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- First stage of $29m water irrigation plan for WA complete
- The woes of Kilimanjaro
- Experienced drinkers put bottled and tap waters to the taste test.
- Water technologies hailed a success at conference

First stage of $29m water irrigation plan for WA complete
WA Business News – WA Business News (subscription) – Apr 28, 2006
gr { font-weight: bold; color: #c41200; }. gy { font-weight: bold; color: #f3c518; }. gg { font-weight: bold; color: #30a72f; }–> First stage of $29m water irrigation plan for WA complete 28-April-06 Written by Edited announcement Stage one of a joint $29 million project to save irrigation water and boost the public water supply system in Western Australia was opened today. It forms the first part of a joint initiative between the state government and Harvey Water, to provide major water use efficiencies to Harvey’s 356 irrigation farmers, and also increase public water supply by 17 gigalitres a year. To date, work has been done on the project to replace open irrigation channels with a pipe network.

The woes of Kilimanjaro
salon.com – Apr 28, 2006
Now, Kifuru Juu and hundreds of other communities that blanket the mountainside are suffering from the changes to their environment. “When I was little, there was a lot of snow on the mountain,” Kiwali says. “Now there’s not much snow and the water has dried out. ” Within the next 15 years, the glaciers atop Kilimanjaro are expected to disappear completely, and with them, some climate experts and government officials fear, a crucial portion of the region’s water supply. Over 1 million people who inhabit the lower reaches of Kilimanjaro, including Kiwali and his neighbors, depend on this water for their crops, livestock and domestic purposes. Conflicts over water shortages have already broken out between water users on the mountain, and some villages have been nearly cut off by their upstream neighbors. With declining precipitation levels driving glaciers toward extinction and threatening the area’s forests, scientists, environmental organizations and even the Tanzanian government are turning their attention to a complex set of questions: How will water resources, and the humans who depend on them, respond if the ice and trees disappear? What will happen as the world’s carbon levels continue to rise? For researchers and policymakers, the answers to these questions may be of academic interest or political concern, but for people like William Kiwali they are a matter of survival…
Over 1 million people who inhabit the lower reaches of Kilimanjaro, including Kiwali and his neighbors, depend on this water for their crops, livestock and domestic purposes. Conflicts over water shortages have already broken out between water users on the mountain, and some villages have been nearly cut off by their upstream neighbors. With declining precipitation levels driving glaciers toward extinction and threatening the area’s forests, scientists, environmental organizations and even the Tanzanian government are turning their attention to a complex set of questions: How will water resources, and the humans who depend on them, respond if the ice and trees disappear? What will happen as the world’s carbon levels continue to rise? For researchers and policymakers, the answers to these questions may be of academic interest or political concern, but for people like William Kiwali they are a matter of survival.

Experienced drinkers put bottled and tap waters to the taste test.
Free with registration – Morning Call – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 28, 2006
(28-APR-06) Morning Call (Allentown, PA). 28–TYPES OF BOTTLED WATER Bottled water can come from municipal water supplies or natural sources such as springs and wells. The label should clearly indicate its ori…
Artesian water: Water from a well that taps an aquifer — an underground layer of porous rock, sand or earth containing water — which is under pressure from surrounding upper layers of rock or clay. When tapped, the pressure in the aquifer pushes the water above the level of the aquifer. Sparkling water: Water that, after treatment, contains the same amount of carbon dioxide that it had when it emerged from the source. This category does NOT include seltzer, soda and tonic waters, which are considered soft drinks. Purified water: Municipal (tap) water that has gone through a treatment process, such.

Water technologies hailed a success at conference
People's Daily Online – Apr 28, 2006
The country is plagued by scarce water supplies, frequent floods and droughts, serious water pollution and soil erosion, he said. “Such promotion (of technologies) has helped China keep in line with the world’s water sector,” he told the conference. He said hundreds of imported technologies had already been used to good effect in China. During the two-day event, more than 50 enterprises from 15 countries and regions will showcase their latest technologies and try to apply them in China. They include computer-based systems that monitor water treatment, pollution and irrigation…
He said hundreds of imported technologies had already been used to good effect in China. During the two-day event, more than 50 enterprises from 15 countries and regions will showcase their latest technologies and try to apply them in China. They include computer-based systems that monitor water treatment, pollution and irrigation. The central government has budgeted 50 million yuan (US$6. 2 million) this year for the country’s water sector, said Gao. It will be used to buy high-tech equipment, particularly water-saving and pollution control systems. During the 10th Five-Year Plan period (2001-05), the MWR injected about US$40 million of special funds to introduce about 600 technologies from more than 20 foreign countries into China’s water sector.