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Daily News & Analysis
April 3, 2018
Demand for water can be reduced through efficient pricing and rationing, as shown by experience from cities in US, Israel, France and Australia and the city of Colombo. It starts with metering of water supply. This should be complemented by either well-designed taxes or enforcement of pollution controlÃÂ ...
Daily Maverick
March 22, 2018
A path to water security has been identified using a forecast of national-level water supply and demand in South Africa. The report uses the International Futures forecasting system housed at the Frederick S Pardee Centre for International Futures at the University of Denver. The analysis culminated in theÃÂ ...
The Fayetteville Observer
March 22, 2018
The main purpose of AIPAC is to strengthen the friendship and ties between America and Israel. Eighteen ... One Israeli company that specializes in drinking water filtration is Amiad Filtration systems. ... Sensible people may wish to express their support for The Israel Anti-Boycott Acts (S. 720 and HR.
National Geographic
March 21, 2018
The city turned off its water supply for 12 hours a day, forcing many businesses and industries to shut down. In 2008, Barcelona, Spain, had to import ..... Currently, Cape Town reuses just five percent of its treated wastewater, compared to Israel's 85 percent. Israel has also eliminated water-thirsty crops likeÃÂ ...
Hampstead and Highgate Express
March 15, 2018
The Israeli owner Alon Kubi, who has run the Belsize branch of the cafe since 2011, discovered the smashed window as he turned up for work at 5am on Saturday morning. He realised his drain had been cemented up when he tried to turn on taps inside the cafe and found problems with the water supply.
New York Times
March 13, 2018
Hamas has accused Israel of being behind the attacks on both men, who were freed from Israeli prisons in 2011 in a controversial prisoner swap for the ... into the groundwater and flow into the sea, polluting the local water supply and fouling beaches throughout Gaza and along much of the southern IsraeliÃÂ ...
WaterWorld
March 5, 2018
As part of the development by Israeli firm IDE Technologies, the planned 105,000 m3/day development will take wastewater from the Mai-Liao Power ... Formosa has been seeking an independent water supply after the government reduced its water rights from natural sources to support agricultural demandÃÂ ...
Haaretz
February 18, 2018
Neither the government nor the municipality seemed to care about the fate that befell the residents, most of whom are by law recognized as permanent residents of Jerusalem and thereby of Israel, and continue to have the option of applying for Israeli citizenship. The appalling conditions created by the wallÃÂ ...
i24NEWS
February 12, 2018
In his last television interview before resigning from Israel's parliament last week, Peri told i24NEWS that “the guilt will be on the shoulders of the State of Israel” if Gaza is left to languish. “It's an Israeli interest to deal with this humanitarian crisis because the guilt will be on the shoulders of the State of Israel,”à...
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February 20, 2018
3:30 pm Market Closing: Benchmark indices closed below their 100-day moving average, with the Sensex losing 236.10 points to 33,774.66 and the Nifty down 73.90 points at 10,378.40 after recovered from day's low. Petronet LNG, Tata Global, Vakrangee, NIIT Tech, L&T Technology, PC Jeweller,ÃÂ ...
Haaretz
February 19, 2018
Neither the government nor the municipality seemed to care about the fate that befell the residents, most of whom are by law recognized as permanent residents of Jerusalem and thereby of Israel, and continue to have the option of applying for Israeli citizenship. The appalling conditions created by the wallÃÂ ...
i24NEWS
February 12, 2018
In his last television interview before resigning from Israel's parliament last week, Peri told i24NEWS that “the guilt will be on the shoulders of the State of Israel” if Gaza is left to languish. “It's an Israeli interest to deal with this humanitarian crisis because the guilt will be on the shoulders of the State of Israel,”à...
ReliefWeb
February 9, 2018
South Africa boasts a coastline of over 2500 kilometres so it should be considering the oceans as an abundant water supply. Converting seawater to ... The Sorek desalination plant in Israel sets significant new industry benchmarks in desalination technology, capacity and water cost. It provides drinkingÃÂ ...
The McGill International Review
February 8, 2018
Trump's decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has revived tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, reinitiating a cycle of violence, revolt and repression in the area. Although it may be impossible to find a single straightforward answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict inÃÂ ...
