The News Review:

- Water supply restored in Mumbai
- Water wasters banned from showers
- Bothwell water fury
- Nigerian gov’t committed to water resources development

Water supply restored in Mumbai
Hindu – Dec 29, 2006
Ends —>Mumbai: Water supply was restored here on Thursday morning, a day after taps ran dry in the country’s commercial capital, which faced a 100 per cent supply cut for the first time in a century. The supply was cut off from 10 a. on Wednesday for repairs and connecting pipelines to a filtering plant. Work successful “Supply has been restored in all areas as the work was completed successfully last [Wednesday] night.

Water wasters banned from showers
NEWS.com.au – Dec 29, 2006
From Monday, the campaign to reduce water use will be raised to stage 3. And Treasurer John Brumby said stage 4 restrictions – including no outdoor water use – might be imposed on Melbourne sooner than expected. Industry and councils also could have their water supply restricted under the new rules. "Every individual, every business, everyone must comply with the regulations," Mr Brumby said. "If people breach the rules they face stiff penalties. " About 140 water police in 90 vehicles will patrol Melbourne, on the lookout for residents, businesses and councils that are wasting water. To prevent offenders from restoring water flow, a silver box will be put over the water meter and locked with an allen key…
Normal pressure is about 40 litres a minute. South East Water managing director Dennis Cavagna said full pressure would be restored only when offenders committed themselves to following water restrictions. "Having your water supply reduced to a trickle for a number of days should be a strong deterrent for people thinking they can get away with it," he said. "You can have a cup of tea and wet a face washer when your supply is restricted, but that’s about it. "It’s not something that I would want to happen to me. " Water wallies can be hit with on-the-spot fines of $430 under the tough new restrictions. But water authorities want the right to reduce water pressure for repeat offenders, particularly wealthy homeowners unfazed by fines.

Bothwell water fury
NEWS.com.au – Dec 29, 2006
A media spokesman for Mr Llewellyn said the Bothwell weir yesterday was "full and spilling over". He said the Minister had already given Mayor Flint "an absolute assurance" that Bothwell would not be allowed to run dry. "We will do whatever it takes to maintain water supply (to Bothwell)," the spokesman said, adding that the lakes’ sluice gates might be reopened. Other "solutions" could involve the Government buying water for the town from local landholders who still have water reserves intended to irrigate their crops and pastures in farm dams. Another option would be to ship water in from the Derwent Valley for Bothwell, although the council estimates this would require a staggering 32 water trucks a day. Mr Edgell said a simpler solution would be for the Government to release 10 megalitres of water a day — equivalent to about 10 Olympic swimming pools of water — down the Clyde River from Lake Crescent and Lake Sorell. He said this small amount would provide the minimum requirements for water of Bothwell residents and of homes and livestock down the river, yet reduce the overall depth of the lakes by a mere 2cm over four months.

Nigerian gov’t committed to water resources development
People's Daily Online – Dec 29, 2006
Nigerian Minister of State for Water Resources Salome Jankada was quoted on Friday by local media as saying that the federal government has spent 375. 67 billion naira (2. dollars) on providing water to Nigerians since 1999…
76 billion naira (591. 9 million dollars) in 2006. “Irrigation has also increased, and water supply coverage from 35 to 65 percent between 1999 and end of 2005,”the minister added. It was expected that sustainable water supply coverage would reach all state capitals, urban and rural areas in the country by 2007, she said. The federal government had plans to construct additional 42 dams to bring the reservoir capacity to 30 billion cubic meters.