The News Review:

- Water, once plentiful in China’s Ningxia region, becomes a scarce…
- Adalah appeals Israeli High Court for water supply for the Bedouins
- A case for water meters
- The unfounded claims of climate alarmists will not help Africans
- Liberals support recycled drinking water

Water, once plentiful in China’s Ningxia region, becomes a scarce…
International Herald Tribune – Nov 20, 2006
Many are now making do by draining underground aquifers to dangerously low levels. Some coastal cities are building desalination plants to turn seawater into drinking water. Overall, China has one of the lowest per-capita water supplies in the world and one of the most uneven distributions of water. Northern China is home to 43 percent of the population but only 14 percent of the country’s supply of water.

Adalah appeals Israeli High Court for water supply for the Bedouins
International Middle East Media Center – Nov 20, 2006
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The petition said that Israel's Commissioner's decision not to connect the resident with water resources is based on considerations that seek to promote the government policy to take over and control the lands of the Bedouins and force them to leave their homes. Attorney Adel Bodeir of Adalah wrote in the center's petition that the residents are deprived from their water supplies, and that Israel is compromising their basic human rights of dignity, and that the Bedouins are not even receiving the basic minimal living conditions. The center also argued that the residents are not receiving their right to health services. Moreover, the center argued in its petition that the Israeli government is discriminating against the Bedouins in the Negev by allowing Jewish settlers to have large ranches there without obtaining permits from the state. The ranches are connected with modern infrastructure, while the Bedouins are suffering and hoping to be connected to water resources by gaining access to the main pipelines in the Negev.

A case for water meters
Easier – Easier (press release) – Nov 20, 2006
He added that the Government will consult on a proposal that water metering should be considered in areas of water stress, particular in the South East. The consultation will start early next year to identify long-term efficiency measures to help protect the sustainability of water supply. Ofwat has already highlighted the plight of Britainâs water resources. The water watchdog warned that water companies must also look beyond the drought to ensure that supplies are safeguarded for the future. They will need to continue to encourage efficient use of water, including the use of metering where appropriate, develop new water resources where they are required, and manage leakage efficiently. In a snap-poll of Fool.

The unfounded claims of climate alarmists will not help Africans
Taipei Times – Nov 20, 2006
This, it is alleged, will cause more droughts and damaging floods, resulting in threats to water supplies, harming agriculture, human health and the natural environment. Yet current predictions of adverse effects of global warming on water supplies, floods and droughts in.

Liberals support recycled drinking water
NEWS.com.au – Nov 20, 2006
It is a farcical situation to hold a referendum which won’t deliver one extra drop of water and may have little relevance when tough decisions need to be made. "Dr Flegg said Brisbane’s Wivenhoe Dam was already below 25 per cent capacity, giving the government little alternative but to introduce water recycling regardless of the results of the referendum. "At least five to 10 per cent of the water supply in the dams is traditionally viewed as unusable, although it can be harvested in a worst-case scenario," he said. "Even before we get to this situation we have to accept our water supplies are rapidly diminishing and decisions need to be made now rather than wait for a referendum. "Mr Beattie has repeatedly rejected calls to introduce water recycling without the referendum, arguing it is for the public to decide. Nationals leader Jeff Seeney has remained firmly opposed to the proposal, declaring it an "Armageddon" option. Dr Flegg played down talk of a split between the coalition partners over the issue and pledged to discuss the issue further with Mr Seeney.