Water Awareness

| Waves: ADB, stakeholders to plan Asia's irrigation future (Issue 6, January 2012) ADB is organizing the Asian Irrigation Forum on 11-13 April 2012 in Manila, Philippines. Farmers, water resources experts, donors, and other stakeholders will identify needs and opportunities for strengthened partnerships to deliver more productive irrigation services in Asia. Register online |
ADB’s Water Awareness Program (WAP), implemented from 2002 to 2005, created an environment supportive of effective water policies in the Asia-Pacific region. It was one of the six program categories under the Cooperation Fund for the Water Sector (CFWS).
For four years, the WAP program expanded water sector knowledge within and outside ADB through various awareness tools. Critical water issues across Asia and the Pacific received media mileage through WAP knowledge products and other activities organized or supported by WAP.
Today, ADB continues to promote public awareness on water issues through new and evolving awareness tools and media activities.
Read more about ADB's Water Awareness Program.
These awareness tools were initially designed and disseminated under the Water Awareness Program and are being expanded as part of ADB's continuing efforts to promote public awareness on water issues.
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Briefs Skim through substantive one-page fact sheets on specific water issues. |
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Graphics View images depicting specific water and poverty issues in the Asia-Pacific. |
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Media Activities Find out how journalists contribute to the expanding online resource of water stories. |
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Public Service Announcements Watch 15-second video clips that present critical water issues and encourage viewers to take specific water actions. |
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Publications Order or download ADB books and other publications on water. |
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Video Documentaries Watch short video documentaries that feature compelling stories on water issues in Asia. |
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Website and E-newsletter Update knowledge on critical water issues online by browsing the website and reading recent issues of the e-newsletter. |
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This issue of Water for All news takes stock of the PDA Facility's achievements in the past decade and its small but significant role in the design and implementation of water projects throughout the Asia and Pacific region in the coming years.
Waves: ADB Water Learning Week (Issue 5, October 2011)
Water practitioners, researchers, and knowledge and funding partners are invited to the ADB Water Learning Week on 7-11 November in Manila, Philippines. See Program | Register online
Water for All News: Making a Wastewater Management Revolution
This issue of Water for All news features an outline of ADB’s proposed Asia-Pacific Wastewater Management Revolution and provides a survey of Asia’s wastewater business, including some of the good practices, the latest technologies, and effective partnerships.
Waves: ADB at Singapore International Water Week
ADB and partner organizations are convening a session on Governance and Finance at this year’s Singapore International Water Week.
Water for All News: Exploring Asia’s Sanitation Market
Asia is home to about 72% of the 2.6 billion people globally who do not use improved sanitation facilities and 73% of the 1.1 billion people still practicing open defecation. About 85% of Asia’s wastewater is discharged untreated. This issue focuses on Asia’s sanitation and wastewater management market and the investments and partnerships opportunities it offers to achieve sanitation for all.
Conference Report: 2nd ADB and Partners Sanitation Dialogue (23-25 May; Manila, Philippines)
Nearly 300 participants from 45 countries explored actions needed to make sanitation and wastewater management a sustainable business.
Water for All: 2001-2010 (September 2010) Read about ADB's decade long water work and preparations for future water developments.
Asia Water Wire
Discover an online news resource of water news and features from ADB’s media network that help fill the water information gap in the region.
Delivering Piped Water on a Small Scale
Read about the results of ADB’s Survey on Manila’s water market and small piped water networks.



