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- Contributors | projo.com | The Providence Journal
- Water supplies hit by pipe burst
- HYDERABAD: Work on major projects to be completed in June: Nazim
- EDITORIAL: Wildlife water.(Editorial)

Contributors | projo.com | The Providence Journal
Providence Journal – May 24, 2006
Whenever we turn the tap, there it is. But water can be compared to the dollars in our checking account: Whenever we make a withdrawal, the total diminishes — and it doesn’t increase until a deposit is made. We have no underground source of flowing water to replenish our supply in Rhode Island. What we have are subterranean sand and gravel pockets, left by a continental glacier that melted across our area 10,000 to 18,000 years ago. Rain and snowmelt are stored in these pockets. When we have abundant precipitation, as recently, these pockets fill. In Rhode Island we on average have 42 to 48 inches annually, depending on location…
The key is balancing our water checkbook. Supporting businesses with needed operational water while protecting drinking water for human and other animal consumption are part of the same goal: wisely managing our water supply. Governmental organizations, such as Rhode Island’s Water Resources Board and Department of Environmental Management, work diligently to oversee these concerns. The former focuses primarily on the quantity of water, while the latter concentrates on water quality. In addition, nonprofit groups, such as the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Save the Bay, the Nature Conservancy, and other members of the Environment Council of Rhode Island, complement regulatory efforts through advocacy and expertise. Each of the state’s 39 cities and towns operates from a comprehensive plan, which includes a section on water that must comply with regulatory guidelines. As citizens, we can support funding and legislation for improved water management.

Water supplies hit by pipe burst
BBC News – May 24, 2006
The 24-inch pipe on Spennells Valley Road burst at 0715 BST, affecting a key supply into the town. Hundreds of homes and businesses and several schools were affected in the south of the town. Severn Trent engineers were sent to restore mains supplies by reallocating water from elsewhere in the network. This was complete by midday.

HYDERABAD: Work on major projects to be completed in June: Nazim
Pakistan Dawn – May 24, 2006
The nazim said after laying the foundation stone for the construction of a filter plant at Hala Naka water works that it was the second plant he had inaugurated within a week in the city taluka. The two plants have a capacity of 8 mgd each. The construction of Hala Naka filter plant which would cost Rs350 million would supply clean drinking water to 200,000 people residing in Liaquat Colony, Firdous Colony, Usmanabad and 20 other colonies. The plant was constructed in 90s but it lacked room to store more water for the ever-increasing population which had tripled over the past 16 years. People who required 60 mgd water were getting only 40 mgd, the nazim said. Within next two years, the supply of filtered water would be increased to 80 mgd, enough to meet peoples needs up to 2015, he said. He made it clear that the district was executing development schemes in all the four talukas of without any discrimination.

EDITORIAL: Wildlife water.(Editorial)
Free with registration – Pueblo Chieftain – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 24, 2006
(Editorial) –> COPYRIGHT 2006 The Pueblo Chieftain May 24–FINALLY, SOMEONE has proposed an interruptible water supply plan that won’t dry up rural areas just to quench the unrelenting thirst of Colorado’s already congested northern Front Range. This positive development is an innovative partnership between the state and the Lower Arkansas Water Management Association…
(Editorial) –> COPYRIGHT 2006 The Pueblo Chieftain May 24–FINALLY, SOMEONE has proposed an interruptible water supply plan that won’t dry up rural areas just to quench the unrelenting thirst of Colorado’s already congested northern Front Range. This positive development is an innovative partnership between the state and the Lower Arkansas Water Management Association.