The News Review:

- Officials told to take steps to tackle drinking water problem
- Sogea scores another $multimillion water deal… KMA rehab to be…
- Water recycling backed
- Water-mains upgrades ahead of schedule

Officials told to take steps to tackle drinking water problem
Hindu – Aug 30, 2006
Eshwarappa holding discussions with mandi merchants in Shimoga on Tuesday. SHIMOGA: Minister for Water Resources and Local MLA K.

Sogea scores another $multimillion water deal… KMA rehab to be…
Jamaica Gleaner – Aug 30, 2006
KMA rehab to be largest in history published: Wednesday | August 30, 2006. – File Sogea Satom has scored another multimillion water contract here, this time for $1. 5 billion, to pump life into the existing creaky distribution systems across Spanish Town and other areas of south-east St. Catherine under the near decade-old KMA Water Supply project. The contract is yet to be formally awarded, but with the National Contracts Commission giving its endorsement in July, all that remains are the formalities…
KMA rehab to be largest in history published: Wednesday | August 30, 2006. – File Sogea Satom has scored another multimillion water contract here, this time for $1. 5 billion, to pump life into the existing creaky distribution systems across Spanish Town and other areas of south-east St. Catherine under the near decade-old KMA Water Supply project. The contract is yet to be formally awarded, but with the National Contracts Commission giving its endorsement in July, all that remains are the formalities.

Water recycling backed
NEWS.com.au – Aug 30, 2006
Only 20 per cent said they did not agree it would be cleaner. Another one in three said they were not sure which was cleaner. Asked to say whether a steep increase in water costs would be preferable to using recycled supplies, 75 per cent either disagreed or strongly disagreed that this would be a good choice. Water recycling is not a new concept and despite most Australians being aware that other countries use recycling methods, 60 per cent admitted they knew little or nothing about the process of reusing water. Those most concerned with the current water crisis in Australia were of the older generation but all respondents agreed that the top three methods for solving the issue were to reuse storm water, tank water and recycle existing water stores. Share this article.

Water-mains upgrades ahead of schedule
éææåæèç – Aug 30, 2006
The earlier completion will bring about improvements to the supply system and minimise inconvenience to the public due to frequent main bursts. The department today awarded a $223-million contract to Excel Engineering to replace and rehabilitate 66 kilometres of fresh and salt water mains in Central, Sheung Wan, Sai Ying Poon, Kennedy Town, Aberdeen and Wong Chuk Hang. This is the first contract under Stage 1 Phase 2 of the city-wide water-mains replacement and rehabilitation project. Works start tomorrow for completion in 2010…
The department’s water-mains replacement and rehabilitation programme will replace and fix 3,000km of aged fresh and salt water mains throughout the city. Inconvenience reduced Speaking after the signing ceremony, Assistant Director of Water Supplies Ng Chi-ho said with the scheme’s implementation, incidents of mains burst and leakage will be cut. The scheme will replace and fix 3,000 kilometres of aged fresh and salt water mains throughout the city in four stages, costing about $11 billion. Stage 1 Phase 1 works started in December 2000 and are expected to be completed in December 2008.