Channel NewsAsia
February 6, 2018
Experts initially calculated “Day Zero,” the date upon which there is insufficient water in the Western Cape Water Supply System to push through the pipes ... Israel has substantial expertise in desalination technology, but last year the mere presence of a former Israeli ambassador on a panel to discuss waterÃÂ ...
Newburgh Gazette
February 5, 2018
Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank acquired 53,545 shares as American Wtr Wks Co Inc New (AWK)'s stock rose 2.78%. Cap Intl holds 0.85% or 5.48 million shares in its portfolio. Psagot Inv House Ltd, a Israel-based fund reported 21,900 shares. 6,525 were reported by Huntington Natl Bank.
Haaretz
January 29, 2018
According to evidence gathered by Eco-Peace over the past two years, there has already been a 50 percent decline in the water supply to the wadi's springs, and the amount of water in the village's main spring has declined by two thirds in the last three years. Part of the decline can be explained by droughtÃÂ ...
CNN
January 25, 2018
The city has lowered the water pressure in its mains to help stretch the water supply. But usage is still 86 million liters above its target goal. "It is quite unbelievable that a majority of people do not seem to care and are sending all of us headlong towards Day Zero," a statement from the mayor's office said.
Eyewitness News
January 18, 2018
Cape Town was advised numerous times about their Water supply problems. 2. ... doesn't have to spend a penny - private companies would pay for the plants and run them, and sell the water to government at a predetermined price, but De Lille doesn't want to have anything to do with Israeli companies.
Sacramento News & Review
January 18, 2018
In places such as Israel, Dubai and Singapore, desalination projects have proven very cost effective, mainly because so little other water is available. ... Fiske believes every coastal community in California without a highly reliable water supply should aim to use seawater desalination to produce between 7ÃÂ ...
ANI News
January 16, 2018
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Israel's visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night stressed the need to strengthen the political alliances to take on "Islamic ... From technological innovations that have ensured food and water security in a parched environment, to creating one of the most vibrant start-upÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
January 16, 2018
In response to the dwindling water supplies, city officials are pursuing a number of solutions in a bid to avert "Day Zero", and add to the levels of water in the dams that store Cape Town's water supply. Winter said the environmental conditions had forced "new decision-making to occur", arguing, however,ÃÂ ...
Mongabay.com
December 26, 2017
Nauert said at a news briefing, making clear that “with this anti-Israel bias that's long documented on the part of UNESCO, that [U.S. relationship] needs to come to ... Its activities deal with the ecological sciences (Man and the Biosphere Programme and World Network of Biosphere Reserves), water securityÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
December 18, 2017
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announced on Sunday that bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces would not be returned to their families for burial, Quds Press reported. “It must be clear that the bodies of terrorists will not be returned,” Shaked told journalists yesterday, in reference toÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 14, 2017
Walter, a Lowndes County resident who asked not to give his last name for fear that his water supply would be cut off as a reprisal for speaking out, lives with the daily consequences of such public neglect. “You get a good hard rain and it backs up into the house.” That's a polite way of saying that sewageÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
December 14, 2017
South Africa's Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has officially endorsed the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israel, and imposed a ban on ties with Israel and Israeli institutions. With a 60,000-strong student body, Tshwane is the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa.
Middle East Monitor
September 6, 2017
Israeli occupation authorities are reducing the quantities of water provided to Palestinian areas in the northern Jordan Valley mostly under the pretext of “water scarcity”. Moataz Bisharat, in charge of the Jordan Valley settlements' file in the Palestinian Authority, said that during the past few months, theÃÂ ...
Northwestern University NewsCenter
December 31, 1999
PH-S-BiH.jpg Global health faculty Peter Locke and Northwestern students on the Comparative Public Health: Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina program ... to fulfill this requirement through Northwestern-administered public health programs at partner institutions in Chile, China, Cuba, Mexico, Israel, France,ÃÂ ...
Red Herring
December 31, 1999
It will provide a focal point for a scene that is already well underway, and which hopes, one day, to rival its “Startup Nation” neighbor Israel. ... Palestinians have also complained that by collaborating with Israeli companies, Rawabi flouts the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movementÃÂ ...
