... the Netherlands received an award for his contribution towards water and sanitation issues in Africa. Willem-Alexander was given the AMCOW AfricaSan Award by the Council of African Ministers responsible for Water (AMCOW) for his work to improve water, ... the Chairman of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board for Water and Sanitation. The award was given out in Johannesburg, ...

... week (Oct. 30 and 31) to study water quality and quantity issues. Below is the agenda for Friday afternoon's ... Review Committee meeting. We hope you will come, and please inform others about this important issue of water quality and quantity. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, beginning ... Plan of Work for the Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal and Pollution Abatement Facilities General Obligation Bond Program. ...

... a question of if it's going to happen; it's when," says Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada ... 20 federal agencies have some hand in water issues, according to Mike Hightower, water expert, environmental engineer, ... problems, like in California, Congress is also trying to take its own steps as it discusses water law reforms. Many communities, organizations and individuals ...

... , Utah Association of Realtors, Utah Association of General Contractors, Daughters of the American Revolution, etc.) An entire forest ... on behalf of the Land Use Task Force. Water Issues: There are many water bills that will grace the legislature this year. ... that remove arcane requirements from the antiquated state water laws. The bill that we were most interested in last year: the domestic water ...

... Blue Ribbon Task Force in 2006 to address the statewide water issues. The task force’s recommendations formed the ... qualifications in experience, stakeholder or geographic representation, are going to affect water policy for the next six years,” says Metropulos. The governor is on ... additional $700 million drain on the state’s general fund each year,” notes Metropulos. “ ...

... . As we've reported before at Circle of Blue, the U.S. General Accounting Office predicts that at least 36 states will face water scarcity within the next five years. So when our colleague Peter Gleick crunched the numbers ... on the Public Dole." For more on U.S. water challenges, see "Water Issues Dividing and Challenging the U.S." ...