Lead found in rural drinking water supplies in West Africa

They included handpumps connected to boreholes and public taps. The researchers analysed scrapings from 61 community water-supply systems in Ghana, Mali, and Niger. Eighty percent of the tested systems had at least one fitting that contained lead in...

EIB to improve drinking water supply in Senegal

Amadou Hott, Senegalese Minister of the Economy, Planning and Cooperation, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Werner Hoyer and EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle today formally agreed new financial support...