The News Review:
- ADB grants 80 mln usd loan to ensure water supply for China’s…
- NDMC plans to revamp water supply system
- Rs. 19.6-crore plan for drinking water supply schemes in Raichur…
- Southeast Governors Speed Up Water Dispute Resolution
ADB grants 80 mln usd loan to ensure water supply for China’s…
Forbes – Dec 17, 2007
The Kunming Qingshuihai water supply project has a total estimated cost of 255. 9 mln usd and The Kunming Municipal Government will contribute 76. 8 mln usd, while a local bank will provide 99. 1 mln usd to complete the funding requirement, the bank said. ADB said the project will improve urban environment, public health and quality of life for urban residents of Kunming, as well as ensure its sustainable economic development by providing safe and reliable water supply.
NDMC plans to revamp water supply system
Hindu – Dec 17, 2007
21 crore project is scheduled to be completed about 20 months after the transfer. The water supply to the NDMC area from Talkatora reservoir is through gravity flow but due to low water levels and short duration of water supply, pressure in the line is very low leading to complaints from Delhi Imperial Zone, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, MPs’ and Ministers’ Bungalow Area, President Estate and adjoining areas. In addition to the underground tank, the civic body will also undertake interconnection of underground reservoirs at Jor Bagh and Talkatora by providing and laying 300 mm dia line from Amrita Shergill Marg to Maulana Azad Road in order to improve the water supply from the Nizamuddin taping of the Sonia Vihar water treatment plant. This project, however, is subject to Delhi Jal Board’s commitment to provide additional water supply from the Sonia Vihar plant through the Nizamuddin taping. Said an NDMC member: “We have been experiencing water problem in the DIZ area for a very long time and nothing was being done to address it. We are now hoping that this interconnecting of our reservoirs will help in overcoming the water crisis by enabling channelising water from areas receiving excess water supply to those receiving scarce supply…
21 crore project is scheduled to be completed about 20 months after the transfer. The water supply to the NDMC area from Talkatora reservoir is through gravity flow but due to low water levels and short duration of water supply, pressure in the line is very low leading to complaints from Delhi Imperial Zone, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, MPs’ and Ministers’ Bungalow Area, President Estate and adjoining areas. In addition to the underground tank, the civic body will also undertake interconnection of underground reservoirs at Jor Bagh and Talkatora by providing and laying 300 mm dia line from Amrita Shergill Marg to Maulana Azad Road in order to improve the water supply from the Nizamuddin taping of the Sonia Vihar water treatment plant. This project, however, is subject to Delhi Jal Board’s commitment to provide additional water supply from the Sonia Vihar plant through the Nizamuddin taping. Said an NDMC member: “We have been experiencing water problem in the DIZ area for a very long time and nothing was being done to address it. We are now hoping that this interconnecting of our reservoirs will help in overcoming the water crisis by enabling channelising water from areas receiving excess water supply to those receiving scarce supply. ”This interconnection of reservoir project is scheduled to be completed by July 2008.
Rs. 19.6-crore plan for drinking water supply schemes in Raichur…
Hindu – Dec 17, 2007
93 crore earmarked for Raichur talukRs. 84 crore set aside for Manvi taluk Raichur: The Raichur Zilla Panchayat has finalised an action plan for Rs. 64 crore to implement various drinking water supply schemes in rural areas in all the five taluks of the district and submitted it to the Government seeking its approval and sanction of funds. According to official sources, the zilla panchayat has identified that people in several villages in Manvi, Lingsugur and Sindhanur taluks have been facing acute shortage of drinking water. Priority In some villages in Manvi and Sindhanur taluks, which have no source of drinking water supply, action has to be taken to maintain supply through piped water supply scheme, according to them.
Southeast Governors Speed Up Water Dispute Resolution
Environment News Service – Dec 17, 2007
The Apalachicola Bay fishing industry is responsible for $134 million in direct economic output and an additional $71 million in indirect value-added impacts. The region produces 90 percent of Florida’s oyster supply, 10 percent of the nation’s oysters, and the state’s third-largest shrimp harvest. A conservation group says the real problem is that Atlanta’s “uncontrolled growth” has outrun its water supply. The Apalachicola Riverkeeper holds Georgia responsible for allocating water “without regard for the future or downstream users. After fighting over these issues in the courts for at least two decades, on November 1, for the first time, the governors of the three states met to discuss the challenges faced by sharing water use during drought conditions in the Southeast. That meeting opened up communications pathways that resulted in today’s meeting. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2007.