The News Review:

- Water, water everywhere?
- Contaminated potable water in Sialkot: Environment dept report
- Residents in Warner Springs told to boil water

Water, water everywhere?
economist.com – Aug 21, 2006
But things do not have to be this way. Roughly 900m people, the assessment finds, live in river basins where there is barely enough to keep rivers flowing and lakes filled. Another 700m live in basins rapidly approaching this “closed” state, and a billion more live within reach of adequate water supplies but cannot afford to make use of them. The water table is falling fast in densely populated and poor regions of China, Mexico and India. If current trends in water consumption continue, these grim statistics will only worsen.

Contaminated potable water in Sialkot: Environment dept report
Pakistan Dawn – Aug 21, 2006
When contacted, District Nazim Muhammad Akmal Cheema said on the directions of Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi, the PHED would soon launch a master plan to improve the water-supply system. The programme would take off in the city within the next two months. He said special water-supply meters would also be affixed on the new water connections. The installation of the meters would help reduce misuse of potable water in the city. The city had been divided into 10 main zones for launching the project. Mr Cheema said the provincial government would establish the hypo-chlorine and sucker machines at all the 85 drinking water-supply tubewells working under the TMA.

Residents in Warner Springs told to boil water
San Diego Union Tribune – Aug 21, 2006
coli bacteria can pose a health risk to infants, young children and people with a severely compromised immune system, according to health officials. Symptoms can include diarrhea, cramps, nausea and headaches. Coliform bacteria can come from soils and other sources in the environment and may indicate a problem with the water supply system. The “boil water” order will remain in effect until the distribution system has been disinfected and additional samples confirm the absence of bacteria in the water supply.