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Join the Australian Water Partnership team
The Australian Water Partnership (AWP) was established in 2015 to enhance the sustainable management of water resources in the Indo-Pacific region, in turn supporting inclusive economic development, improvements to water security for all and reductions in environmental and social impacts and regional tensions. The AWP brings together public and private partners from across the Australian […]
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Dr Len Drury launches ‘Hydrogeology of the Dry Zone — Central Myanmar’; the story behind his 30-year collaborative data gathering process
On October 16th, in Nay Pyi Taw, bordering Myanmar’s Dry Zone, Len Drury’s much-awaited book Hydrogeology of the Dry Zone – Central Myanmar was launched. As Len explains in his recent Kini Interview, the first draft of the book was completed 30 years ago but was never published because of political complications in 1988 and […]
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Kea Pheng Interview: WASH, CLTS, and sanitation marketing success in Cambodia
This interview and related content was originally part of the Kini Interview Series. Kini is a retired brand of the AWP and IWCAN.
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The underlying causes of non-revenue water losses and why it is important
By Simon Ross, IWCAN In an interview, Will Spitzenberg, the Chief Water Engineer of ASPA in American Samoa, discussed the problem of non-revenue water (NRW) losses of up to 60% in the small island nation. This article unpacks this problem, which is particularly troublesome in developing regions, where an estimated 45 million m3 of water […]
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The case for valuing water in the Philippines
In a Kini Interview from March this year, Karen Delfau and Huw Pohlner discussed the importance of valuing water, as well as the development of economic and policy frameworks developed by Aither for the Australian Water Partnership designed to improve resource governance.
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Designing on-site sewage treatment for people and not their products
By Simon Ross, IWCAN In an interview, Jason Jaskowiak, Wastewater Chief of Aqua Consulting in American Samoa described the importance of local people learning about on-site systems and how this can be used to improve groundwater quality and public health in the Pacific. He is candid about the need to consider the resources and cultural […]
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Dr Len Drury interview: mapping groundwater in Myanmar’s Dry Zone and publishing 35 years of findings
Interview quotes This interview and related content was originally part of the Kini Interview Series. Kini is a retired brand of the AWP and IWCAN.
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Addressing wastewater and non-revenue water challenges: insights from the American Samoa Power Authority
Interview quotes This interview and related content was originally part of the Kini Interview Series. Kini is a retired brand of the AWP and IWCAN.
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Lessons from urban water reform: the Australian story
‘Governance reform’ is a catch phrase that is often used by water leaders as a panacea to fix the many ills afflicting a water sector. From a management perspective, reforms can be difficult to pin down and even more difficult to know where to start. In some ways, there’s no single correct starting point. The OCED principles for good water governance, while offering sound guidance, don’t necessarily help you to know how to get there. Another good starting place is to look at what someone else has done and learn from their experience.
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Mekong Regional Forum on Gender Equality in Water Governance: Lao PDR
The Mekong Regional Forum on Gender Equality in Water Governance was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 13th – 15th September 2017. Oxfam and IUCN coordinated the Forum which was attended by government, private sector and NGO representatives from over five countries (Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and others). The Australian Water Partnership supported the event by sending Melita Grant to present the recently published AWP report: Gender Equality and Goal 6: The Critical Connection. Here’s a summary of the important and inspiring Forum.
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