The News Review:
- Ferguson tours water facilities in Manchester
- Panel to probe setbacks in water supply scheme
- – DAWN – Latest Stories; September 20, 2006
- New Solutions for the Reality of Drought
Ferguson tours water facilities in Manchester
Jamaica Gleaner – Sep 20, 2006
Fenton Ferguson, toured the parish last Friday, inspecting a number of National Water Commission (NWC) facilities. Mandeville’s water woes go as far back as 1993 when the Government promised to improve the 30-year-old Greater Mandeville Water Supply system, as the daily water lock-offs in the town were having severe negative economic impacts on the business community. Despite some improvements to the water supply system, the town is still without adequate water. Ferguson said he is aware of the problems the town is experiencing, adding that upgrading the water supply system is costly. He, however, disclosed that the Government is in the process of looking at drilling a well in the Goshen area of St. Elizabeth, which will add two million gallons to the Mandeville water system by 2008. New treatment plantThe Junior Minister also said that the towns of Christiana and Spaldings will be benefiting from work now in progress at the Moravia Water Supply system near Christiana…
Elizabeth, which will add two million gallons to the Mandeville water system by 2008. New treatment plantThe Junior Minister also said that the towns of Christiana and Spaldings will be benefiting from work now in progress at the Moravia Water Supply system near Christiana. The project include the construction of a new treatment plant, storage tanks, new water mains and a high-lift pumping station. He said by the year 2010 the Moravia water system will be able to provide the communities it serves with an additional 800 gallons of water. The projects will cost approximately $150 million. html” >More News.
Panel to probe setbacks in water supply scheme
Hindu – Sep 20, 2006
The Chief Planning Officer of the panchayat T. Takath Rao will be the member secretary of the committee. The panchayat had empowered its president Mamata Gatti to take a decision on probing the irregularities in the scheme.
- DAWN – Latest Stories; September 20, 2006
Pakistan Dawn – Sep 20, 2006
“Nothing has been resolved. We will need some more time,” Bangladesh’s water resources minister Hafizuddin Ahmed said, after talks with his Indian counterpart Saif-uddin Soz ended inconclusively. “Difficulties are there. But we have decided to move forward and discuss the issues in the meeting of Joint Rivers Commission very soon,” Soz said. (Posted @ 21:35 PST)…
com ———- –> Rs. 120 billion to be spent on water supply, sanitation projects: PM AzizISLAMABAD, Sept 20 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Tuesday said the government has started various programmes to address sanitation problems in the cities, towns and rural areas and has allocated Rs. 120 billion for implementing water supply and sanitation projects during 2005-10. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day Second South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-2) here at a local hotel, Aziz said the government’s strategy was focused on promoting public-private partnerships in order to improve the standard of life of people, particularly of those living in rural areas. He said about 600 children die every day from diarrhoea due to inadequate hygiene and sanitation and about one million people, mostly children, suffer from intestinal diseases and nutritional deficiencies. He said there was a need for the governments of South Asia, civil society and people to adopt new ways of thinking, adopt fresh approaches and try innovative concepts to ensure adequate availability of safe drinking water, improve sanitation conditions, prevent water pollution and make optional use of scarce water resources.
New Solutions for the Reality of Drought
Discovery Channel – Sep 20, 2006
Drought Monitor Web site. The Web site allows everyone to keep an eye on the climate conditions and see a drought as it develops. Still, seeing a drought coming is of little use if there is no plan to deal with it, or if there’s an inadequate water supply. For the latter, some towns and counties may have to drastically rethink their water storage techniques, said hydrology professor Tom Brikowski of the Univerity of Texas at Dallas.