The News Review:

- Water Supplies to 20,000 Chinese Suspended
- Water issues flow at Lunch-and-Learn
- Water Board gets ‘fab’ulous gift from govt

Water Supplies to 20,000 Chinese Suspended
CBS News – Feb 20, 2006
20, 2006(AP) A chemical spill on a river in southern China river has cut water supplies to 20,000 people for at least four days, an official Chinese newspaper reported Monday. China Daily reported that a power plant on the upper reaches of the Yuexi River in Sichuan province was to blame for the pollution, which prompted environmental officials to suspend water supplies to Guanyin Town since last Wednesday. Water was being trucked in to residents, it said. An employee with a local water supply company noticed the river water had turned yellow last Tuesday, the paper said. Tests showed it was polluted with fluoride, nitrogen and phenol.

Water issues flow at Lunch-and-Learn
Watauga Democrat – Feb 20, 2006
However, a flood of questions concerning water came from the audience instead. The chamber and town found it only fitting to hold a Lunch and Learn on that topic. Rick Miller, director of Boone Public Utilities, explained to the audience about the past, present and future of Boone’s water supply. “The town of Boone originally supplied water to the citizens utilizing a small reservoir on Winkler’s Creek and wells scattered throughout the town,” Miller said, also explaining that as the town grew, the reservoir was expanded in 1968, meaning less wells were needed. The town treated the water with chlorine from a small building below the dam, then piped it across Snaggy Mountain to the distribution system, Miller said. When the federal government mandated the Safe Water Drinking Act in 1974, the town had to adhere to the new regulations. “One of the requirements of this new law was that the water purveyors… now had to ensure the water they were providing was safe,” Miller said. Such a large task, though, could not be accomplished with the reservoir and treatment building at the time, and plans for the construction of a town water treatment plant were drafted, he explained. The Boone Water Treatment Facility went on-line in September 1982, drawing raw water from two intakes — Winkler’s Creek and the South Fork of the New River. The Winkler’s Creek intake, Miller explained, was designed as the main water source for Boone, but over time, its role reversed with the South Fork intake. Miller said this was partially due to sedimentation build-up at the Winkler’s Creek intake, where sedimentation filled in behind the dam, limiting the amount of water that could be drawn. With the facility in place, Miller told how Boone continued growing through the 1980s, ’90s and into the 21st century. “We thought life was good, but we found out differently,” he said.
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Water Board gets ‘fab’ulous gift from govt
Times of India – Feb 20, 2006
Now, it also wants the
government to reimburse the cost of concessions in tariff for water to be
supplied to SemIndia. The
capital expenditure for water supply like laying separate pipeline to the Fab
City, construction of reservoirs and setting up of pumping equipment are
estimated to cost Rs 40 crore. As it is facing a fund crunch, the Water Board
did not want to bear the cost of supplying
water. The government, however,
stepped in to allay its fears by agreeing to bear the capital costs. Fab City
requires huge volume of water for cooling the electronic chips that are
manufactured under high level of temperature. The HMWS&SB is to supply
20 MGD of water by 2011 to the Fab City… The government, however,
stepped in to allay its fears by agreeing to bear the capital costs. Fab City
requires huge volume of water for cooling the electronic chips that are
manufactured under high level of temperature. The HMWS&SB is to supply
20 MGD of water by 2011 to the Fab City. For the first six months, 5 MGD will be
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