Rural migration in developing countries, in addition to the natural expansion of the population, is an additional challenge in the management of drinking water. An eloquent example is that of the population of Bamako (Mali), which has nearly doubled in ten years, representing an annual increase of some 90,000 new inhabitants.
Read moreAs part of its cooperation with Morocco, the World Bank has published a results profile on the country’s management of water and sanitation. In 2007, through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the World Bank granted the country an 18-year development policy loan of $ 100 million. The loan was principally intended to finance a national programme of comprehensive water sector reform, aiming for more efficient and sustainable management of the resource and its related services. Beyond this immediate goal, the seventh Millennium Development Goal, which aims to “halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water”, is therefore also directly at stake.
Read moreAn Internet user has drawn our attention to the relationship between water and energy. He highlights the need to explore alternative ways of producing energy in order to power drinking water production and treatment facilities.
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