The News Review:
- Thames Water snubs agency and rejects drought order
- Door-to-door drive seeks support for tighter water rules.
- Durham child ill from water: Lead poisoning tracked to tap.
Thames Water snubs agency and rejects drought order
Times Online – May 19, 2006
“Richard Aylard, Thames Water’s environment director, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “At the moment we don’t need to bring in the consequences of a drought in order. “We might get a drought order next week, but with the rain forecast it’s unlikely – but who knows? We don’t take decisions on PR grounds. This is a water resources decision about responsible water supply to eight million people in London. “It is always possible that we have no rain at all. We would have to have a summer drier than any on record and we don’t think further restrictions are needed yet. “Asked what was being done by Thames Water to stop as much of a third of its supply being lost through leaks, Mr Aylard said leakages in London in particular were “unacceptable”. He said the firm spends half a million pounds a day tackling leaks.
Door-to-door drive seeks support for tighter water rules.
Free with registration – AZ Daily Star – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 19, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 The Arizona Daily Star Byline: Tony Davis May 19–An activist group is going door to door in Tucson and across the state this summer to build public support for tightening state water laws affecting rural areas. Extending the state’s 100-year assured-water-supply requirements that now exist in Tucson and four other metro areas across the state is the goal of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group’s effort. Besides sending a dozen people around Tucson to talk to average citizens about the issue, the group also will bring its message to candidates for the Legislature, “knocking on thousands of doors across the state,” said.
Durham child ill from water: Lead poisoning tracked to tap.
Free with registration – News & Observer – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 19, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 The News & Observer Byline: Catherine Clabby May 19–Health officials have identified a child with lead poisoning traced to a kitchen tap in Durham. It is only the second lead poisoning case linked to public drinking water in North Carolina. Such exposures usually result from lead leached from plumbing parts or pipes, not from tainted water circulating throughout a public water system. Investigating the scope of the contamination, Durham County health officials will test water at scores of rental units at Penrith Townhomes, where the child once lived. Tests have found elevated lead in tap water in the child’s former residence and at least four other units in the complex, off N.