The News Review:

- Water, water, everywhere.(WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF)
- Zimbabwe: Govt Reforms Water Laws for Accessibility to All
- Let Florida, not feds, manage Florida’s water
- Malaysia Offers To Help In Water Supply Projects – Keng Yaik

Water, water, everywhere.(WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF)
Free with registration – Presbyterian Record – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 1, 2007
(WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF) –> COPYRIGHT 2007 Presbyterian Record ENI–Churchesin Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, have begun to supply residents with water for domestic use in an attempt to lessen the effects of shortages made worse by a struggle over control of the water supply. City authorities have imposed water-rationing measures that permit residents access to water for.

Zimbabwe: Govt Reforms Water Laws for Accessibility to All
AllAfrica.com – Dec 1, 2007
At that time, efforts concentrated on reviewing the Water Act of 1976. The work to revise the old Water Act culminated with the new Water Act of 1998, which addressed all the identified deficiencies," Eng Mutezo said. The minister said around 1995, the Government started working on institutional changes that resulted in the formation of the Zimbabwe National Water Authority whose functions included dam construction, clear water supply, borehole drilling, hydrological data collection and analysis and water pollution. "The main purpose was to make water available to all the people throughout the country as previously some people in the rural areas were still using water from unprotected sources like rivers. Now there are boreholes and dams almost everywhere," he said. Eng Mutezo said Zimbabwe manages its water resources within international and regional frameworks. "The objective is to ensure sustainable utilisation of water resources in cooperation with the neighbouring states and to promote fair use of water and avoid conflicts," he said…
Giving an overview of the country's water reforms while addressing over 150 stakeholders attending the Zambezi Basinwide Stakeholders' Forum and Exhibition in the resort town of Victoria Falls yesterday, Eng Mutezo said the impetus to the water reforms mainly came from an outdated and thus inappropriate water law, uncoordinated efforts in water resources management by various Government departments and managerial and economic inefficiency. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); "It had also become necessary to shift focus to embrace the modern philosophy of integrated water resources management and bring stakeholders into the water resources management scene. In response to this, the Government started reforming the water sector around 1993. At that time, efforts concentrated on reviewing the Water Act of 1976. The work to revise the old Water Act culminated with the new Water Act of 1998, which addressed all the identified deficiencies," Eng Mutezo said.

Let Florida, not feds, manage Florida’s water
St. Petersburg Times – Dec 1, 2007
The district has complied with this order and applied for the permits. At the same time, it has appealed the judge's decision on significant and far-reaching grounds, which have nothing to do with back pumping into the lake. Indeed, the district's Governing Board recently voted against the use of back pumping to provide a water supply "cushion" for the drought-impacted agricultural industry surrounding Lake Okeechobee. This seemingly minor case involving operation of three local pump stations has the potential, remarkably, to set an undesirable national precedent with resounding consequences. The court's ruling, if upheld on appeal, would allow federal authority to intrude on a state's right – reserved in the U. Constitution – to govern its people and resources.

Malaysia Offers To Help In Water Supply Projects – Keng Yaik
Bernama – Dec 1, 2007
It is doing so as it fully subscribes to the fundamental principle that the basic right to water is indispensable for human dignity, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said today. Malaysia cannot imagine that even in the 21th century, there are over one billion people who lack access to water supply because in Malaysia, more than 96 percent of the people enjoy water supply while 98 percent have seen sanitary improvement. He said this in his keynote address at the Roundtable Meeting of the East Asia Ministerial Conference on Sanitation and Hygience 2007 at Beppu City in Japan. In view of Malaysia’s advancements in the sector, Lim said the Malaysian government is ready to share its experience and know-how with least developed countries in East Asia to step up the development of water supply and sanitation…
He reported to the conference on the various initiatives that the Malaysian government has taken, such as putting in place the regulatory mechanism to ensure sustainable development of water supply and sewerage services in the long run. They also include strengthening the institutional framework by establishing a national regulator for both water supply and sewerage services to safeguard the interests of the consumers. Among other measures are investing more than RM8 billion in the development of water supply projects and close to RM3 billion in developing, upgrading and refurbishing sewerage treatment plants to meet effluent discharge standards. — BERNAMA We provide (subscription-based) news coverage in our.