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Tracing Emerging Contaminants in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

Emerging Organic Contaminants are a growing concern worldwide due to their potential impact on the environment and human health. New research in Ethiopia’s Awash Basin used environmental isotopes to show how pollution from industry and agriculture travels between surface and groundwater systems. The presence of EOCs in tap water also suggests that pollution is affecting groundwater sources used for piped water supplies.

Revitalizing Stakeholder Engagement Strategies to Redress Water Security Challenges in Ethiopia

In June 2024, the International Water Management Institute convened academic institutions, private companies, NGOs, ministries, basin offices, city authorities, and research organizations to review and improve stakeholder engagement strategies in Ethiopia. Effective stakeholder engagement can help in identifying and implementing sustainable solutions, enhancing communication among stakeholders, and ensuring accountability. Read more in this blog piece from the workshop organizers.

Potable water insecurity: Health concerns of the marginalised population in southwest coastal Bangladesh

Drinking water scarcity is a common experience for people living on Bangladesh’s southwest coast. The causes relate to the complex hydrological setting, with saline intrusion into both surface and groundwater. However, the severity of the water crisis varies from one community to another. The population here is diverse and includes socially disadvantaged people and ethnic minorities who deal with social inequity in every sphere of their lives – access to safe water is no exception.

Unravelling drought patterns using high-resolution drought datasets

Drought is a complex natural phenomenon with profound impacts on ecosystems, agriculture, water resources, and society as a whole. Understanding drought patterns and trends is crucial for effective water resource management, agricultural planning, and disaster preparedness. In this blog, Dr Solomon Gebrechorkos and Prof. Simon Dadson explore the journey of developing and utilizing high-resolution drought datasets to unlock insights into drought dynamics at local and regional scales.

Water scarcity forcing rural Kenyan women to devise coping mechanisms

In the past few years, most women and youths in Kilifi County have struggled with access to water for diverse activities due to climate change, limited networks, and income. Thus, access to and use of water is often negotiated and shaped by intrahousehold dynamics and government institutions. While women tasked to provide water for their families create networks to sustain access to water and diversify water sources. men move out for better jobs, and youths take up commercial water provision roles.

Invisibility of the most vulnerable people in water and WASH? – Advancing the Agenda to Leave No One Behind

Extremely vulnerable people are invisible to the broader community and policymakers. They rely on water care from a few, though their basic water needs are not met. This is a challenge that needs to be addressed for truly universal WASH policy design and implementation. Dr Marina Korsenevica shares reflections from the REACH conference panel session on care and dependencies…

The UN Water Conference is a rare window of opportunity

The UN will host the second global water conference in New York on 22-24 March, over forty years after the first gathering in Argentina in 1977. It begs the questions: why so long? And, what can this event hope to deliver? 

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