While Kenya has been facing water supply challenges, especially in Nairobi, where residents for years have had water rationed, the dry spell has worsened the situation as the crisis spread to towns that never had the problem. Affected towns include Nairobi, Nakuru, Kakamega, Mombasa, Kericho, ...
The report, jointly released by UN-Habitat and China's Tongji University, notes that many developing countries, especially those in Africa, are increasingly becoming water scarce due to the crisis of climate change and poor waste management. Titled "Sustaining urban water supply under climate change...
At his office in downtown Nairobi, Zhong says that his six-year journey through Africa as an employee of Transsion, the parent company of Tecno smartphone, opened his eyes to the drinking water crisis in the continent and motivated him to be part of the solution. "I have been to a lot ...
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya Gershim Asiki American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Hala Ghattas Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hassan Eini-Zinab, Mahdieh Sheikhi & Nasrin Omidvar ...
Paris/Nairobi, 21 March 2016 - Without altering current levels of water consumption and pollution, almost half of the world's population will suffer severe water stress by 2030, damaging the well-being of millions of people, according to a new report from the International Resource Panel (IRP)...
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Up to 50% of water is lost through leaks in cities in the developing world.6 In Nairobi urban poor pay 10 times more for water than in New York.6 In some countries, less than half the population has access to clean water.7 $260 billion is the estimated annual economic loss from poor...
Inadequate water quality can mean that water is unsuitable for a variety of human uses, thus exacerbating freshwater scarcity. Previous large-scale water scarcity assessments mostly focused on the availability of sufficient freshwater quantity for provid
"It's raining heavily but people are not harvesting water. The whole of it is going to waste yet if tapped the water would lessen the crisis. This is a culture we must change," said Ernest Manuyo, a lecturer in Nairobi. He added that the city's population has risen to 4 million bu...
"Governments must take urgent actions to help tackle water pollution so that countries can grow faster in equitable and environmentally sustainable ways," said Malpass in a statement released in Nairobi. He said the world faces an invisible crisis of water quality that is eliminating one-third of...