The News Review:

- East Limerick water supply contaminated by nitrates
- Purchase of Linebrook property will protect water supply
- Water supply project to come up in Kaliyaganj, construction on
- Some clarity is coming back into the water sector
- Fairfield, CA Waterman Water Treatment Plant Modernization and …
- Used quarry water soon will become drinking water

East Limerick water supply contaminated by nitrates
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom 
Homes serviced by the Rockhill public water supply are being urged to only use the water for flushing toilets and internal house plumbing. Limerick County Council has issued the warning due to a high level of nitrates in the supply. The scheme serves around 340 people. Post a comment Limit: 500 charactersView all comments that have been posted about this article… Homes serviced by the Rockhill public water supply are being urged to only use the water for flushing toilets and internal house plumbing. Limerick County Council has issued the warning due to a high level of nitrates in the supply. The scheme serves around 340 people. Post a comment Limit: 500 charactersView all comments that have been posted about this article.

Purchase of Linebrook property will protect water supply
Ipswich Chronicle,  USA 
The property, owned by Ipswich residents Eugene and Phyllis Lynch since the mid-1960s, was sold to the town by the executor of the Lynch Estate, Eugene Lynch’s sister, Mildred Resnick, to honor the family’s history on the land. The town paid $975,000 for the property, using $495,175 of a Mass. Department of Environmental Protection Drinking Water Supply Protection Grant. The remainder of the cost was covered by the town’s Open Space Bond Authorization and the Open Space, Recreation and Water Supply Protection Fund. The property also is within the Zone II Wellhead Protection Area for the Mile Lane well, a major groundwater supply source for the town. "The Water Department considers this to be a very desirable acquisition," said Utilities Director Tim Henry.

Water supply project to come up in Kaliyaganj, construction on
The Statesman, India 
It was learnt that on the basis of demand of the residents the municipality authorities around two years before drew up a project proposal at an estimated cost of Rs 11. 5 crore and it was sent to the Union Water Resource Department seeking its approval. Recently the concerned department approved this scheme and they sanctioned Rs 2. 71 crore for the first phase of the work.

Some clarity is coming back into the water sector
Malaysia Star, Malaysia 
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Fairfield, CA Waterman Water Treatment Plant Modernization and …
MarketWatch 
The $67 million dollar project will modernize the plant andexpand water treatment capacity from 16 to 30 millions gallons per day. Theupgrade is designed to meet the water needs of the city’s growing residentialand business populations, and provide a state-of-the-art treatment plant forservice well into the 21st century. “Planning for adequate water supplies and water treatment capacity hasbeen a strong focus in Fairfield for decades,” says Sean Quinn, Fairfield citymanager. “Our businesses and residents truly benefit from the quality andreliability of water provided by the city. Fairfield’s ample water supply is due to water rights obtained in the1950s to Lake Berryessa, part of the federal Solano Project, and other watersources. The city also gets a significant amount of its water supply from theSacramento River.

Used quarry water soon will become drinking water
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN 
"The water can be pumped to Lakeville or Eagan or somebody else, if it is appropriate," Burnsville Council Member Charlie Crichton said. "We do have pipes that go to Lakeville, for example, that could be used. If Credit River becomes a city and can’t go down for water, they could conceivably buy from this supply. " The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has long allowed Kraemer to discharge up to 4 billion gallons a year, a capacity that the firm is nearing. Edmunds said the firm wants to pump more water than is allowed under its decade-old permit. "Years ago, we had long-term planning where we realized that the management of the water that we discharge was going to become a factor, and the efficiencies in our operations were going to be impacted by that," he said. So the firm began looking for innovative ways to treat that surface water.