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Fish—including finfish and shellfish—are an important item in the human food basket, contributing 17 per cent of the global animal-based protein supply in 2010. They are an especially valuable food ...

Preserving fish habitat is often just a matter of proper planning and following a few simple rules as you carry out projects along your shoreline ...

Sewage sludge is a product of municipal waste water treatment; however, sludge treatment issues are often neglected in comparison with water-related parameters such as the outgoing load and the degree ...

Today, the importance of groundwater is undiminished, yet around the world the gravity of threats to groundwater continue to mount. Ensuring that water resources are sustainable is a vast challenge ...

According to a recent study by the Legislatvie Analyst’s Office, during years where surface water is not available and rainfall is scarce, groundwater may provide up to 100 percent of irrigation water ...

This evidence brief provides an overview of WASH interventions in disease outbreak response – an evidence synthesis published in February 2017 by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by ...

Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity: mapping, examining and anticipating future risks of water-related vector-borne diseases in eastern Africa. ...

Mosquito Control With Entomopathogenic Bacteria has been assessed in Europe. The application of microbial control agents can effectively reduce the population densities of the target species such as ...

Best industry practices for water efficiency, such as System-wide water loss accounting, Leak detection and repair, and Pricing that encourages consumer water conservation. ...

On 12 October 2015, a cholera outbreak involving 65 cases and two deaths was reported in a fishing village in Hoima District, Western Uganda. Despite initial response by the local health department ...

Emerging biosensor platforms for the assessment of water-borne pathogens. Pathogens are key contaminants in water that are responsible for the generation of various water-borne diseases, and include ...

Waterborne pathogens are a major health threat and must be eliminated to guarantee safe usage of water for potable purposes. For this purpose, a new carbon-based nanomaterial composed of single-walled ...

Symptoms and risk factors of parasites infection in children by unsafe water. Significant risk factors for infection, besides living within the distribution area of contaminated water plants, included ...

Bacterial Inactivation Potential of Purified Okra Seed Proteins in Water Purification. Waterborne pathogens are a major health threat and must be eliminated to guarantee safe usage of water for ...

With the right information, young people can become brilliant campaigners. So how do you get them involved? ...

Improving Households Knowledge and Attitude on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Practices through School Health Programme in Nyakach, Kisumu County in Western Kenya ...

Efforts are needed to strengthen public participation and embed a sense of responsibility within the society concerning water management and adaptation towards these threats. The combination of ...

FIGARO (Flexible and Precise Irrigation Platform to Improve Farm Scale Water Productivity) is an EU-funded project, focused on significantly reducing the use of fresh water on farm level through ...