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Dealing with extremes: water in different climates

Posted by: Simone Banister, Posted on: 15 October 2010 - Categories: Climate Change

A Blog Action Day on water – how can I not write something? My career started in water resource and wastewater management in Johannesburg (I won’t say how many years ago!). I also came across the following quotes in an …

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Pumping investment into Mozambique's water supply

Posted by: Neil Squires, Posted on: 15 October 2010 - Categories: Africa, Infrastructure

I love a good cause, and the theme of Blog Action Day today is about as good as they get: water. Water is a hugely important issue globally and particularly for developing countries such as Mozambique where shortages of clean …

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Chronic irrigation in Afghanistan

Posted by: Carrie, Posted on: 15 October 2010 - Categories: Afghanistan

I could probably count on one hand the number of times I have seen a river in Afghanistan. The streets in Kabul are dusty and most of the year it doesn’t look like the city has seen a drop of …

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Water and climate change: a threat multiplier

Posted by: Shantanu Mitra, Posted on: 15 October 2010 - Categories: Asia, Climate Change

Indians are used to coping with the effects of a variable climate. So many of these effects are related to the availability and quality of water – for agriculture, domestic consumption, industry, power generation and other uses – that water …

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