The News Review:
- Works on to provide water supply
- Water woes continue in Nagpur
- Zimbabwe: ‘Zinwa a Bomb Waiting to Explode’
- St. Johns River Water Management District may have a public hearing…
Works on to provide water supply
Hindu – Nov 16, 2007
Sundaramurthi said. Participating at a special mass contact programme held at Elur village near here on Wednesday, the Collector said that the board was carrying out the works at an estimated cost of Rs. 62 lakh in the block…
62 lakh in the block. Besides, the board had already created drinking water supply provisions at a cost of Rs. 66 lakh at two habitations in Elur village panchayat, he added. Sundaramurthi said that the district administration was carrying out 83 development works in Elur panchayat at a cost of Rs.
Water woes continue in Nagpur
Times of India – Nov 16, 2007
Executiveengineer, NMC water works department, Shashikant Hastak, said that afterupgradation, the Gorewada plant is back to its original capacity of 120MLD. “With the fast growingnumber of layouts in the city, it is becoming increasingly difficult for us toset up newer distribution channels for them. We are trying our level best tosupply regular water in north and east Nagpur,” hesaid. Though the tanks havebeen provided with regular water, because of high demand, water was beingsupplied on alternate days to these areas, according to arrangements made withthe concerned local corporators and zonal officers, Hastak added. The position of regular watersupply across city would be restored only by January-end, headded. dravekar@timesgroup…
We are trying our level best tosupply regular water in north and east Nagpur,” hesaid. Though the tanks havebeen provided with regular water, because of high demand, water was beingsupplied on alternate days to these areas, according to arrangements made withthe concerned local corporators and zonal officers, Hastak added. The position of regular watersupply across city would be restored only by January-end, headded. dravekar@timesgroup.
Zimbabwe: ‘Zinwa a Bomb Waiting to Explode’
AllAfrica.com – Nov 16, 2007
The association said Zinwa's increases in service charges of over 1 600% since September 2007 are unjustified considering that there is no visible improvement in water supply and administration. Residents and business continue to be plagued by water cuts as Zinwa fails to meet the daily consumption of Harare. Raw sewage continues to find its way into water bodies in the City of Harare, pushing up water treatment costs which are passed on to the residents. Further, some chemicals are not being procured, a situation which poses serious health threat to residents. "An uprising by the residents of Harare is imminent if the current scenario is not addressed," CHRA said. "We demand that the City of Harare take full ownership of the capital's water supply and administration before Zinwa triggers a residents' uprising over water bills. "CHRA blamed excessive interference by politicians in the running of local authorities.
St. Johns River Water Management District may have a public hearing…
Orlando Sentinel – Nov 16, 2007
5 for less than half a million gallons of groundwater a day. That amount could allow water-management district staff to consider approving the permit without a public meeting before the St. Johns governing board. The district has received more than 50 letters opposing the bottling plant. So on Thursday, district staff said they would forward Niagara’s permit request to the governing board, which could schedule a public meeting to discuss the idea within the next month or two. County Commissioner Elaine Renick applauded the opportunity for residents to voice their concerns at a public meeting rather than seeing the permit issued by district staff — a process often used by private companies to tap water supplies.