Water in Western Europe

  • The loan for the water projects will be repaid within fifteen years.

    JORDAN, 2015/09/20 The government and the German Development Bank (KfW) on Saturday signed a soft loan agreement worth 30 million euros to finance the second segment of the Water Resources Management Programme in its third phase. The agreement was signed by Planning and International Cooperation Minister Imad Fakhoury and KfW Director in Amman Florian Rabe in the presence of German Ambassador to Jordan Birgitta Siefker-Eberle, according to a ministry statement. The loan will be allocated to finance several projects aimed at improving water carriers, sewage networks and the reuse of the water provision system in the Kingdom, Fakhoury said.

  • Harvesting water from the air

    FRANCE, 2015/02/19 Inspired by Nature and a “leaking” air conditioner, Eole Water’s wind turbine is able to harvest water from the air While it may sound impossible, solutions actually by presently exist. Despite it not being noticeable to the naked eye, our planet’s atmosphere is packed with moisture. Even the Sahara desert boasts a relative humidity of 25% on average. Since this represents such a huge pool of resources, all it takes is the right technique to draw from it. Next all, nature itself does it on a daily basis – just look at a grassy field or a spider web on a cold morning. These droplets, called dew, form at the same time as water vapour condenses into droplets upon contact with cold surfaces.

  • Golf goes green

    FRANCE, 2015/02/19 Recycling rainwater or leaving unplayed areas untouched are examples of ways to save water and reduce golfs’ water footprint While not the greenest sport on the planet, golf’s ecological footprint has for a few years been steadily declining, with some courses even going as far as adopting an all-out green approach. A prime example of just how eco-friendly this sport can be is the Vittel Ermitage golf course, in the Western Vosges region of France. Thanks to Nestlé Waters’ French branch, Agrivair, ecosystem protection and enhancement were taken, inclunding zero-pesticide measures. The result? It is presently not rare to spot deer in the woody parts of the course, or for low-lying areas to be flooded during winter.

  • EBRD, SECO modernize wastewater treatment plant in Tajikistan

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/10/17 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Improvment(EBRD) and the Swiss National Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) have joined forces to enable Tajikistan's Khujand city to modernize its sewerage network and to reconstruct an old wastewater treatment plant that had fallen into disuse next the collapse of the Soviet Union. This cooperation follows two previous successful projects by the EBRD and SECO to improve the city's water supply, the bank said on October 16. The EBRD is providing a $3.5 million loan, and SECO is providing a capital grant of $5.35 million, for Khujand Water Company, the water and wastewater utility.

  • The European Union releases 1.24 billion CFAF for potable water project in Togo town

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/03/25 The European Union releases 1.24 billion CFAF for potable water project in Togo town - The inhabitants of Anié, about 200 km north of the Togolese capital, Lomé, on Friday inaugurated work on a 1.24 billion CFAF project financed by the European Union (EU) to supply the town with potable water. The project includes a 600 cubic-metre tank, a water tower, a treatment station and a distribution network of 18.75 km. A sanitation component includes toilets for the public and schools.

  • EU grants Togo 16.7 million euros for Water, Sanitation

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2013/05/11  The European Union (EU) has granted Togo 16.7 million euros (CFAF 11 billion) to support efforts by the West African country to provide its people good drinking water and clean environment in semi-urban areas, PANA reported here Friday;

  • Jordan & EU conference on water resources

    JORDAN, 2013/04/28 Jordanian and EU financial experts have gathered in Amman for a conference on private sector investment into water resources, sponsored by the investment wing of the European Bank. Jordan is one of the majority water-poor nations of the world - a situation which has been exasperated in the last two years as hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees flock to the country. The private sector has by presently played a key role in enhancing infrastructure projects in the water sector, with local and international companies handling most of the projects related to distribution and water conservation.

  • France to fund dam construction in Mauritius 2012-10-05

    FRANCE, 2012/10/05 更多     France to fund dam construction in Mauritius Port Louis, Mauritius - France has offered, through its development agency AFD, a loan of 62.5 million euro for the funding of the construction of a dam over the Rivière des Anguilles in the south of Mauritius. The dam, with a storage capacity of 14 million cubic metres, is aimed at solving water supply problems in the southern among of the island.
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