drinking water
Monufiya governor suspends officials over wastewater project
Egypt
April 9, 2016
Monufiya governor suspends officials over wastewater project
Monufiya Governor Hesham Abdel Basset has announced the suspension of two local officials due to their alleged "reluctance" to speedily…
Drinking water cut in over 100 Gharbiya villages
Egypt
February 22, 2016
Drinking water cut in over 100 Gharbiya villages
Drinking water supplies were cut in 100 villages in Gharbiya on Monday, forcing residents to resort to groundwater and buying…
Unicef launches clickfunding campaign to provide drinking water
Egypt
February 21, 2016
Unicef launches clickfunding campaign to provide drinking water
Unicef Egypt has launched a campaign to provide drinking water connections to 1,000 houses in Egypt, making use of a…
20 people poisoned from polluted water in Alexandria: investor
Egypt
November 15, 2015
20 people poisoned from polluted water in Alexandria: investor
Twenty people have been poisoned in Alexandria as a result of contaminated water, the head of the Burg al-Arab Investors…
Minya, Fayoum, Damietta, Sharqiya suffer from contaminated water, cuts
Egypt
July 29, 2015
Minya, Fayoum, Damietta, Sharqiya suffer from contaminated water, cuts
The residents of Minya, Fayoum, Damietta, and Sharqiya governorates residents have been suffering from contaminated water and frequent drinking water…
Dozens of Daqahlia village residents protest against water cuts
Egypt
July 14, 2015
Dozens of Daqahlia village residents protest against water cuts
Dozens of residents of the Al-Mohagerin 2 village in Daqahlia protested on Tuesday outside the governor's office, carrying empty cans…
Water reveals two sides of Myanmar’s economic boom
World
June 17, 2015
Water reveals two sides of Myanmar’s economic boom
Every morning on his way to work in Yangon, builder Zaw Min Tun takes a swig of water at a…
Daqahlia villagers protest drinking water cuts
Egypt
May 26, 2015
Daqahlia villagers protest drinking water cuts
Dozens of al-Mohagerin 2 residents in Daqahlia protested outside the governorate's headquarters Tuesday, holding empty jerrycans that represent the drinking water…
Oxfam: War leaves 16 million Yemenis without clean water
Middle East
May 26, 2015
Oxfam: War leaves 16 million Yemenis without clean water
Almost two-thirds of the population of war-torn Yemen have no access to clean water, two months into the Saudi-led air…
Daqahlia residents protest drinking water drought
Egypt
May 20, 2015
Daqahlia residents protest drinking water drought
Hundreds of Belqas city residents in Daqahlia protested against a month-long absence of drinking water Tuesday evening. The residents headed to…