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- Texas State U.-San Marcos: Transportation, water availability lags as…
- Floods Disrupt Operations Of 15 Water Treatment Plants In Johor
- Victoria told to decide on water

Texas State U.-San Marcos: Transportation, water availability lags as…
Free with registration – America's Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 21, 2006
–> COPYRIGHT 2006 Financial Times Ltd. (From University Wire) Byline: David Saleh Rauf Hays County, Texas, officials believe the region could face dire straits in the near future if proper implementation of water resources, road construction and maintenance plans do not meet the demand of a rapidly growing population. “We’ve got to figure out a way to have sustainable water resources in Hays County. That’s probably going to be the big tell-tale sign in 20 years from now,” said County Coordinator Brad Bailey. “If the planning focuses in on water, which is more important to us than gold or black gold at this point, then theoretically we should be able to manage it and protect the natural resources in Hays County. ” Bailey said if the county fails to manage its water resources and does not properly develop a.

Floods Disrupt Operations Of 15 Water Treatment Plants In Johor
Bernama – Dec 21, 2006
Head of the Corporate Communications Department of Syarikat Air Johor Holdings Sdn Bhd (SAJH) Jamaluddin Jamil said the plants shut down after power supply was disconnected as a precaution due to the floods. He said SAJH was striving to reduce the number of affected areas by making adjustments to the distribution mains to help consumers. Consumers can contact the SAJH operations centre on the toll-free line 1 800 88 7474 to lodge a complaint or obtain information. Meanwhile, State Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Datuk KS Balakrishnan said there was sufficient supply of food such as vegetables and fish in Johor though road communication was disrupted.

Victoria told to decide on water
The Age – Dec 21, 2006
auMELBOURNE will introduce large-scale water recycling ordesalination — or both — unless there are dramaticchanges in weather predictions in the very near future, the FederalGovernment’s water spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull, says. Mr Turnbull warned the State Government not to leave thedecision of how to augment the state’s dwindling water supplies toolate, saying taxpayers were the losers when governments tried tobuild infrastructure of this scale “in a panic”. State Water Minister John Thwaites has emphasised the Governmentdoes not plan to make Victorians drink recycled water, although afocus group commissioned by Melbourne Water has quizzed peopleabout their level of comfort with the use of recycled effluent. Labor will complete a feasibility study on desalination by2008. “The Victorian Government has to make a decision about what itis going to do … and then get on with it,” Mr Turnbullsaid. “If they leave it too late, not only do they risk running out ofwater, but the later they leave it the more they will pay.