The News Review:
- Power hits water supply
- Sri Lanka Water Supply Still Suffers Effects Of 2004 Tsunami
- Our thirsty state
- PlumbingSupply.US Celebrates National Water Week
Power hits water supply
Times of India – May 13, 2006
Theworst-affected areas will be Vasant Kunj, Green Park, Vasant Vihar, MalviyaNagar, Greater Kailash, Okhla, Chandni Chowk, Civil Lines, Model Town and NDMCareas. The problem has occurred because of power failure in two water treatmentplants on Friday evening. Thepower supply to Wazirabad and Chandrawal treatment plants was disrupted ataround 6 pm. The fault could be fixed only around 10 pm. Due to this cut aroundpeak treatment time, water production in both the plants felldrastically. According to DJB CEO Arun Mathur:”The situation is not alarming.
Sri Lanka Water Supply Still Suffers Effects Of 2004 Tsunami
Medical News Today – Medical News Today (press release) – May 13, 2006
Some 40,000 such wells, each typically serving several families, were destroyed or contaminated by the tsunami. The continued sustainability of the aquifers that supply such wells is in doubt, due to continued saltwater contamination, erosion of beaches, and other human impacts, such as sand mining, increased pumping, and pollution, according to an international team of scientists and engineers. The 14-member team from the United States, Sri Lanka, and Denmark, reports its findings in a paper scheduled for publication on 9 May in the American Geophysical Union journal Water Resources Research. During investigations in Sri Lanka from February through September 2005, they found that the tsunami had affected coastal drinking water sources in several ways. First, the tsunami itself, which reached up to 1. 9 miles] inland, poured seawater, along with other contaminants, directly into the open dug wells, rendering those that were not destroyed unusable.
Our thirsty state
St. Petersburg Times – May 13, 2006
" The water debate in Central and South Florida is, to a large extent, precisely what the state has ordered. A law passed last year requires every water district to assess the vulnerability of underground water supplies and prescribe alternatives such as reuse, desalination, rivers and lakes and conservation. That same law added the essential phrase "adequate water supplies" to the state Growth Management Act requirement that no new construction be allowed without sufficient utilities to serve it. The growth law, first passed in 1985, was supposed to prevent helter-skelter development practices. Critics in the construction industry even warned then that the law could bring new development to a halt. Instead, Florida has added 7-million new residents in the past two decades, overtaxing roads, sewers, schools, police departments and, yes, water supplies. The margin for error grows smaller with each passing day, as the state grows by another 1,000 people…
If growth laws are to have any meaningful impact, they will have to draw the line with water. People and farms and businesses can certainly cut back on the amount of water they use, but the supply has limits. Pinellas, a peninsular county, overpumped its own water supplies six decades ago, creating saltwater intrusion. Florida, a peninsular state, cannot afford to do the same. [Last modified May 13, 2006, 08:52:08] Share your thoughts on this story.
PlumbingSupply.US Celebrates National Water Week
PR Web – PR Web (press release) – May 13, 2006
US Celebrates National Water Week. Elkins Park, PA (PRWEB) February 27, 2006 — PlumbingSupply.