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- N. Texas district faces pointed questions in water shortage: Amid…
- Additional water supply to Malir begins.
- Work to start on improving water supply to Argyll village.

N. Texas district faces pointed questions in water shortage: Amid…
Free with registration – Dallas Morning News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 23, 2006
Then come the questions, concerns and criticisms from some of the 1. 6 million people who depend on the district for water. How did the water supply become so stressed? Why this once-a-week watering restriction and maybe tougher cutbacks to come? Has the district, which serves 28 suburban cities and others across seven Dallas-area counties, become overextended, taken on too many customers, failed to adequately plan and secure enough water for an area that’s been growing rapidly for years? “Somebody screwed up, and they should be punished,” said Jane Garrison, who says the limits on outdoor watering have wilted her Plano landscape business. District officials blame an extraordinary lack of rain and surprisingly explosive growth for what they say is a temporary problem. Their planning has taken into account worst-case scenarios, they say, and it’s not a factor that most of the district’s water supply was established more than 15 years ago. District and city officials are looking to strengthen and extend the water restrictions to conserve their water supply. They are preparing to dredge Lavon Lake and Lake Chapman to improve.

Additional water supply to Malir begins.
Free with registration – PPI – Pakistan Press International – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 23, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd Karachi, September 23 (PPI): City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal Saturday inaugurated supply of 5 million gallons per day water to Malir town from the K-III. Addressing on the occasion, he said the city government believed in facilitating all citizens without any discrimination. He said that the conduit of Dimloti.

Work to start on improving water supply to Argyll village.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 23, 2006
Work to start on improving water supply to Argyll village. | Europe Intelligence Wire (September, 2006). The investment by Scottish Water, which.

September 23rd, 2006 at 11:32 am