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Sydney water utility wins international prize
Stockholm (AFP) May 24, 2006 The largest water utility in Australia, the driest continent in the world, received an international prize Wednesday for an innovative conservation scheme that has saved 20 million liters of water per day. The Sydney Water Corporation was awarded the 2006 Stockholm Industry Water Prize for its "Every Drop Counts (EDC) Business Program," which tackles the problem of water management "as a business issue rather than a technical issue," the International Water Institute said in announcing the prize. Since 2001 more than 310 organizations have joined the Sydney program, achieving daily water savings equivalent to 20 Olympic pools. Founded in 2000 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, the prize is jointly awarded by the Academy and the Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, Stockholm Water Foundation, World Business Council for Sustainable Development as well as leading academics of water sciences. It will be presented in Stockholm during the 2006 World Water Week in August. Related Links
Zanzibar passes law to punish misuse of water amid drought
Zanzibar, Tanzania (AFP) May 21, 2006 The president of Zanzibar passed a law to punish people convicted of misusing or polluting water, in a bid to save water in the parched Tanzanian island, officials said on Sunday. |
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