Atkins consortium wins Saudi sanitation project workA consortium led by Atkins, a member of the Canadian construction major SNC-Lavalin, has won an advisory services contract from Saudi National Water Company (NWC) to provide sustainable sanitation services in the kingdom. Comprisi More… |
Saudi Arabia inks key water, sanitation projectsSaudi government has signed 39 contracts worth more than SR534 million ($68 million) for the implementation of water and sanitation projects across the kingdom, said a report. These projects include maintenance of water and sewage More… |
World's poorest gain access to water, but not toiletsThe poor's lack of access to sanitation threatens to undermine the health benefits they have gained from access to clean water, the United Nations said on Tuesday. More than 90 per cent of the world population has access to cl More… |
World Bank offers $1bn to Egypt clean water projectThe World Bank is supporting Egypt’s ‘polluted villages’ project with $1 billion in loans, a report said. The funds will be used for the project in Al-Salam Canal in Upper Egypt, and the Rosetta branch of the Nil More… |
World Bank offers $1bn to Egypt clean water projectThe World Bank is supporting Egypt’s ‘polluted villages’ project with $1 billion in loans, a report said. The funds will be used for the project in Al-Salam Canal in Upper Egypt, and the Rosetta branch of the Nil More… |
22 firms in race for two Bahrain cleaning dealsTwenty-two cleaning companies are competing for two sanitation contracts up for grabs in Bahrain. The winning firms will be responsible for rubbish collection, street sweeping and other sanitation work for the More… |
Bahrain puts cleaning staff on high alertSanitation workers have been put on high alert as radical opposition groups threaten to hold a series of illegal rallies today (August 14), a report said. Security is expected to be tight across the country in response to calls fo More… |
2.4bn will lack improved sanitation in 2015Some 2.4 billion people – one-third of the world’s population – will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015, according to a joint WHO/Unicef report issued today. The report, entitled Progress More… |
Millions still without safe drinking waterDespite tremendous progress in the last two decades in bringing access to improved drinking water sources to the global population, finishing the task will not be easy as there will be still millions without access to safe water, said a top UN o More… |
'Water for all' faces tough road aheadDespite tremendous progress in the last two decades in bringing access to improved drinking water sources to billions of people, finishing the task is not going to be easy, said a top UN official. No doubt, there have been outstanding g More… |