The News Review:
- Mission to focus on improving drinking water supply in suburbs
- Seminar on water supply management begins
- READING ROOM: Water shortages in Bulgaria
- State pressed on water deal
Mission to focus on improving drinking water supply in suburbs
Hindu – Aug 27, 2007
The rest are town panchayats that also see hectic growth. Initially taking up only the city, the mission later included the peri-urban areas along the Corporation’s borders under its urban agglomeration component. The idea is to equip the townships surrounding the city with enough water so that there is no pressure on the Corporation to share its resources. At present, shortage of water under the Siruvani scheme has forced three municipalities to appeal for one million litres a day (mld) from the Corporation’s quota of more than 85 million litres. With pressure on the Corporation to meet the rising demand on its own territory, the civic body is about to implement the Rs. 96-crore Pilloor Phase II scheme that will supply 125 (mld). The Phase I scheme already supplies a similar amount, of which 65 mld is for the city…
The Corporation will act as the nodal agency for the suburbs, helping them draft plans. The local bodies will have to arrange part of the funds to meet the project cost, while the rest will come as grants. At present, water supply in most of these local bodies is made once in four days to 10 days. Supply position improves only when the Siruvani Dam gets filled up. But, the city is also waiting for this after going through anxious moments during summer. With one half of the Corporation and also three municipalities and nine town panchayats dependent on the Siruvani scheme, there are concerted efforts for self-sufficiency in drinking water supply. A consultant has drawn up tentative projections (see table) for the suburbs.
Seminar on water supply management begins
Times of Oman – Aug 27, 2007
The opening ceremony was attended by a number of undersecretaries and public officials. Zahir bin Khalid Al Sulaimani, director-general of water resources assessment at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources, said the seminar comes at a time when the world is facing a number of challenges like population growth and improved standards of living which led in turn to rise in demand for water. There is a remarkable imbalance between supply and demand for potable water, he added. Water experts, consultants and academics taking part at the seminar will endeavour to come out with valuable proposals that will help in maintaining a balance between supply and demand and provide solutions to water related problems facing a number of countries as a result of high demand for water in tourism seasons. function ratepopup(nid,r){ { fnDetails(”rate_article…
Zahir bin Khalid Al Sulaimani, director-general of water resources assessment at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources, said the seminar comes at a time when the world is facing a number of challenges like population growth and improved standards of living which led in turn to rise in demand for water. There is a remarkable imbalance between supply and demand for potable water, he added. Water experts, consultants and academics taking part at the seminar will endeavour to come out with valuable proposals that will help in maintaining a balance between supply and demand and provide solutions to water related problems facing a number of countries as a result of high demand for water in tourism seasons. function ratepopup(nid,r){ { fnDetails(”rate_article.
READING ROOM: Water shortages in Bulgaria
Sofia Echo – Aug 27, 2007
Most villagers grow their own food, which they pickle or preserve, and store for winter months. This year, the lack of rain has meant many crops have failed. The regions facing the greatest threat to water supplies are located in the north, in the region of Dobrudja Mountain and part of the Thracian lowlands. People living in these areas have been warned that they should curb the amount of water they use or face austere measures imposed by the municipalities in the region. Additional considerationsAnother issue at stake here is the unprecedented, huge growth of tourism along the coast. It is a catch-22 situation: Bulgaria encourages and needs tourism to boost the economy, but this, in turn, brings problems with additional demands and consumption of water. Tourist resorts have priority for water; it would be difficult to justify an empty swimming pool to holidaymakers who have just paid hundreds of euro for their holiday and would not encourage repeat bookings if tourists were to face the same hardships as the local populations.
State pressed on water deal
AZ Central.com – Aug 27, 2007
It has been that one overwhelming task everyone worked around, pushing it off for later. Now, a settlement between the Navajos and New Mexico for water from the San Juan River, a major tributary of the Colorado, has forced Arizona and the federal government back to the table to sort out the rest of the tribe’s claims, which include water and money to build delivery systems. The task is still overwhelming, tangled in a morass of laws, compacts, political interests and a water supply already stretched too thin. But failure would thrust the issue into court and threaten water supplies for millions of people. “We want to settle the Navajo and Hopi claims to the rivers in Arizona,” said Herb Guenther, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources. “It’s one of our high priorities to get this resolved, for the benefit of not only the tribe but also for water users in Arizona, to give them more certainty for the future. Pacts with Arizona Arizona is no stranger to tribal water deals.