The News Review:
- Arsenic in the US Water Supply Linked to Diabetes, Study Says
- Linda McKee: Some statistics from the weekend deluge.
- Rainfall ends Navi Mumbai water woes
- >>Govt Spends Over N443m On Water Supply
- Kerry homeowners asked to test water after arsenic levels increase
Arsenic in the US Water Supply Linked to Diabetes, Study Says
Bloomberg
It's also possiblethat diabetics were less able to filter out the poison, theresearchers said. Arsenic, once known as a potent rat poison, comes frommineral deposits in rocks and soil. Water contaminated witharsenic is often found in the West, Midwest and Northeast. Asmuch as 8 percent of the U. public water supply, affecting.
Linda McKee: Some statistics from the weekend deluge.
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom
More than 120 roads closed at the peak of the floods. Several bridges were damaged. A road collapse damaged a water main, interrupting fresh water supplies. And the Broadway underpass filled with 50,000 cubic metres of water in just 45 minutes. These figures all emerged yesterday when the Regional Development Committee called in representatives from the Roads Service, Northern Ireland Water and the Rivers Agency to find out what exactly went wrong. All three said that soon after the severe weather warning came in from the Met Office last Friday, they joined in a conference call organised by Belfast City Council and including the PSNI, Fire Service, NIE and other agencies to co-ordinate the inter-agency response to the impending crisis. The terse response from committee chair Fred Cobain? “It didn’t happen.
Rainfall ends Navi Mumbai water woes
Times of India, India
The Morbe dam currently supplies around 210 mld of water. The rest of the water is sourced from the Maharashtra Industrial DevelopmentCorporation (MIDC) and the City and Industrial Development Corporation ofMaharashtra (CIDCO). “By January next year, the entire water supplyfor Navi Mumbai will be provided from the Morbe dam alone. We are also planningto sell the surplus water in the dam to neighbouring townships likeMira-Bhayandar and Thane,” said Dagaonkar. Though it was officiallycompleted only in May last year, the dam has been supplying water to the citysince 2004. According to Dagaonkar, the NMMC has laid pipelinesacross the city. Areas such as Airoli and Ghansoli, which had earlier beenfacing acute water shortage, are connected now and receive a constant supply ofwater.
>>Govt Spends Over N443m On Water Supply
LeadershipNigeria, Nigeria
Governor Isa Yuguda stated this while commissioning the rehabilitated and expanded 2. 5 million gallons per day water treatment plant at Gubi Dam. He said the present administration met the water supply infrastructure of Bauchi metropolis in a state of disarray, where the power transformer was burnt and the stand by generating sets had broken down. He stated that the decision to rehabilitate and expand the Gubi dam was because the 10 million gallons per day did not meet the demands of the state capital, hence the decision to provide additional 2. 5 million gallons per day fron the bigger plant to augument the 10 million gallons per day.
Kerry homeowners asked to test water after arsenic levels increase
Irish Times, Ireland
Well owners in the area have been asked to test their drinking water supplies. The opposite headland, the Beara peninsula across the Kenmare River may also be affected, according to the council. About 70 houses are affected in the Tahilla and Rossdohan Group scheme near Sneem. The arsenic was uncovered during routine tests carried out by Kerry County Council, according to a statement issued by the council’s spokesman yesterday. Arsenic, he said, was a naturally occurring substance in the area and the levels were just slightly above what was acceptable under EU drinking water regulations.