The News Review:

- Daily water supply in city from next year
- Air alchemy: Can humidity solve post hurricane drinking water problem?
- Water supply key poll issue in Rasipuram Municipality
- Rs. 29.23-cr. grant to boost water supply in Kadapa

Daily water supply in city from next year
Hindu – Sep 29, 2006
Rajasekhara Reddy made the announcement at a review meeting on the status of various civic amenities in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad and surrounding municipalities on Thursday. The daily water supply plan was given the green signal following adequate inflows into Singur, the major source of drinking water to the twin cities, and the second phase of the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project nearing completion, according to officials. Present situation At present Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) supplies 220 mgd with Singur supplying 120 mgd, Krishna 70 mgd and Osmansagar, Himayatsagar and Manjira accounting for the rest. With the second phase of Krishna project bringing in another 90 mgd, the daily supply volume could well touch the 300 mgd mark, making daily water supply a distinct possibility, HMWSSB officials said. While surrounding municipalities like Malkajgiri, Kapra and Uppal get water supply once in three to five days, the city has alternate day supplies barring Adikmet division of HMWSSB where the Water Board is experimenting with round-the-clock supplies. Daily water supply is a step in the direction of round-the-clock supplies, officials said…
Rajasekhara Reddy made the announcement at a review meeting on the status of various civic amenities in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad and surrounding municipalities on Thursday. The daily water supply plan was given the green signal following adequate inflows into Singur, the major source of drinking water to the twin cities, and the second phase of the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project nearing completion, according to officials. Present situation At present Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) supplies 220 mgd with Singur supplying 120 mgd, Krishna 70 mgd and Osmansagar, Himayatsagar and Manjira accounting for the rest. With the second phase of Krishna project bringing in another 90 mgd, the daily supply volume could well touch the 300 mgd mark, making daily water supply a distinct possibility, HMWSSB officials said. While surrounding municipalities like Malkajgiri, Kapra and Uppal get water supply once in three to five days, the city has alternate day supplies barring Adikmet division of HMWSSB where the Water Board is experimenting with round-the-clock supplies. Daily water supply is a step in the direction of round-the-clock supplies, officials said. The Chief Minister also directed Water Board officials to take over water supply distribution in the eight surrounding municipalities in addition to Kukatpally, Qutbullapur, L.

Air alchemy: Can humidity solve post hurricane drinking water problem?
USA Today – Sep 29, 2006
“Groundwater and surface water supplies have decreased in quality. Aquamagic’s envisioned niche notwithstanding, the systems still aren’t generally economically feasible on a large scale in developed countries with plentiful clean water like the United States. And emergency managers ask: If you’re going to truck diesel fuel into a storm-hit area to run the machines, why not just truck in water?The answer, AquaMagic’s Wright says, is that for one gallon of diesel, you can make 10 gallons of water. So one small truck of fuel would provide the amount of water you’d need 10 trucks to bring in. Air Water’s machine was used after the 2004 Asian tsunami, and the military in India has recently signed on to send it into the field with troops.

Water supply key poll issue in Rasipuram Municipality
Hindu – Sep 29, 2006
The town, with a population of over 46,000, is reeling under acute water shortage. The residents are being supplied with water once in five days. A few parts of the town receive supply once in a week. The municipality, which is getting three million litres a day (mld) of Cauvery River water, finds it difficult to cope up with the increasing demand for water…
Subsequently, it was dropped for reasons best known to the former councillors and the officials. A number of parts in the town required proper drainage channels and storm water drains. The municipality has a total of 33,579 voters (Men – 16,487 Women – 17,092) Printer friendly.

Rs. 29.23-cr. grant to boost water supply in Kadapa
Hindu – Sep 29, 2006
10 crores allotted for drinking water supply Rs. 33 crores for underground drainage system Rs. 25 crores sanctioned for widening of roads Works on underground drainage system and road-widening to be completed in two years KADAPA: Round-the-clock drinking water supply will become a reality in Kadapa Municipal Corporation with the sanctioning of Rs. 23 crores under the Centrally-sponsored Urban Infrastructure Development for Small and Medium Towns Scheme, according to Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy. Infrastructure would be developed to ensure drinking water supply in the town, he said at a press conference here on Thursday…
23 crores under the Centrally-sponsored Urban Infrastructure Development for Small and Medium Towns Scheme, according to Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy. Infrastructure would be developed to ensure drinking water supply in the town, he said at a press conference here on Thursday. The Mayor thanked Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy and Chief Minister Y. Rajasekhara Reddy for their initiative in granting funds to Kadapa.