The News Review:

- Measures to improve water supply in Vaniyambadi
- Water companies are intimidating customers and deliberately getting…
- Great Lakes Compact needs Wisconsin’s approval now
- COWD union assures water supply services

Measures to improve water supply in Vaniyambadi
Hindu – Sep 29, 2007
The money had been used to dig two new wells at Vadakupattu. Water from the wells would be brought to Ramayanthoppu via Kodanchi through a newly-laid pipeline. “This will give some relief for the residents of the parched pockets in the Municipality. ” Stating that the Palar river, the main water source of Vaniyambadi, had gone dry, Mr. Ganesan said the municipality had submitted a detailed report to the Government to directly bring the water from the Krishnagiri Dam to Vaniyambadi. The cost estimate of the project was Rs…
Water from the wells would be brought to Ramayanthoppu via Kodanchi through a newly-laid pipeline. “This will give some relief for the residents of the parched pockets in the Municipality. ” Stating that the Palar river, the main water source of Vaniyambadi, had gone dry, Mr. Ganesan said the municipality had submitted a detailed report to the Government to directly bring the water from the Krishnagiri Dam to Vaniyambadi. The cost estimate of the project was Rs. The project had been submitted to the Government for approval.

Water companies are intimidating customers and deliberately getting…
Guardian Unlimited – Sep 29, 2007
“This issue had been brought to our attention as the practice was becoming more prevalent,” says a spokeswoman. As such, the regulator says it has toughened its guidelines on debt, including a requirement that “companies should be able to demonstrate they have made sufficient attempts to establish that the property is empty” – for example, by visiting the address. The ban on cutting the domestic water supply over non-payment was introduced in 1999 on public health grounds. There were warnings from health authorities that a rising number of disconnections could increase the spread of diseases associated with poor sanitation. Some will be concerned by Ofwat’s figures showing that the number of homes disconnected for reasons other than arrears rose sharply in 2006-07. Some companies have not disclosed figures – and several, including Thames Water, say they didn’t cut anyone off. However, two firms that have seen huge jumps are Northumbrian Water and South West Water.

Great Lakes Compact needs Wisconsin’s approval now
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Sep 29, 2007
Industries and regions are coming after Great Lakes water. This compact, with whatever imperfections it might have, must be passed by Wisconsin and it must be done soon. The Great Lakes is fast becoming the primary water supply for our nation. We in the Great Lakes states need to quickly wrap boundaries around it and guide its use by passing a strong compact for a strong Wisconsin and region now. Olen is conservation chair of the Great Waters group of the Sierra Club.

COWD union assures water supply services
sunstar.com.ph – Sep 29, 2007
Post comments here. Union members, wearing black armbands at work to signify their silent protest, demanded the revision of the bulk water supply agreement that COWD had entered with a private firm last year, saying the contract was gravely disadvantageous to the water utility. They also questioned the supply concession recently granted to COWD’s own water supplier — the Rio Verde Development Corp. (RVDC) — saying the move deprived COWD of potential revenues. Young said the employees union fears of an eventual privatization of the water utility. Labor-related problems, however, can be discussed on the negotiating table or in courts and would not necessarily resort to the picket lines, the union official added.