The News Review:
- World Water Day 2007: Coping with Water Scarcity
- WB offers loan for water supply
- Think climate on World Water Day: Labor
- HMWSSB draws additional water from Krishna phase one
World Water Day 2007: Coping with Water Scarcity
Environment News Service – Mar 22, 2007
“The water-supply-demand gap is likely to grow wider still, threatening economic and social development and environmental sustainability. “The way forward is clear,” said the secretary-general, “strengthening institutional capacity and governance at all levels, promoting more technology transfer, mobilizing more financial resources, and scaling up good practices and lessons learned. Some 425 million of those without enough water are children under 18, said UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman, kicking off the Walk for Water Event in New York City today. “Access to clean drinking water is critical for the health of children around the world,” said Veneman at the event organized by Starbucks Coffee Company and Ethos Water. “In many parts of the world women and children walk long distances to fetch water for their families for drinking, washing and cooking…
Climate change has raised the stakes, he said. “Global warming has been blamed for more frequent droughts. Climate change has also intensified storms and flooding, which destroy crops, contaminate freshwater and damage the facilities used to store and carry that water.
WB offers loan for water supply
Hindu – Mar 22, 2007
1,200-crore offer State seeks changes in some of the conditions for the Rs. 1,200-crore offer THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The World Bank is considering a loan of Rs. 1,200 crore for extension of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme. A World Bank team, led by senior sanitary engineer G. Abhyankar, held discussions with Water Resources Minister N…
A World Bank team, led by senior sanitary engineer G. Abhyankar, held discussions with Water Resources Minister N. Premachandran here on Wednesday on the proposed loan. Talking to the media after the talks, the Minister said Kerala had sought exemption for the proposed project from some of the conditions that applied to the ongoing project. The team had responded favourably to the State’s demands except the one for reduction of the beneficiary contribution from 15 per cent.
Think climate on World Water Day: Labor
NEWS.com.au – Mar 22, 2007
“Addressing Australia’s national water crisis is an urgent task, requiring constructive leadership and action from all levels of government, particularly from the Commonwealth,” Mr Albanese said. “Across Australia, towns and cities confront severe water shortages. Water use and water supply in urban Australia is a national crisis. ”Mr Albanese said the Murray-Darling Basin and the city of Adelaide were moving into uncharted territory in terms of the amount of water that would be available to irrigators and for domestic and industrial use. ”This week’s report from the WWF that the Murray-Darling Basin is drying out because of over-extraction is a wake-up call for the Howard Government,” he said. “Addressing the over-allocation of water entitlements is critical to revitalising the water flow and eco-systems of the Murray-Darling Basin. ”Mr Albanese said the Commonwealth had a key leadership role in resolving the over-allocation of water licences in the Murray Darling Basin and getting the rivers flowing healthily again…
”Mr Albanese said the Commonwealth had a key leadership role in resolving the over-allocation of water licences in the Murray Darling Basin and getting the rivers flowing healthily again. “On World Water Day, we should all be reflecting on the dramatic impact climate change will have on our water supply. “According to the CSIRO, by 2030 water supply for both Sydney and Melbourne will drop by 25 per cent per year because of the reduced rainfall and higher evaporation from climate change. ” Share this article.
HMWSSB draws additional water from Krishna phase one
Hindu – Mar 22, 2007
— Photo: Mohd. Yousuf HYDERABAD: With Himayatsagar drying up fully along with the phenomenon of borewells ceasing to give yields in the city, the summer of discontent has begun again. The Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board has stopped drawing water from the lake, which used to supply 15 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) till a fortnight back. While Chief Minister Y. Rajasekhara Reddy here on Tuesday wanted the water board officials to ensure daily water supply in the city by the year-end, the pressure is mounting on it to maintain the present supply volume of 240 MGD in the summer season. Severe impact There were reports of the water board resorting to unscheduled reduction in the supply timings all over the city and the impact was all the more severe in the surrounding municipalities where drinking water supply ranges from once in three to five days…
Jawahar Reddy exuded confidence that the present supply volume would continue all through summer. “There is no doubt about the supply volume despite Himayatsagar going dry, but people might face some difficulties in the form of delayed supplies owing to fluctuations in power supply,” he explained. Krishna water, the mainstay of city’s drinking water supply, is hauled from Nagarjunasagar, 116 km away, but prolonged power cuts enroute have begun disrupting the pumping process, leaving the HMWSSB authorities in a quandary. Following stoppage of water drawal from Himayatsagar, the loss was being covered up by additional intake from Krishna phase one and reportedly from the second phase also, which had completed trial runs. The second phase is likely to get a final clearance from the Centre next Monday under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. This will ensure an additional 90 MGD for the city and the second phase is likely to be commissioned sometime this summer.