progress in extending its water network across the country. Ms. De Albuquerque urged the Government to make similar efforts to ensure that proper sanitation is available to more people in the country. She stressed that access to water and sanitation are human rights, and while that did not mean that the two services must be offered free of charge, it meant that systems must be in place to ensure availability to those who face economic barriers to access. Water points are still far away from households and water remains too expensive. She added that community participation in the design and implementation of water and sanitation projects was indispensable.
Ms. De Albuquerque will prepare a report to be presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next year, describing her main findings and providing recommendations.
Source: UN News Service / allAfrica.com, 11 July 2011
Biofuels land grab in Kenya's Tana Delta fuels talk of war
Biofuels land grab in Kenya's Tana Delta fuels talk of war
Villagers vow to resist as wildlife vanishes and they are driven from
their land to make way for water-thirsty crops
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/02/biofuels-land-grab-kenya-delta
Villagers vow to resist as wildlife vanishes and they are driven from
their land to make way for water-thirsty crops
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/02/biofuels-land-grab-kenya-delta
Monday 11 July 2011
WATER FOR LIFE’ UN-WATER BEST PRACTICES AWARD
WATER FOR LIFE' UN-WATER BEST PRACTICES AWARD
2nd edition: Water for Food Security
Nominations are now open for the second edition of the 'Water for
Life' UN-Water Best Practices Award. The nomination period is open
from 30 June to 30 September 2011.
The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for
Action "Water for Life" 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on
Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) and the UN World Water
Assessment Programme (WWAP) organize the "Water for Life" UN-Water
Best Practices Award
http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/waterforlifeaward.html
2nd edition: Water for Food Security
Nominations are now open for the second edition of the 'Water for
Life' UN-Water Best Practices Award. The nomination period is open
from 30 June to 30 September 2011.
The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for
Action "Water for Life" 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on
Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) and the UN World Water
Assessment Programme (WWAP) organize the "Water for Life" UN-Water
Best Practices Award
http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/waterforlifeaward.html
2nd edition: Water for Food Security
WATER FOR LIFE’ UN-WATER BEST PRACTICES AWARD
2nd edition: Water for Food Security
Nominations are now open for the second edition of the ‘Water for Life’ UN-Water Best Practices Award. The nomination period is open from 30 June to 30 September 2011.
The United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) and the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) organize the “Water for Life” UN-Water Best Practices Award
Sunday 10 July 2011
Drought in east Africa the result of climate change and conflict
Prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa is the immediate cause of the
severe food crisis already affecting around 10 million people in parts
of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. Rains have failed over two
seasons, with a strong La Niña event having a dramatic impact across
the east coast of Africa. Now this year's wet season has officially
ended, there is little prospect of rain or relief before September.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/04/drought-east-africa-climate-change
severe food crisis already affecting around 10 million people in parts
of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia. Rains have failed over two
seasons, with a strong La Niña event having a dramatic impact across
the east coast of Africa. Now this year's wet season has officially
ended, there is little prospect of rain or relief before September.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/04/drought-east-africa-climate-change
Civil society organisations call for strong advocacy in Mining Reform Agenda
Civil society organisations call for strong advocacy in Mining Reform
Agenda
Accra, June 28, GNA – Civil Society Organisations (CSO) under the
umbrella of the African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society
(AIMES) have called for strong advocacy on the mining reform agenda to
enable the citizenry to benefit from their resources
http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Economics/Civil-society-organisations-call-for-strong-advocacy-in-Mining-Reform-Agenda/?ci=3&ai=30462
Agenda
Accra, June 28, GNA – Civil Society Organisations (CSO) under the
umbrella of the African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society
(AIMES) have called for strong advocacy on the mining reform agenda to
enable the citizenry to benefit from their resources
http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Economics/Civil-society-organisations-call-for-strong-advocacy-in-Mining-Reform-Agenda/?ci=3&ai=30462
Activists Oppose Import Of Genetically Modified Foods
Activists Oppose Import Of Genetically Modified Foods
WE CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN HAVING
ACCESS TO WATER AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN AGRO-ECOLOGY AND FOR THIS TO
BE ENSHRINED IN OUR KENYAN POLICIES
http://www.coastweek.com/kenxin_110708_06.htm
--
WE CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN HAVING
ACCESS TO WATER AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN AGRO-ECOLOGY AND FOR THIS TO
BE ENSHRINED IN OUR KENYAN POLICIES
http://www.coastweek.com/kenxin_110708_06.htm
--
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)