Іnsіdеr Cаr Nеws
December 7, 2017
In particular, we identified two areas of focus regarding drinking water, including the security of drinking water supply sources. Parker said the .... Psagot House, Israel-based fund reported 61,094 shares. Barclays ... $89.23's average target is -15.60% below currents $105.72 stock price. Since June 14Â ...
Center for Research on Globalization
December 1, 2017
In Gaza, with almost no electricity or clean water supply, many families whose homes were never rebuilt following Israel's 2014 offensive will take shelter from ... The second line of argument is that BDS targets the Israeli state and that the problem is not the state itself, but Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
Realscreen
November 30, 2017
Alexandra Shiva's This is Home, meanwhile, is among the 10 world premieres docs set to bow in Sundance's World Documentary Competition. ..... Diaries / Israel, Canada (Directors and screenwriters: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan, Producers: Hilla Medalia, Ina Fichman) — In 1992, Israeli-Palestinian relations ...
New York Times
November 26, 2017
They are now leaking into the ground water supply, turning entire streams ... up arid tracts after studying desert hydroponic techniques in Israel.
Youngstown Vindicator
November 18, 2017
1985: President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev ... could solve its water-supply problems by tapping Berlin Reservoir.
DEALSTREETASIA
November 14, 2017
The competition shortlisted 15 startups from Asia, Europe and Israel before ... and up to S$3 million series A investment from the TNB Aura Fund, as well as ... traffic, waste management, environmental planning, water supply, ...
The American Interest
November 8, 2017
As of July 2017, Ethiopia commenced filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir on the Nile River. The GERD is the ...
CBC.ca
November 3, 2017
The Powell River Regional District on B.C.'s West Coast could soon ... B.C. has 27 regional districts, which are responsible for water supply, waste and ... Powell River is named for Israel Powell, who was superintendent of ...
gulfnews.com
November 2, 2017
This year, sadly, also marks 50 years since the start of Israel's Phase ... I often wonder, 'What do the Israeli soldiers, operating the ... Gaza's water supply is so contaminated that 95 per cent of it is unfit for human consumption.
The Jewish Star
October 26, 2017
Almost immediately upon his arrival in the land of Israel, there is a ... peace agreement with Israel, to upgrade Syria's irrigation and water supply ...
The Jewish Star
October 25, 2017
Almost immediately upon his arrival in the land of Israel, there is a ... peace agreement with Israel, to upgrade Syria's irrigation and water supply ...
Eyewitness News
October 24, 2017
CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town says water users must expect water rationing, which could lead to water supply disruptions. The city's ...
InsideSources
October 23, 2017
Countries like Mexico, Venezuela, Syria, and Israel all had fewer people ... “depleted and contaminated the scarce water supply and produced ...
http://hamodia.com (blog)
October 16, 2017
... million project to upgrade the water supply for Palestinian farmers in the ... Israel has been severely critical of it for its failure to disarm Hamas ...
Markets Insider
October 9, 2017
Dubbed as Myanmar's Leading International Water Supply, Sanitation, ... China, Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. ... energy industry of Myanmar and also the nearby ASEAN countries", as ...
The News Minute
October 9, 2017
“Almost 600 million people are at higher risk of surface water supply disruptions,” the ... Israel now gets 55 percent of its domestic water from desalination and that has ... Israeli households pay $30 a month for their water similar to ... The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author/s.)
Markets Insider
October 9, 2017
Dubbed as Myanmar's Leading International Water Supply, Sanitation, ... Germany, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
Los Angeles Times
September 29, 2017
... affects everything from water supply pumps to hospital life support systems. ... For L.A.'s Homeless, It's Hard to Take Shelter ... David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, appeared to break with almost 25 years of American policy advocating a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but a ...
Ecofin Agency: Economic information from Africa
September 26, 2017
“Israel is one of the first countries in the world in the matter of water ... gap in water supply thanks to the new technologies implemented by some ...
The Hans India
September 21, 2017
India`s Sectoral reforms including Agriculture, Industrial, Corporate, services ... 'mining and quarrying', 'electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services', ... including France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Israel and Italy.
Morocco World News
September 20, 2017
Rabat – Accused of serving Israeli propaganda and seeking to promote the country's culture at the cost of the integrity of the Palestinian cause, ...
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