{"id":2103,"date":"2011-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/south-asia\/news\/urban-water-partnership-solves-local-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:49:03","slug":"urban-water-partnership-solves-local-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/south-asia\/news\/urban-water-partnership-solves-local-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Water Partnership Solves Local Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KWP is an example of an effective public-private multistakeholder Urban Water Partnership where government, the private sector, civic organisations, and individuals work together in the areas where they add most value.<br><br>The theme of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwater.org\/worldwaterday\/\">World Water Day 22 March 2011<\/a> is \u201cWater for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge.\u201d The world\u2019s urban population is expected to increase from around 3.3 billion today to over 6 billion by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>See an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwmi.cgiar.org\/News_Room\/ThinkBeyondTheTap\/\">interview with Simi Kamal<\/a>, Director of KWP.<br><br>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/assets\/legacy\/globalassets\/global\/the-challenge\/resource-material\/briefing_note_changing-lives.pdf\">Karachi Water Partnership<\/a>.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi, one of the world&#8217;s largest cities with a population of more  than 14 million, as with the rest of Pakistan, was severely hit by the  floods last summer. 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