The News Review:
- Bypass ‘could put water supplies to homes at risk’
- Ghazi Barotha Water Supply Project: CDA wants IPCC meet to get …
- Bull murder: MC strike on, ultimatum on snapping power, water …
- 50 % water connections illegal in city
- Professor Frimpong Boateng calls for policy on water harvesting
- Planet is running out of clean water, new film warns
Bypass ‘could put water supplies to homes at risk’
Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK
A study into the potential impact of the new dual carriageway found that water supplies to homes and farms could be hit by building works, the public inquiry into the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route heard at the end of its second week. Transport Scotland witness Stefan Le Roy, of Jacobs Engineering, gave the assurance, however, that “nobody is going to be left without a viable water supply”. He said a study carried out since last year found the scheme had a “heightened risk” to 47 private water supplies, with others potentially under threat. Stuart Gale, QC, for objectors Road Sense, quizzed Mr Le Roy at yesterday’s session in Aberdeen’s Hilton Treetops Hotel.
Ghazi Barotha Water Supply Project: CDA wants IPCC meet to get …
Daily Times, Pakistan
The authority sent a written request to the IPCC secretary on Thursday to call an urgent meeting of the body to solve the issue related to the water supply project, as the water crisis in the metropolis is deepening with each passing day. The authority has also informed the IPCC secretary that if the matter was not resolved on immediate basis the federal capital would face acute shortage of water in near future, a senior official of CDA told Daily Times on Friday. He said due to reservations of provinces about the project the government in the current years Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) had not allocated funds for the project. The Cabinet Division and Planning Commission (PC) have also asked Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and CDA to consult all the provinces in this regard, he said. The official said the government would allocate funds and give a go ahead signal to CDA and WAPDA to execute the project when all provinces would issue No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the project.
Bull murder: MC strike on, ultimatum on snapping power, water …
Indian Express, India
They later met Additional Deputy Commissioner Jaspal Mittal, who bought time till Monday for the fulfillment of their demands. The protestors called upon SP (City) Varinder Pal Singh, who was entrusted with the investigation in the case, and demanded the cancellation of the FIR against them. The agitating civic staffers, however, deferred the ultimatum to snap the power and water supply in the entire city till Monday. They had threatened on Thursday to suspend emergency services in Mohali from Saturday if the FIR registered against the MC employees was not cancelled today and the residents of Lambian village, whom they accused of assaulting the MC staffers and obstructing them from discharging duty, were not arrested.
50 % water connections illegal in city
Times of India, India
While there are 14. 5 lakh registered property units, thereare just 6. 62 lakh legal connections, including 1. 15 lakh in newly-acquiredareas of new west zone.
Professor Frimpong Boateng calls for policy on water harvesting
Joy Online, Ghana
Mr Yaanore explained that the Bolgatanga water system had a treatment plant at Vea near Bolgatanga designed to contain 1,600,000 gallons. However, the system provides a daily average of 880,000 gallons whereas the estimated daily demand is 1,288,000 gallons, he said. The water supply to Navrongo and Bawku are mechanized boreholes. The designed capacity of the Navrongo system is 330,000 gallons. It supplies a daily average of 167,000 gallons out of an estimated demand of 640,000 gallons per day. Mr Yaanore said the designed capacity of Bawku was 440,000, with a daily average supply of 178,000 gallons. It has an estimated demand of 1,134,000 gallons.
Planet is running out of clean water, new film warns
CNN
A harmful pesticide, banned by many European countries, remains widely used in the United States, where it runs into rivers and streams. And one expert estimates California’s water supply will run out in 20 years. These sobering statistics come from "FLOW," a new documentary film about the world’s dwindling water supply. The filmmakers and their sources argue a combination of factors, including drought and skyrocketing demand, have created a looming global crisis that threatens the long-term survival of the human race. After premiering in January at the Sundance Film Festival, "FLOW" opened September 12 in New York and Los Angeles, California, and expands to more cities this week. The New York Times called the documentary "less depressing than galvanizing, an informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests.