The News Review:

- Signs pointing to return of drought
- UP water reaches Sonia Vihar plant
- KARACHI: Nazim seeks Rs6bn for treatment plant

Signs pointing to return of drought
Rocky Mountain News – May 22, 2006
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Seven weeks ago, farmers and water utility managers were confidentthat heavy mountain snows would melt, flooding some rivers, turningfarm fields green and filling reservoirs. The April 1 forecast for South Platte water supplies stood at 118percent of average, the best it had been in years. Thirty days later, though, it had plummeted to just 65 percent ofaverage. “Where is the water?” one farmer asked angrily at a meeting lastweek. Chris Pacheco, assistant snow survey supervisor for the NaturalResources Conservation Services, said much of the long-awaited snowmeltfrom the mountain watersheds that supply the river isn’t reaching thestream because the soils are simply too dry. “People are worried because in the South Platte, rainfall plays ahuge role in the water supply…
A similar scenario played out in 2002, though the winter wasdrier. Denver Water, the state’s largest water utility, said it has seendemand surge in recent days, as hot spring weather settled into themetro area. But its reservoirs are 86 percent full and rising,according to Bob Steger, water resources engineer, well ahead of the 72percent mark they hit at this time in 2002, when levels began tofall. Still, it is the long-term trend that has farmers and water managersworried that 2006 may signal that Colorado is entering a chronic dryspell. Winters have been routinely dry since 1997. Only one year out of thepast eight, 2005, has delivered average or above-average snows to thestate, according to the NRCS. This year, of Colorado’s eight major river basins, only one, the RioGrande, is in worse shape than the South Platte, with the ArkansasBasin also witnessing hot temperatures and rapidly shrinkingstreams.

UP water reaches Sonia Vihar plant
Hindu – May 22, 2006
will supply 210 cusecs water till June 15, which will be progressively increased to 300 cusecs. The construction of Sonia Vihar water treatment plant, built at a cost of around Rs 800 crores and touted as being capable of solving the Capital’s water woes, was completed in December 2004 but has since been waiting for water from U. to become functional. Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are supposed to share water from the Tehri hydel project with the two States getting 300 cusecs each. The water released also comes on the promise of additional power supply to U…
to become functional. Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are supposed to share water from the Tehri hydel project with the two States getting 300 cusecs each. The water released also comes on the promise of additional power supply to U. , which is reeling under a mammoth 1500 megawatt deficit. PTI Printer friendly.

KARACHI: Nazim seeks Rs6bn for treatment plant
Pakistan Dawn – May 22, 2006
com ———- –>KARACHI: Nazim seeks Rs6bn for treatment plantKARACHI, May 21: Nazim of Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday requested President Pervez Musharraf to help the city government in the setting up of a water treatment plant which will cost Rs6 billion. He also requested the president for 1,200 cusecs additional quota of water from the Indus for K-IV 100mgd water supply project and to meet the 650mgd water requirement for Karachi for the next 25 years. He made the request in his welcome address on the occasion of formal inauguration of 100mgd K-III water supply project at the Dhabeji Pumping Station. The nazim described the inauguration of this project by the president an epoch-making event. He said the project was earlier to be inaugurated by the president on May 23 but he changed the programme for today…
com ———- –>KARACHI: Nazim seeks Rs6bn for treatment plantKARACHI, May 21: Nazim of Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday requested President Pervez Musharraf to help the city government in the setting up of a water treatment plant which will cost Rs6 billion. He also requested the president for 1,200 cusecs additional quota of water from the Indus for K-IV 100mgd water supply project and to meet the 650mgd water requirement for Karachi for the next 25 years. He made the request in his welcome address on the occasion of formal inauguration of 100mgd K-III water supply project at the Dhabeji Pumping Station. The nazim described the inauguration of this project by the president an epoch-making event. He said the project was earlier to be inaugurated by the president on May 23 but he changed the programme for today. Mustafa Kamal said this project was conceived in 2002 and work started in 2003 due to the sole initiative of the president who personally monitored it throughout.