The News Review:
- DEP plan would leave toxic water.
- Chief Minister to raise Centre’s `partisan attitude’ at…
- People’s agitation for drinking water intensifies
- Water shortage problem worsens in Sharjah areas
- Living with the drought.
DEP plan would leave toxic water.
Free with registration – The Record – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 21, 2006
DEP plan would leave toxic water. (21-MAY-06) Record (Hackensack, NJ). The plan would allow lead,…
The plan would allow lead, arsenic, chromium and other hazardous chemicals to remain in groundwater at up to 10 times the levels considered acceptable. It would also exempt some sites from a requirement that they show a “decreasing trend” of contamination over time. The relaxed rules apply only to supplies not tapped for drinking water and where the original source of pollution has been removed, according to a Department of Environmental Protection memo obtained by The Record. Easing the standards could save millions in cleanup costs at some sites and speed the way for developers seeking to rebuild on polluted property. The proposal has not been adopted by the DEP, but it still drew criticism from environmentalists last week. They said it flew in the face of a recent state Supreme Court ruling that upheld the state’s right to impose tougher standards even where water isn’t currently used.
Chief Minister to raise Centre’s `partisan attitude’ at…
Hindu – May 21, 2006
Kumaraswamy said he had written letter to the Prime Minister and the Union Minister for Water Resources in this regard and sought an appointment with the Prime Minister. Action plan Mr. Kumaraswamy said the State Government had approved the action plan (for 2006-07) for the Rs. 600-crore project aimed at improving water supply and sewerage systems in 47 urban areas. He said the action plan included a Rs. 195-crore project for the improvement of water supply in Hubli-Dharwad, a Rs. 133-crore project for Belgaum and the Rs.
People’s agitation for drinking water intensifies
Hindu – May 21, 2006
from the High Court Jetty. The Vypeen and West Kochi residents are demanding the completion of the Ad-hoc Water Supply Augmentation Project (HUDCO Project) on a war footing. As a temporary relief measure, they are demanding that the 3 mld (million litres per day) of water promised to Vypeen on completion of the Vypeen component of the HUDCO Project be made available completely. They complain that at present only 2. 4 mld water reaches Vypeen everyday, which is grossly inadequate for the basic requirements of the region. Pipeline maintenance C.
Water shortage problem worsens in Sharjah areas
Khaleej Times – May 21, 2006
A resident of Al Majaz area who has been suffering from interrupted water supply to his apartment for over two weeks now said: earlier we were informed that the water tank in the building was being cleaned and the water pump was being replaced. But, our taps still run dry. This time, we were informed that it was due to non-supply of water by SEWA. SEWA officials admitted they were storing up water and thus staggering the water supply to the building and some other buildings in the vicinity daily – from the evening until the next morning. Why should we be victimised, Deep Ahuja (name changed upon request), of the same building, said, pointing out that it was SEWA’s problem to deal with the water scarcity issue facing the emirate. We pay our bills like other Sharjah residents so why should some of us be victimised for water scarcity in the emirate during the summer months. Besides, disconnecting the water supply to our homes daily in the evenings until next morning is not the right solution…
Why should we be victimised, Deep Ahuja (name changed upon request), of the same building, said, pointing out that it was SEWA’s problem to deal with the water scarcity issue facing the emirate. We pay our bills like other Sharjah residents so why should some of us be victimised for water scarcity in the emirate during the summer months. Besides, disconnecting the water supply to our homes daily in the evenings until next morning is not the right solution. Most working families are home in the evening after work and children return home from school. Most of our water consumption is during these hours, she pointed out. Another furious resident noted that if the Sharjah authorities refused to take immediate action to resolve the problem, people would start moving into Ajman and other adjoining emirates which is yet to face any such scarcity. Further, he said, SEWA and Sharjah Municipality officials cannot remain tight lipped about the issue and ignore the problems faced by the residents by not giving proper reply or insight into the actual cause of the problem.
Living with the drought.
Free with registration – Sunday Business – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 21, 2006
For his trouble, he was sacked. Les Dawson, chief executive of Southern Water, Anglian Water’s Jonson Cox, and Thames’ chief executive, Jeremy Pelzcer, may be more savvy, but they have every reason to be afraid. The Environment Agency, responsible for water resources, says: “With a hot, dry summer, southeast England may face the most severe drought of the last 100 years. ” Even in the comparatively mild drought of 1995, Yorkshire Water was reduced to hiring a fleet of tanker trucks to ferry water to Bradford. This summer’s drought threatens to be worse, not only than 1995, but also than the long hot summer of 1976 and the dry spell of 1933 and 1934. The drought order granted last week to Sutton and East Surrey Water will be followed across the southeast as Southern Water and Mid Kent Water are expected to impose their own drought orders. Thames may do so later, but on Friday its board decided that the measure was notyet necessary.