#drinking water

Collection of drinking water news, found 73 news.

Tens of houses in Bukittinggi catch fire

Some 20 semi permanent houses in Mandiangin, Koto Selayan, here, caught fire on Monday at 5:30 p.m. local time. ...

Jakarta facing water crisis

Jakarta is facing a clean water crisis as the nation`s demand for drinking water continues to surpass its supply, ...

Over 21 pct of RI`s population still without clean water - (d)

Some 60 million people or 21.16 percent of Indonesia`s 230 million population still have no access to clean water, ...

RI-US activities in water supply, sanitation fields

The US Embassy and Indonesian government counterparts held a round table discussion on Wednesday about holding a ...

Clean water crisis affects 15 sub-districts in Sukabumi

Fifteen sub-districts in Sukabumi district, West Java, are running short of clean water during the dry season, a ...

Japan detects radioactivity 30 km off coast

Japanese scientists have found measurable concentrations of radioactive iodine-131 and caesium-137 in seawater samples ...

Govt needs Rp 10 trillion investment in drinking water

The government is preparing two million house connections of drinking water with an investment of Rp10 trillion in ...

Save water sources for next generations

Ever heard the punchline "Save the Water, Drink Beer"?. Although the saying might originally have been intended to ...

Almost 600,000 evacuated in Japan after quake: UN

About 590,000 people have been evacuated in Japan over the last three days following the devastating earthquake and ...

News Focus: Indonesians Struggle To Get Out Of Strife-torn Libya

Amid chaotic conditions and violence in Libya, a number of Indonesian nationals, like other foreigners of various ...

Indonesians struggle to get out of Strife-torn Libya

Amid chaotic conditions and violence in Libya, a number of Indonesian nationals, like other foreigners of various ...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to

- Together pledge $100 million to fight preventable diseases in Afghanistan and Pakistan     His ...

Drinking water in Vietnam has excessive arsenic

More than a quarter of drinking wells in Vietnam`s densely-populated Red River delta contain unsafe levels of arsenic ...