The News Review:
- Sri Lanka Air Force Clashes With Rebels for Control of Water Supply
- EDITORIAL: Soggy sabotage: Utility wrong to block regional water plan….
- Environment News Service (ENS)
Sri Lanka Air Force Clashes With Rebels for Control of Water Supply
FOXNews – Jul 28, 2006
“There is a plan designed by the military to achieve the target, which is to supply water to the civilians,’ Rambukwella said. He said air force jets pounded rebel positions in the area to weaken the insurgents. Earlier, security forces blocked a group of five Buddhist monks and nearly 400 villagers who were trying to reach the water plant in Trincomalee on Friday, because of concerns over their safety. The monks want to reopen the sluice gate so that water can flow to the villages, said Udaya Gammanpila, a spokesman for Jathika Hela Urumaya, a nationalist group that opposes the rebels.
EDITORIAL: Soggy sabotage: Utility wrong to block regional water plan….
Free with registration – Lexington Herald Leader – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 28, 2006
28–It’s bad enough to steal the idea for a regional water plant and torpedo the best cooperation the Bluegrass has ever seen. But Kentucky American Water also wants to charge its customers extra for all this. The Bluegrass Water Supply Commission’s plan to build a publicly owned regional treatment plant on the Kentucky River north of Frankfort would solve water needs in Fayette and nine other counties. It also would be cheaper for ratepayers than Kentucky American building the plant by itself. The water utility’s own study confirmed last.
Environment News Service (ENS)
Environment News Service – Jul 28, 2006
, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). “Massachusetts’ new standards ensure that the water is safe to drink, and the monitoring requirement protects water supplies into the future. Perchlorate is a chemical that can be found in blasting agents, fireworks, military munitions and other manufacturing processes, and can be generated in small amounts within existing water treatment processes. No federal standards regulating perchlorate levels in drinking water currently exist. Besides the requirement for regular testing, the new regulations also require parties responsible for perchlorate contamination to notify MassDEP of the contamination and conduct appropriate environmental assessment and cleanup, and for all drinking water supplies to contain no more than 2 ppb of perchlorate. The regulation and the response-to-comment document are available online at:.