The News Review:
- Depleting Water level of Yamuna River
- ‘Perfect Storm’ Brewing for San Diego’s Water Supply
- Steps taken to ensure adequate water supply in Nagapattinam
- End to Cantonment water woes in sight?
- Bill may limit MTBE liability.
Depleting Water level of Yamuna River
Press Information Bureau – Press Information Bureau (press release) – Apr 30, 2007
0pt;font-family:Arial’>. 0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>Out of the above Sonia Vihar & Nangloi Water Treatment Plants are running under capacity due to less supply of raw water and Bawana WTP which is ready but not running due to non-availability of raw water. To bridge the gap between supply and demand, following steps are being undertaken:. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>. 0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12. 0pt;font-family:Arial’>(i) Efforts are being made to increase raw water supply of Sonia Vihar WTP.
‘Perfect Storm’ Brewing for San Diego’s Water Supply
Voice of San Diego – Apr 30, 2007
And an environmental lawsuit threatens to prevent the Sierra snowmelt from being pumped to Southern California, where it could be stored in case of a more wide-reaching Western drought. The prolonged drought on the Colorado — the worst in a century — is not news to water agencies. But the state Department of Water Resources is now reporting that the water stored in the Sierras is at its lowest level since 1988. If next year’s winter is similarly dry, water shortages could follow. The Sierra Nevada range serves as a large reservoir of California’s drinking water. But less snow fell across the Sierras this winter, said Arthur Hinojosa, chief of the hydrology branch in the state Department of Water Resources’ flood management division. And what little snow did fall melted earlier, at a time when flooding concerns prevented dams and reservoirs from catching it…
They can weather a dry year. [But they] would be hard-pressed to survive two years like this, especially with the Colorado on short supply. “Southern California’s water supply is designed to be diverse, relying on two mountain ranges separated by hundreds of miles. Even though the Colorado River has run low, the Sierras have been more reliable.
Steps taken to ensure adequate water supply in Nagapattinam
Hindu – Apr 30, 2007
Stalin, here on Saturday. Inaugurating the combined water supply scheme for Nagapattinam and Velankanni at Poompuhar organised by the district administration, the Minister said that the district would not face water scarcity and pointed out that the Anaikarai-Kollidam combined water scheme would cater to the drinking water needs of Kilvelur, Nagapattinam and Vailankanni areas. Mr Stalin said that similar schemes would be implemented for other areas of the district and cited the example of the Ramanathapuram combined water supply scheme being implemented with the main objective of wiping out water scarcity in the region. The Minister also handed over the keys of 350 permanent houses to tsunami survivors of Poompuhar constructed by `SEVAI’, a non-governmental organisation, at a cost of Rs.
End to Cantonment water woes in sight?
Hindu – Apr 30, 2007
Geetanath Water Board’s master plan to meet requirements till 2036 HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has submitted a Rs. 25-crore master plan to be spent in three stages for improving water supply in Secunderabad Cantonment and put an end to water woes of people living in the area. The plan has been projected to meet water requirements till the year 2036 by taking into account the projected population growth of 7. 4 lakh and number of connections to reach an estimated 1…
Laying of a 600 mm diameter pipeline from Alwal reservoir to Rudranagar and also from Mahendra Hills to Karkhana have been mooted in first stage. “We would like to ground works to an extent of Rs. 35 crores raised from our own internal resources to implement the first stage of the plan. Approvals and tendering process could take up to six months. We can see water supply improvement in two-three years,” promises SCB senior officials.
Bill may limit MTBE liability.
Free with registration – Fort Worth Star-Telegram – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 30, 2007
–> COPYRIGHT 2007 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Byline: Scott Streater Apr. 30–State lawmakers are considering shielding major oil companies from lawsuits that claim a fuel additive designed to improve air quality is a defective product that the industry knew would contaminate drinking water across Texas and the country. The focus of House Bill 1927 is MTBE, which has been found in hundreds of public drinking water supplies nationwide, including Grapevine, Denton and Midlothian, and could cost billions of dollars to clean up. MTBE, or methyl tertiary-butyl ether, has caused odor and taste problems in some water supplies, and the.