February 11
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State Secretary Pleased With Water Coverage Level
ANGOP
The State secretary for Water, Luís Filipe da Silva, said to be happy with the covering degree of water supply to the population resident in Golungo Alto district, northern... Read more »
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Ministry Disbands Coast Water Board
Nairobi Star
The government has disbanded the Coast Water Services Board with immediate effect following weeks of infighting. Read more »
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Nairobi Star
An acute water shortage has hit Amagoro and its environs forcing residents to fetch the commodity from streams and boreholes. Read more »
February 10
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'Probe Mutukula Water Project'
Observer
The minister of state for Environment, Flavia Munaba, has called for an investigation in the water department of the ministry of Water and Environment after reports emerged that... Read more »
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Chief Wants Tafo Decongested By KMA
Ghanaian Chronicle
NANA AGYIN Frimpong II, Tafohene, has directed the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to embark upon a massive demolition exercise in the Tafo Township and its environ, to... Read more »
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Help On the Way for Ngobi Community
BuaNews
Mmatsheko Pine from the Ngobi area in Hammanskraal will be pleased to know that the President has answered her call and help is on the way to fix the water problem in her area. Read more »
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Lake Duluti May Ease City's Water Problems
Arusha Times
Authorities are contemplating to tap water from the Duluti crater lake as a long term solution to supply the precious liquid to the fast increasing population of Arusha city. Read more »
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New Dawn
The Monrovia City Cooperation or MCC is continuing its vigorous campaign against unpleasant environments with Monrovia. Read more »
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Famine, Water Shortage Hit Baringo and Turkana
Nairobi Star
SCHOOL children are among more than 300,000 people facing acute starvation in Baringo, Turkana and parts of Baringo counties affected by drought. Read more »
February 9
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Windmill Ideal for Pumping Water in Rural Areas
Citizen
Windmill is a tall structure with its parts that turn round when the when the wind blows. It could be the ideal replacement of water pump engine if it is fitted to water pump for... Read more »
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Will the Tap Ever Run Again? [analysis]
Daily Trust
At the departure of the colonial rulers in 1960, every state capital and what today is regarded as the senatorial district had an efficient water system with pipes laid around the... Read more »
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World Bank-Funded Irrigation Project Starts
Times of Zambia
THE Government has started the implementating the World Bank-funded irrigation project which will cover a total of 5,000 hectares of land in Southern, Central and Copperbelt... Read more »
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Environment Ministry Conducts Survey On Ultra-Deepwater Project
ANGOP
The project of seismic operations in blocks 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 35 to 40, intended to determine the existing hydrocarbon potential, was taken Wednesday in Luanda to the public... Read more »
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Popular Mereki Drive-in to Reopen After Typhoid Scare
SW Radio
On Saturday Harare officials will reportedly reopen the popular Mereki Drive-In, which was closed last month as the city battled to contain the spread of typhoid that has gripped... Read more »
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Airtel, NWSC Ink e-Water Payment Deal
Monitor
Airtel has become the latest telecommunications company to partner with National Water and Sewerage Corporation in a bid to ease the payment of water bills. Read more »
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Urban Well-Drilling - Ticking Time Bomb
The Herald
"Chitungwiza Town Council is failing to provide us with water to the extent that sometimes we spend a week without the precious liquid. "Water woes have forced us to dig wells and... Read more »
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Diarrhoea - We All Have a Role to Play
The Herald
It is half curled with a runny and grainy mustard texture protruding from the sides of the soiled diaper which was ravished by stray dogs. Huge green flies usually associated with... Read more »
February 8
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Govt Blames Typhoid Outbreak on Sewage
The Herald
Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr Henry Madzorera has said that the typhoid outbreak is due to people eating human waste. Read more »
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80.000 Inhabitants of Icolo E Bengo to Benefit From Drinkable Water
ANGOP
Some 80.000 inhabitants of Icolo e Bengo Municipality, mainly those ones in rural areas, will benefit from drinkable waters, in the coming two months, ANGOP has learnt. Read more »
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Airtel and NWSC Enter Into E-Water Partnership
Independent
Airtel money e-payment solution is to make it easy for customers to pay their water bills. Airtel in partnership with National Water and Sewerage Corporation [NWSC] launched the... Read more »
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Work Commences to Improve Keffi Water Project
Daily Trust
Works have commenced on a direct labour job to improve on water supply in Keffi, Nasarawa State, which metropolis and nearby communities have continued to suffer inspite of current... Read more »
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Mumias to Venture Into Sale of Water
Nairobi Star
MUMIAS Sugar Company is set to openwater bottling and ethanol processing plants before the end of theyear to increase its revenue streams, Financial Director Peter Kebati said... Read more »
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Kashimbila Dam - FG Targets Early Completion of Project
Daily Trust
Minister of State for Power, Arc Darius Ishaku, has said the federal government was committed to ensuring early completion of the Kashimbila multi-purpose Dam in Taraba State with... Read more »
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64 Percent Work Left On Kashimbila Dam Project
Daily Trust
Only an estimated 36% of work on the Kashimbila multipurpose dam in Taraba state has been completed, five years since the contract was awarded in May 2007. Read more »
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Kunzvi Dam Project Must Start By April - Govt
The Herald
GOVERNMENT will withdraw the contract awarded to a consortium of local, regional and international companies to build Kunzvi Dam if it fails to implement the project in April as... Read more »
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