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- Water or War – August 1, 2007 – The New York Sun
- Filtered water supply.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID…
- Pesticides in surface drinking-water supplies of the northern Great…

Water or War – August 1, 2007 – The New York Sun
New York Sun – Aug 1, 2007
” If Syria controlled the Golan Heights, it could divert water flowing into the Sea of Galilee, which supplies about 25% of Israel’s water. The effort to do so between 1965 and 1966 was one of the causes of the Six-Day War. Syria could severely compromise Israel’s water supply even if its intentions were not malevolent. For example, increasing the population in the area would produce sewage and other contaminants that could pollute the Sea. Any peace treaty would have to ensure Israel’s water rights, but can Israel afford to put one-quarter of its water supply at the mercy of a foreign power, especially one whose leaders have talked about denying Israel all “Arab water”? Ultimately, Israel may have to choose between water and peace with Syria. Israel’s water security is further threatened by the fact that the mountain aquifer, which supplies another 25% of Israel’s water, including most of the drinking water for the major cities, is partially located in the West Bank. Even if a future Palestinian state had peaceful intentions, it could significantly reduce the water available to Israel because of the desire to satisfy the needs of its own population…
Today, unauthorized Palestinian drilling of wells in the West Bank affects the quality of the aquifer. Without any other water source, the Palestinians will be tempted to pump more out of the aquifer to meet their needs and thereby inundate it with seawater. The poor quality of Palestinian Authority water treatment facilities, mismanagement, neglect, and the low priority placed on environmental issues increase the likelihood that the aquifer will be polluted and its quality reduced perhaps to the point of being undrinkable. This has already occurred in the Gaza Strip where the sole aquifer is unusable because of contamination and salinity. To secure its water future, Israel would need to maintain control over three West Bank regions comprising 20% of the land. In return, Israel has said it is prepared to give up control of the mountain aquifer. This would make Israel dependent on the goodwill of the Palestinians to protect the quality of the water and to ensure that Israel continues to receive sufficient water to meet its needs.

Filtered water supply.(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID…
Free with registration – Mechanical Engineering-CIME – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 1, 2007
(technology focus: FLUID HANDLING AND FLUID POWER) –> COPYRIGHT 2007 American Society of Mechanical Engineers The city of Waxahachie, Texas, has teamed with a neighboring utility district to prepare for water demands of the future. Waxahachie and its partner, Rockett Special Utility District, are taking bids for a new water treatment plant that, at least initially, will have four filtration trains using Memcor membrane filters from Siemens Water Technologies. The plant will be able to supply as many as 20. 5 million gallons a day, which will be divided between Waxahachie.

Pesticides in surface drinking-water supplies of the northern Great…
Free with registration – Environmental Health Perspectives – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 1, 2007
Pesticide exposure through potable water has become a concern. Using a statewide survey of 856 Iowa municipal drinking water supplies, Munger et al. (1997) compared the rate of intrauterine growth retardation in births by women whose drinking water contained higher levels of herbicides [atrazine, cyanazine, metolachlor, and (2,4-dichlorophenoxy) acetic acid (2,4-D)] with that in births by women using other sources of drinking water. The authors concluded that atrazine, metolachlor, and cyanazine were each significant predictors of intrauterine growth retardation and that areas with drinking water containing higher herbicide concentrations had higher rates of intrauterine growth retardation than nearby communities with other sources of drinking water. In the northern Great Plains of Canada and the United States, drinking water sources include groundwater and large rivers. However, because of inadequate volume or unsuitability of groundwater because of high mineral content, residents of some smaller communities derive their drinking water from small reservoirs with drainage areas imbedded in agricultural landscapes…
In general, the midsummer concentrations of these water quality parameters in the reservoirs were less than Canadian drinking water guidelines [Canadian Council of Ministries of the Environment (CCME) 1999], although there were exceptions at some sites for total dissolved solids and sulfate. Water treatment in the communities was generally similar (Table 2). Twelve communities had some form of activated carbon treatment; one community also used membrane filtration in their treatment process. Summary of water treatment used in the 15 communities.