The News Review:

- `Pay for water, it’s your collective responsibility’
- Kazhuvely tank revival will augment supply to Chennai
- Crop yield from drip irrigation
- BWSSB asks people to clean sumps, tanks every six months

`Pay for water, it’s your collective responsibility’
Hindu – Sep 25, 2006
Public will feel the ownership when they are involved in a project, including water supply. Involvement of women self-help groups in educating the public will increase awareness. For any professional who deals with water supply or wastewater treatment, knowledge improves with experience. The association helps increase interaction among members and share their experiences. In February 2008, Coimbatore will host a seminar called Small Water 2007, organised by the International Water Association. With regard to public private partnership projects, he points out that these can be successful and will gain momentum in the country once the projects are able to break even.

Kazhuvely tank revival will augment supply to Chennai
Hindu – Sep 25, 2006
So, it can be revived, say PWD officials. According to an official, 22 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water went waste in floods last year. This was equivalent to two years of water supply to Chennai at the present level of 640 million litres a day (MLD), after taking into account evaporation and other losses. The thought of using Kazhuvely for productive purposes engaged the authorities in the past. Ninety years ago, the Collector of the composite Arcot district proposed to develop the “water body” for agricultural purposes. In the early 1950s, a regulator was constructed for storing fresh water. In the next 20 years, more and more vents were added to keep it functional.

Crop yield from drip irrigation
Pakistan Dawn – Sep 25, 2006
Water, in the form of precipitation or irrigation, is one of the most critical inputs. Rainfall is unpredictable. Sufficient water supply is a pre-requisite. Controlling water supply is like controlling an essential production variable. Irrigation is the best available technique in meeting the crops water requirement in times of inadequate rainfall. Drip irrigation is the process of applying the right amount of water slowly and evenly to roots. It is a slow delivery system in which water can be applied, drop by drop to the soil surface near the base of a plant.

BWSSB asks people to clean sumps, tanks every six months
Hindu – Sep 25, 2006
Muniyappa said unkempt tanks were the cause for bacterial growth and health hazards. But if consumers felt the drinking water they were getting was not pure, they should stop drinking it and immediately inform the board about the impurity. BWSSB would then arrange for alternative water supply and try to rectify any problem in the water pipes. BWSSB has formed six special squads, following instructions from Chief Minister to look into the quality of drinking water supplied. Divisional executive engineers of the board head these squads. They were collecting water samples from different parts of the city and subjecting the samples to vigorous quality control checks, the board said. BWSSB was using modern technology to purify the water at the Torekaadanahalli Reservoir and the water was chlorinated to make it bacteria free, it said.