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    Mar 22

    Congratulations to the winner of the Stockholm Water Prize 2022 - Professor Wilfried Brutsaert! His tireless work to understand key elements of the water cycle such as evaporation + groundwater storage will be crucial in navigating current and future water crises

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    12 hours ago

    We were delighted to see a clear acknowledgement of management in the Kumamoto Declaration, from the recent Asia-Pacific Water Summit! Yoshiro Mori, Chair of the Summit and the former Prime Minister of Japan, also included in the Chair's Summary.

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  3. Apr 26

    REPORT | Resilient, Inclusive and Green Growth through water security in Latin America ✍️ and SIWI The economic and social growth achieved in past decades in the Latin America and Caribbean Region is increasingly at risk Read the report ➡️

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    Apr 26

    Earlier this month, SEI scientists presented their work detailing and in-stream flows along the South Fork Eel River at the Water & Environment Modeling Forum. Learn more about how this work will inform : 📸:

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    Apr 26

    Después de que el Acuerdo de Escazú quedara archivado en la pasada legislatura y a pocos meses de que termine la actual, el Senado votará hoy el proyecto de ley que busca iniciar el trámite de ratificación.

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    Apr 25

    - Tomorrow, our civil society partner, is taking over our Twitter account to promote the link between water and sanitation and the triple crisis - climate, health, and economy, and the work they are doing ahead of the . Stay tuned!

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    Apr 22

    For we want to tell you the story of Lake Hawassa in Ethiopia. Around 400 000 people live in Hawassa, many rely on the lake for their survival and livelihood ⚠️But the lake is under threat from plastic waste, sediment build up and pollution

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  8. Apr 23

    Meet Theresa Wasike! A member of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network in the Nile Her dream? "That us women will meet at the negotiation table from different countries but with the same dream” We need gender equality today for a sustainable, peaceful tomorrow

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    Apr 22

    Where can take you? “Being an assistant at was a springboard to a career in & . It gave me an overview of interconnections and issues that I wasn't aware of.” , former SIWI Programme manager. Join us ➤

    Sarah Breslin, World Water Week assistant in 2019, and former Programme manager at SIWI is now Project manager at WWF. She says. "World Water Week allowed me to gain work experience while being introduced to so many new issues as well as innovative solutions. It kick-started my career in sustainability."
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  10. Apr 22

    ✅2.5 billion is correct! Those people rely on groundwater being accessible and safe. We must protect groundwater from pollution and over-extraction for the prosperity of people and planet.

    Are you a groundwater champion? Want to test your knowledge? Take our quiz!⤵️ How many people around the world depend solely on groundwater for their drinking and domestic needs?
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  11. Apr 22

    On and every day - we need to invest in our planet. Investing in water can: ✅ Improve health ✅ Increase equality ✅ Reduce poverty ✅ Build resilient cities ✅ Protect and restore ecosystems ✅ Improve food security ...and much more

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    Apr 22

    Listen in as calls for a approach to addressing and the in the Asia-Pacific.

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  13. Apr 22

    Want to learn more about the source to sea approach and Lake Hawassa? ⤵️

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  14. Apr 22

    🗣️To restore and protect Lake Hawassa a source to sea, or in this case land to lake approach is crucial. The problems may have been caused hundreds or thousands of miles away making an understanding of the upstream-downstream continuum crucial to a long-term solution

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  15. Apr 22

    📍Plastic Waste A potential source of microplastics in the area is plastic production plants upstream of the lake. Waste management plays a crucial role in ensuring that upstream waste doesn't end up in downstream bodies of water like a lake or the ocean

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  16. Apr 22

    📍Plastic Waste Another source of plastic waste is fishing nets disposed of in the lake creating waste + threatening the lake's wildlife We worked with consultants like Joyce Klu to better understand where plastic was coming from and how the waste could be tackled at its source

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  17. Apr 22

    📍Plastic Waste 🗑️An estimated 628 tonnes of plastic waste ends up in Hawassa every year We saw initiatives such as locally organised litter collections, and recycling of PET bottles at a landfill site all trying to stop plastic litter reaching the lake

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  18. Apr 22

    📍Sediment flow into Lake Hawassa Eroded soil becomes sediment which flows into the lake. The result? 🐟Impact on biotic environment, chemical changes ➡️reduced spawning ⚠️The lake bed is rising - the lake has lost 4% of its capacity in the past decade

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  19. Apr 22

    📍Soil Erosion 🌳One cause of erosion is deforestation, to make the land suitable for farming, which removes roots that hold soil together. Erosion makes the land very hard to farm on + unsafe for people We saw how wooden structures were used to try and reduce erosion in areas

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  20. Apr 22

    One of the workshop participants was Prof. Zinabu Gebremariam who has studied the lake for decades and told us, even without conducting a scientific study it is clear to see how much the lake has changed and become degraded over the years

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  21. Apr 22

    In Oct 2019 our team went to Hawassa to hold workshops with local and regional stakeholders to share and gain knowledge and to understand how a source to sea approach could help save the Lake

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