drinking water

Countries should ensure safe drinking water for all

Abu Dhabi - Musimchronicle

Safe water and proper sanitation facilities are basic human needs and it is appalling to note that billions of people around the world still do not have proper access to both, said an editorial comment in the English language daily, The Gulf Today. According to a joint report titled "Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: 2017 Update and SustainableRead more

Adele finally confirms marriage in Aussie concert

New York - Arab Today

Adele, who has become a global pop sensation with her songs of heartbreak, has confirmed years of speculation that she is married. The English singer has been in a long-term relationship with Simon Konecki, a former financier who founded drop4drop, a charity that presses for global access to clean drinking water. The couple have a four-year-old son, Angelo, but AdeleRead more

Remarkable progress made in social housing projects in Upper Egypt

Aswan - Arab Today

Egypt has implemented several projects over the past period in drinking water, sanitation and developing slum areas, said Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli. Speaking at the national youth conference in Aswan on Saturday, the minister said that the Housing Ministry launched a project for the social housing for youths and limited-income brackets. Efforts are underway to build more than half millionRead more

PM reviews implementation of development & services projects in Sharqiyah

Cairo - Arab Today

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail had a meeting Wednesday with Local Development Minister Zaki Badr and Sharqiyah Governor Khalid Saeed on the development and services projects carried out in Sharqiyah governorate. In statements, Cabinet Spokesman Ambassador Hossam el Qaweesh said that Ismail stressed the importance of continued cooperation between the state executive bodies and members of the parliament to follow upRead more

Massive sinkhole leaks Florida plant’s water into aquifer

Tampa , Florida - Arab Today

A phosphate company says more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water from a fertilizer plant in central Florida leaked into one of the state’s main underground sources of drinking water after a massive sinkhole opened up beneath a storage pond. Mosaic, the world’s largest supplier of phosphate, said the hole opened up beneath a pile of waste material calledRead more

EU commissioner pledges €10m for Gaza desalination plant

Ramallah - QNA

The European Union Commissioner Johannes Hahn, responsible for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, announced on Tuesday an additional funding of EUR 10 Million Euros for the second phase of the EU-funded seawater desalination plant in southern Gaza. The first phase of the desalination plant is in its final stage of construction, and is the largest being built soRead more

Prime Minister: Government has complete map of ongoing projects

Cairo - MENA

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said on Monday that the government has a complete map of the ongoing projects across Egypt. The projects will be operational soon, especially the drinking water, sanitation, education and road ones, the prime minister said during his meeting with a number of lawmakers in Menoufiya governorate. He asserted that the government continues its efforts to controlRead more