The News Review:

- Water management plan unveiled today.
- Pilloor line burst stops drinking water supply
- Vile Giardia bug in Sydney water

Water management plan unveiled today.
Free with registration – Chattanooga Times/Free Press – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 28, 2007
28–Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources today will unveil the details of a new plan for statewide water management. "The goal of the plan is to present a framework fr…
“The goal of the plan is to present a framework from which we can address how to best use our water resources in Georgia,” said Kevin Chambers, communications director for the department’s Environmental Protection Division. That is a two-fold task, he said. The state must ensure its water supply in the.

Pilloor line burst stops drinking water supply
Hindu – Jun 28, 2007
near the scheme’s treatment plantWork is on to replace the damaged pipe COIMBATORE: A burst in the Pilloor scheme’s main line on Wednesday stopped the daily supply of 125 million litres of drinking water to the eastern parts of the city and more than 500 panchayats elsewhere in the district. The city may get next supply of Pilloor water only on Saturday or Sunday. The burst occurred around 6 a. near the scheme’s treatment plant and pumping station at Velliangadu, about 40 km north of the city. It blew a large hole over a three ft length of a 20 ft long 1500 mm pre-stressed concrete pipe.

Vile Giardia bug in Sydney water
NEWS.com.au – Jun 28, 2007
The canal runs from the southern dams in the Illawarra into Sydney’s Prospect Reservoir. The bugs are believed to have been washed into the upper canal from the heavy rainfalls over recent weeks. It is expected that Sydney Water will immediately cut the supply from these canals to ensure the bugs do not enter Sydney’s main drinking water supply. Today Deputy Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said no bugs had been detected in filtered water coming from the water filtration plants and there was no threat to public health. The upper canal supplies about 20 per cent of water to Prospect Filtration Plant – which feeds treated water to Sydney homes. Warragamba Dam supplies around 80 per cent. Water Minister Phil Koperberg said the filtration system was adequately dealing with the very low levels of the bugs…
"(But) its important to stress as strongly as possible that there is no threat whatsoever to Sydney’s water supplies. ” The Sydney Catchment Authority has already been forced to change where it takes water from at Warragamba to avoid the dirty water entering the system and being delivered to Prospect Reservoir where Sydney’s drinking water supply is filtered and delivered to homes via the water mains. The privately run filtration plant has been put on alert to upgrade it treatment in case any dirty water reaches the plant. Ironically, the contamination has been caused by the 200mm of rain that has fallen over the catchment in the past two weeks. It contains nutrients and debris washed into the dam by the floodwaters. The 1998 water crisis led to significant changes to early warning systems and better filtration, to prevent a repeat. Opposition leader Barry O’Farrell said the incident highlighted a lack of planning by authorities.