Features
Sahel: the drought is over
Pierre Hubert, Senior researcher at the National School of Mining Engineering in Paris and Secretary-general of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (AISH) discusses the up and downs of the Sahelian drought in West Africa. This expert view was translated from Sources Nouvelles.
Wastewater reuse in Latin America: quality issues need attention
The benefits offered by wastewater reuse have been promoted worldwide based on real experiences. In Latin America (LA), the biggest waste water project is in Amezquital Valley, Mexico, where 83 000 hectares are irrigated with raw wastewater.
Wastewater reuse West Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso case studies
The WASPA programme for wastewater reuse began in Mali and Burkina Faso as part of a struggle against poverty and to promote urban agriculture. This initiative is the result of the cooperation between STREAMS, IRC, IWMI and CREPA.
Wastewater irrigation: sewage waters a tenth of world’s crops
Sewage is used to irrigate 10 per cent of the world’s crops, according to the first ever global survey of wastewater irrigation. This largely hidden practice is outlawed in many countries. Sewage is a valuable resource that grows huge amounts of food and millions of farmers couldbe helped to do it safely
The mystery of the Indian village water
K.N. Vajpai from the India environment group, Prakriti, visits villages where children and adults have been debilitated by fluoride poisoning from their water. He found them feeling helpless, poorly informed and unsupported.
IRC News
Villagers say thank you for listening
Villagers in four districts of Sri Lanka have thanked field teams for taking the time to listen to and record their views during an assessment of sub-projects in 102 villages. The teams were using the participatory Qualitative Information System (QIS),
IRC staff changes
Eveline Bolt, Senior Programme Officer, and Viktor Markowski, Section Head, are both leaving, but will continue to do some consultancy work with IRC..
Junior professional officers on assignment with partners
Junior professional officers (JPOs) from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Pakistan and India have switched jobs in the second stage of a one-year exchange programme. The four are working on a topic of their choice with IRC partners in other countries.
Can we make water more transparent?
A seminar organised by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) during the World Water Week in Stockholm, reviewed strategies for improving transparency and honesty in the water and sanitation sector – lack of which could be preventing countries from achieving the MDGs. SIWI, Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP), Transparency International and IRC have agreed to work together.
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