The News Review:
- Asian Bank Seeks Sanitation Partners at World Water Week
- Does that car really need a wash?
- Water supply to be affected
- Iraq power system ‘near collapse’
Asian Bank Seeks Sanitation Partners at World Water Week
Environment News Service – Aug 7, 2007
World Water Week will devote many of its panels and publications to sanitation concerns this year. One advance paper from the World Health Organization and the Stockholm Water Institute gives five reasons why investments in water and sanitation can be the engine for accelerated economic growth, sustainable development, improved health and reduced poverty. Improved water supply and sanitation and water resources management boosts countries’ economic growth and contributes greatly to poverty eradication. The economic benefits of improved water supply and “in particular, sanitation” far outweigh the investment costs. National economies are more resilient to rainfall variability and economic growth is boosted when water storage capacity is improved. Investing in water is good business. Proper water supply, sanitation and water resources management is increasingly becoming a competitive advantage for attracting business investment.
Does that car really need a wash?
7DAYS – Aug 7, 2007
Kuwait has never been blessed with much in the way of water resources. In fact, the country was once dependent on traders bringing water supplies in boats from Basra, though this was some 50 years ago…
Fully treated water can meet World Health Organisation potability standards. Current levels of water treatment are low due tovery high costs. Water recycling seems to be the next step Kuwait is taking in best making use of its water supplies, with the Sulaibiya Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Plant now being expanded. The plant was opened in November 2004, representing the biggest step that Kuwait has made to develop water treatment. The plant is one of the largest of its kind in the world to use reverse osmosis (RO) and ultra-filtration (UF) membrane-based water purification. The plant was built with an initial daily capacity of 375,000 cubic metres, which is now being increased to 600,000 cubic metres. When the extension is complete, it is forecast that the plant will contribute 26 per cent of Kuwaits overall water demand, cutting the annual demand from non-potable sources from 142 million cubic meters to 26 million.
Water supply to be affected
Hindu – Aug 7, 2007
Water supply to Ramlila Ground, Greater Kailash I and II, Defence Colony, Mool Chand and adjoining areas will also be affected. Due to urgent repair work on water mains on J. Tito Marg, water supply will be available late on Wednesday evening in Chiragh Dilli, Adhchini, Savitri Nagar, Shivalik, Begumpur, Sarvapriya Vihar, Geetanjali, Malviya Nagar, Navjeevan Vihar and Saket. Residents have been advised to store sufficient water in advance…
Water supply to Ramlila Ground, Greater Kailash I and II, Defence Colony, Mool Chand and adjoining areas will also be affected. Due to urgent repair work on water mains on J. Tito Marg, water supply will be available late on Wednesday evening in Chiragh Dilli, Adhchini, Savitri Nagar, Shivalik, Begumpur, Sarvapriya Vihar, Geetanjali, Malviya Nagar, Navjeevan Vihar and Saket. Residents have been advised to store sufficient water in advance.
Iraq power system ‘near collapse’
BBC News – Aug 7, 2007
Mr Shimari warned that the national grid would collapse if the provinces did not “abide by the rules”. “Everybody will lose and there will be no electricity winner,” he said. Baghdad’s water supply has also been severely affected by failing power supplies. New water treatment plants are working, but a lack of power and broken pipes mean that the water is easily contaminated and hardly flows at all in many places.