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The National Water Supply and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) has suspended the operating licence for Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company, the provider of water supply and sanitation services to Northern and Muchinga provinces.

Stakeholders in the water sector in Zambia converged in Lusaka on the 13th of December 2012 to deliberate on ‘benchmarking’ as a tool for performance improvement in the provision of water supply and sanitation services.

Four, out of the Eleven Water Utilities have demanded for an economic tariff if they are to improve and sustain water supply and sanitation service provision to acceptable levels.

The water utilities performance report has been launched and North-Western Water and Sewerage Company (NWWSC) awarded the best performing Commercial Utility .

THE ZAMBIA WATER FORUM AND EXHIBITION (ZAWAFE) Organising Committee now calls for papers to presented be at the forth coming forum slated for 5th to 7th November 2012 at the GOVERMENT COMPLEX ,LUSAKA, ZAMBIA.

ZAMBIA WATER FORUM AND EXHIBITION (ZAWAFE) 5th to 7th November 2012 GOVERMENT COMPLEX ,LUSAKA, ZAMBIA.

Residents of Solwezi have called for improved water supply and sanitation service delivery to meet the demand due to increased population.

A twenty-three member delegation from Bauchi State in Nigeria was in Zambia from 18th to 20th March 2012 for a learning visit on water and sanitation reforms.

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) says there is need for the water sector to promote ethical codes of conduct in all water utilities to counter corruption.

There are some years in history that change everything and 2012 will be one of those years. I say so in view of this year's World Water Day theme-Water and food security. The clarion call to duty of providing water supply and sanitation services does not end with the commemoration but at commitments and actions that we collectively take in interpreting the theme and delivering on the promises.

Zambia joined the rest of the world in commemorating world consumer rights day on 15th March 2012 under the theme “ our money our rights: campaigning for real choice in products and services”, perhaps the most befitting question to ask ourselves is whether there is really choice in matters of water supply and sanitation.

A Resource Centre for the Water Sector has been established and is earmarked to be a one-stop reference point for information and knowledge sharing.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Water forum focusing on; Harnessing Water for Social, Economic benefits Date 7-8 November; Venue: Golf view Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia

The 2010/2011 Urban and Peri-Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Report has been launched and government calling on the National Water Supply and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) and water utilities to put in place mechanisms that will improve sanitation coverage.

Two Zambian journalists, Gethsemane Mwizabi of the Times of Zambia and Bangwe Naviley of Muvi Television have been awarded for their journalistic efforts in consistently covering water and sanitation issues.