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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
Owner: UNEP
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Description: Water scarcity is a major problem in Darfur. IDPs have to lineup and wait for upto six hours to fill a 4 litter jerry can with water.

Keywords: civil war, desertification, nature conservation, drinking water, rural water supply, general water issues, water resources, water supply, general health issues

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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
Owner: UNEP
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Description: Water pumps are the only source for clean drinking water in the camps. With the large number of IDPs and a few number of pumps that are operational the IDPs have to line for hours to get water. This high demand of water has resulted in the drying of water pump in the camp.

Keywords: internally displaced people, refugees, nature conservation, drinking water, rural water supply, general water issues, water resources, water supply

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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
Owner: UNEP
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Description: Water scarcity is a major issue in the IDPs camps in Darfur.

Keywords: internally displaced people, refugees, desertification, drinking water, rural water supply, shared water resources, general water issues, water conservation, water resources, water supply

Title: The Assistant Director of the Roseires dam explains the challenges of operating a nationally important facility
Date created: 02 Jul 2007
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Keywords: irrigation, energy supply, general energy issues, general water issues, water resources, water storage, water supply, dams

Title: Poor management of an experimental well drawing on fossil water from the NSAS has led to the creation of a wetland in the desert
Date created: 02 Jul 2007
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Keywords: wetlands, environmental management, groundwater, general water issues, water management, water resources, water storage, water supply

Title: Even though 2006 was a relatively good year, this small dam in Western Darfur dried up completely
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Rain only falls during four months of the year, so surface reserves do not last through the dry season

Keywords: desertification, deserts, precipitation, water resources, water storage, water supply, Western Darfur state

Title: Goats, camels and cattle all use this crowded water point in Southern Kordofan
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Water is the most precious resource in the drier regions

Keywords: livestock, pasture, drinking water, rural water supply, water resources, water supply, Southern Kordofan state

Title: Low quality degraded rangeland in Northern Darfur
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: To survive in these regions, pastoralists must travel widely across agricultural areas to find water and fodder for their herds, which commonly leads to conflict

Keywords: land use, livestock, pasture, agriculture, environmental risks, land degradation, rangeland management, soil degradation, rural water supply, water supply, Northern Darfur state

Title: The water container queue at a wellpoint in Abu Shouk camp
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Each water point services over a thousand people

Keywords: internally displaced people, refugees, war, drinking water, water supply, Abu Shouk, El Fasher, Northern Darfur state, human settlements

Title: Water carts in Kassala state
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: Reliable water points are few and far between in the drier parts of Sudan. Many people rely on water purchased from vendors

Keywords: drinking water, rural water supply, water supply, Kassala, Kassala state

Title: A major aid-funded water drilling programme in Darfur has provided over a million people with access to clean water since 2003
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
Owner: CARE International
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Keywords: humanitarian assistance, internally displaced people, refugees, drinking water, water supply, Darfur

Title: Hand-operated well pumps provide a reliable water supplyt to millions of Sudanese people
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: drinking water, rural water supply, water supply

Title: Carefully designed water points can help control the spread of waterborne diseases
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: drinking water, rural water supply, water supply, water-related diseases, diseases, malaria and other diseases

Title: Waterborne diseases are a particularly severe problem in Southern Sudan, due to lack of water supply and sewage infrastructure
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: drinking water, water pollution, water supply, water treatment, water-related diseases, malaria and other diseases, environmental health, Juba, Bahr el Jabal, Bahr el Jabal (Central Equatoria) state, urbanisation, environmental sanitation, sewage disposal, sanitation, sewerage

Title: UNEP found that this hand-pump supplied both the slaughter yard and the nearby local settlement
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: Waterborne diseases such as cholera occurred in this area in 2006

Keywords: drinking water, water pollution, water supply, water-related diseases, diseases, malaria and other diseases, environmental health, Juba, Bahr el Jabal, Bahr el Jabal (Central Equatoria) state

Title: The Gezira scheme main canal and the Managil extension are used by farmers for drinking water and fishing
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Keywords: drinking water, water pollution, water supply, public health, Gezira agricultural scheme, Managil, pesticides