The News Review:

- Water foes on path to square off yet again
- Planet heading to low-water mark
- Kilkee water supply to improve
- Nigeria: Jigawa to Spend N30m Monthly On Water
- Nigeria: Kano Residents Assured of Uninterrupted Water

Water foes on path to square off yet again
Orlando Sentinel – Nov 18, 2007
Johns River Water Management District. Johns, which manages water resources for 18 counties in east Central Florida, is reviewing a request from California-based. Many local residents, government officials and environmental groups are fighting to get that request denied — arguing that devastating demands of the area’s growth leave little extra opportunity to sell off precious water supplies on store shelves. Eventually the debate will go before the St. Johns governing board in what could become a heated standoff between the county and the district…
Johns, which manages water resources for 18 counties in east Central Florida, is reviewing a request from California-based. Many local residents, government officials and environmental groups are fighting to get that request denied — arguing that devastating demands of the area’s growth leave little extra opportunity to sell off precious water supplies on store shelves. Eventually the debate will go before the St. Johns governing board in what could become a heated standoff between the county and the district. But that would not be a first.

Planet heading to low-water mark
Toronto Star – Nov 18, 2007
The current shortages aren’t a low point in a normal up-and-down pattern, she says. The global crisis, she says, is a new permanent threat â more serious than climate change; "like a comet aiming at Earth" â that humans can hope to fend off through hard choices, not divine intervention. Everywhere, Barlow says, we’ve so plundered, polluted and degraded the customary fresh water supply, near Earth’s surface, that there’s no longer enough to go around. Two billion people lack sufficient and safe water. Environmental Protection Agency says 36 states are in some stage of crisis.

Kilkee water supply to improve
U.TV – UTV – Nov 18, 2007
Clare can look forward to a greatly improved fresh water supply. A contract has been signed on a project which will see key infrastructure improvements within 16 months. The West Clare Water Supply Scheme Contract is a 9. 5 million development, which will involve laying a further 23 kilometres of Watermain.

Nigeria: Jigawa to Spend N30m Monthly On Water
AllAfrica.com – Nov 18, 2007
The commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Salisu Kuit, said at the weekend in Dutse that Gov. Sule Lamido had approved the release of the money. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); He said the money would be used to buy diesel and chemicals for water treatment in 237 mini plants and 27 urban water plants across the 27 local council areas. The commissioner also said that a 21-member committee had been set up to identify areas with broken down and rusted pipes so as to rehabilitate them.

Nigeria: Kano Residents Assured of Uninterrupted Water
AllAfrica.com – Nov 18, 2007
GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); Alhaji Garba, who is also chairman of the committee for the commissioning of the 150 million liters per day water works and lying of the foundation of the new International Singer Market, said that in the next 20 years, metropolitan Kano will not experience acute water shortage as it will become a thing of the past. He added that the contractors handling the project are testing the pumping of water through the four pumping machines with a view to forestall any problem that might crop up when the plant begins full operations. Receiving the commissioner, the project director of the water project, Mr. Roy Strover assured him that there will be uninterrupted water supply to all nooks and crannies of the state this week. Roy Strover said that pumping of water is gradual and it would increase until the plant becomes fully operational before the planned commissioning. Earlier, while inspecting the Na'ibawa road project in Kumbotso local government area, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba had called on KNUPDA engineers to ensure that urban roads, when being designed, should put into consideration the width of the road for the convenience of users.