However, this year the Namibian department of water affairs announced the discovery of a significant body of underground water - an aquifer dubbed Ohangwena II - that scientists say could supply the north of the country with enough water for centuries.
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Rejoice Mabudafhasi of the Ministry of Water and Environmental Affairs, South Africa, and Biliana Cicin-Sain, President of the Global Ocean Forum.
According to the South African minister for water and environmental affairs, Edna Molewa, if something is not done by 2016 the number of rhinos being born will be outnumbered by those being killed.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (at 2.30pm) gets the views of water companies on the water white paper and the Scottish Affairs Committee (at 2.30pm) hears from leading political academics including Vernon Bogdanor and John Curtice, plus pollster Peter Kellner, the Scotland referendum.
South East Water has applied to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to increase the amount of water it abstracts from the River Ouse.
Opened by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, the Chairperson of UN Water Michel Jarraud, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Tajikistan Hamrokhon Zartifi and the French Minister Delegate for Development Pascal Canfin, the event will gather representatives from Inter-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, scientists and political decision makers from around the world.
Cooperating institutions: Environmental Management Authority, Meteorological Office, Institute of Marine Affairs, Forestry Department, Water and Sewerage Authority.
Cooperating institutions: Environmental Management Authority, Meteorological Office, Institute of Marine Affairs, Forestry Department, Water and Sewerage Authority, Ministry of Works, Town and Country Planning Department, various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public communities.
"Initial reports indicate 95 people have been recovered from the water including two deceased persons and two critically injured persons, " Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said.
Northampton MPs Sally Keeble and Brian Binley have called for a full investigation by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) into the pollution of the town's water supply.
It is led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and brings together 10 government departments, 34 local resilience forums, emergency responders, water companies, hospitals and schools to test responses to a range of mock flood situations over four days from Monday.
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