The News Review:

- Water treatment plans go public
- CPI(M) calls for improved water supply
- Schools left high and dry – NWC says limited water for Corporate Area…
- 150,000 in thirst as power crunch cuts off water supply in central…

Water treatment plans go public
BBC News – Aug 15, 2006
Minister’s visitOn Tuesday, Mr Finnie was visiting the 120m Katrine Water project at Milngavie, which will supply drinking water to 700,000 people from autumn next year. Its huge underground tank is one of the largest engineering projects undertaken by the Scottish water industry. Water from Glasgow’s traditional supply, Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, will be filtered and treated at Milngavie. The new treatment plant was commissioned to replace Victorian water works and keep up with European standards. It follows a cryptosporidium contamination emergency in Glasgow four years ago in which 160,000 people were told to boil their water.

CPI(M) calls for improved water supply
Hindu – Aug 15, 2006
The party, at its meeting held on Sunday with town secretary K. Madhavan in the chair, passed a resolution in this regard. It stated that of the total number of 22 borewells, 10 were under repair. (The town is totally dependent on ground water) Owing to frequent disruptions in electricity supply, the borewells were rendered unusable, causing great inconvenience to town residents.

Schools left high and dry – NWC says limited water for Corporate Area…
Jamaica Gleaner – Aug 15, 2006
The advisory, which was issued yesterday by the public utility company, urged schools to put sufficient water storage facilities in place. “The National Water Commission (NWC) wishes to advise schools in Kingston and St. “As a result, schools in the Kingston and St. Andrew areas that are served by the Constant Spring treatment plant are being asked to put adequate water-storage facilities in place, so that they may be able to store water for use during the disruption. Charles Buchanan, NWC corporate public relations manager, said the disruptions in water supplies are to be expected between 10:00 a.

150,000 in thirst as power crunch cuts off water supply in central…
EastDay.com – Aug 15, 2006
Overpressure caused equipment failure at the No. 2 Running Water Company of Huaihua, the city’s largest running water supplier, on Sunday morning and repair work is expected to last until tonight, said Ouyang Jianguo, an official in charge of the city’s water supply, today. Though the city launched a standby water supplier, the No. 1 Running Water Company, at 4:00 p…
on Monday, Ouyang said its supply capacity is only half that of the broken-down system and cannot ease the thirst immediately. “Thousands of people living in high-rises are still in dire thirst and have to buy bottled water,” he said. Water supply will fully resume by 8:00 a. Wednesday, said Zhang Wenxiong, a top official in Huaihua, which has 350,000 permanent residents in the city proper. About 200,000 people have not been affected by the water cutoff because 41 local companies and institutions have their own water supply. “These organizations have been ordered to provide water to the citizens free of charge,” said Zhang.