Here you will find breaking news, the latest industry news and developments brought to you daily by independent trade magazines. For the latest news of companies participating in this portal, go to press releases.   Breaking news archive   Search for   Search in All ------------------- Breaking news Press releases     Month All ---------------------------------- January February March April May June July August September October November December   Year All ---------------------------------- 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009     Showing 1 - 17 of 17 newsitems Date   Title   July 3, 2008   UK: Pitt report calls for widespread changes to flood-proof Britain Sir Michael Pitt's independent review into last summer's extensive flooding in the UK presents a ... July 3, 2008   GLOBAL: WHO report on water supply and sanitation-related death and disease The WHO has just released a new report giving details of diseases and deaths due to water, sanita... June 26, 2008   EPA picks estuaries to trial climate change remediation activities The US EPA has picked six estuaries to try out its proposed local climate change activities. June 17, 2008   Website aims to highlight water privatisation failures A new website aims to highlight failures of water privatisation and case studies of successful at... June 12, 2008   EPA brings out water transfer rule The US EPA has issued a new rule clarifying that a permit is not required for simple water transf... June 5, 2008   UNDP warns of need to collaborate on Aral recovery plan Water resource issues and international collaboration will prove key to rehabilitating the Aral S... May 29, 2008   EPA issues first environmental trends report The US EPA has issued its 2008 report on the environment, the first proper environmental trends r... May 29, 2008   Helm calls for new approach to economic regulation Dieter Helm has criticised the format of economic regulation in England and Wales, saying the cur... May 23, 2008   ISO publishes drinking water crisis management guidelines The ISO International Workshop Agreement IWA6 - Guidelines for the management of drinking water u... May 23, 2008   Water aid spearheads rescue moves after Chinese earthquake The major earthquake in China has once again highlighted the critical need for quick response wat... May 14, 2008   ADB invests in new PPP company for China market ADB has bought a large share in a new joint venture company that will promote PPPs in China to he... May 14, 2008   DVH wins Chinese model city contract DHV has won a contract that will involve it, alongside the Chinese Qinghua planning institute and... May 14, 2008   UK 2007 summer flooding report recommends greater use of SUDs The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee has released a report on last summer’s flooding... May 14, 2008   Aid agencies warn of water-related disaster as regime delays help The situation in Burma in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis is being exacerbated by the reluctance ... May 14, 2008   EC study pinpoints pollution clean-up projects in the Mediterranean area A new study from the EC has outlined a tranche of key clean-up projects to help alleviate the pol... March 26, 2008   World Water Day messages predict MDG problems for Africa UNICEF has used the platform of World Water Day to predict that sub-Saharan Africa will not meet ... March 15, 2008   Dutch State Secretary opens Aquatech China Tineke Huizinga, the Dutch State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water M...