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Water treated at IPAL MBBR Setiabudi waste treatment facility is being discharged to Ciliwung River in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 8, 2020. It is normally sold to private companies for industrial and agricultural use. Due to COVID19 pandemic, most water treated are now discharged. Photo by Jiro Ose wastewater treatment plant (IPAL) fitted with the newest technology called Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) in Setiabudi, Indonesia. This photo is part of a series on the state of sanitation in 2020.
02 January 2023

Online conference: Emerging pollutants – protecting water quality for the health of people and the environment

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and the International Water Resources Association (IWRA)...
Mahi river is a source of water for many cities,villages. Location : Baswada, Rajasthan.
29 December 2022

A new Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition to foster peace and sustainable development

While water stress is on the rise, only 24 of 153 countries that share transboundary river, lake or aquifer...
Kargil District, Ladakh, India, a mountain view of the region
26 December 2022

Some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050

A new study by UNESCO, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), shows these glaciers...
Crop seen from below
22 December 2022

New data from FAO AQUASTAT

AQUASTAT contributes to the global monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 to ensure the availability and sustainable...
UN-Water 37th meeting, Paris
19 December 2022

37th UN-Water Meeting

The open session of the 37th UN-Water Meeting took place at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...
Water-point see from above with children fetching water.
14 December 2022

New GLAAS report launched

While 45 per cent of countries are on track to achieve their nationally-defined drinking-water coverage targets, only 25 per...
UN-Water Chair during UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022 opening
12 December 2022

Joint message from UN-Water Summit on Groundwater, 2022

The Summit was the culminating event of the 2022 campaign “Groundwater: making the invisible visible”, implemented by the dedicated...
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09 December 2022

UN 2023 Water Conference: Open call for side events

The Conference is formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN...
Solar powered water pump with men in front
05 December 2022

Seventh meeting of the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus

The seventh meeting of the Task Force on Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus will be organised in a hybrid format in the...
Women holding tree plant
01 December 2022

FAO e-learning: Forest and Water Nexus

This course is intended to provide on overview of forest and water relationships, and an understanding of the impacts...

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