The News Review:
- No mosquito steps, no water supply
- Many parts of state battle for normalcy after heavy rain, water …
- Toilet trouble: Flushing meds contaminates water supplies
- Calif. tribe fears losing land if dam is raised
- Power Shortages Hit Water Supply
No mosquito steps, no water supply
The Statesman, India
22: Following increase in malarial cases in the city the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to disconnect water supply lines of buildings and police stations that fail to take appropriate measures to check the breeding of mosquitoes inside their premises. One death due to malaria has been reported form the city. It was decided at a meeting today that if a building owner is served a notice under Section 496(2) of the KMC Act, 1980, for storing water that acts as a breeding ground for mosquitoes and within one week the owner does not take steps against it, then water supply to the building will be disconnected. “Previously a case would be filed against the owner of the building at the municipal court. But now we have decided to disconnect the water supply line of the building,” member mayor-in-council (health), Dr Subodh De said.
Many parts of state battle for normalcy after heavy rain, water …
Indian Express, India
The Government has stepped up efforts to evacuate the stranded people at snow-covered Sarchu and Chhatru areas of Lahula-Spiti district. Helicopters are making regular rounds to airlift people, and also drop essential food items and medicines. Several parts of Shimla are still going without drinking water and power supply. Mobility on the road within the town and upper-Shimla belt, popular called the apple belt, remains affected. The loss to the public and private property has exceeded Rs 400 crore. This includes 12 bridges. Among these, Bethal bridge near Rampur is vital.
Toilet trouble: Flushing meds contaminates water supplies
Salt Lake Tribune, United States
And trace amounts of medications – the unavoidable residue from unmetabolized drugs excreted by humans, and leftover prescriptions intentionally flushed down toilets – have tainted the drinking water of at least 46 million Americans. Sewage and water treatment facilities are unable to remove all drug residues. And the minute amounts that enter the culinary water supply through treated effluent has some scientists concerned. It’s a problem with potentially serious environmental and public health implications. Prolonged, repeated exposure to small amounts of prescription drugs could stir allergies, cause nerve damage or affect cells in humans. And the feminization of fish, as well adverse impacts on species like zooplankton that anchor the aquatic food chain, has raised the brows of biologists.
Calif. tribe fears losing land if dam is raised
The Associated Press
tribe fears losing land if dam is raisedBy SAMANTHA YOUNG – 3 hours ago SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — The federal government is considering enlarging a dam to boost the state’s water supply, which would flood what little land remains above water where a Native American tribe has fished and farmed for centuries. Nine-tenths of the ancestral land of the Winnemen Wintu was submerged in 1945, when the federal government built a 602-foot dam downstream of their ceremonial and prayer grounds. Bureau of Reclamation is considering enlarging Shasta Dam, flooding the remaining 22 miles of rocky, steep canyon shoreline, including two sacred rocks involved in coming-of-age rituals.
Power Shortages Hit Water Supply
Institute for War and Peace Reporting, UK
Power Shortages Hit Water Supply. Long-running power cuts caused by Zimbabweâs economic turmoil are now affecting the water supply in many cities. Since the beginning of September, residents of the countryâs second largest city, Bulawayo, have gone for days at a time without water. In the past week, they have been forced to endure yet another acute shortage. This is not because supply dams have dried up, say council officials. Rather it is caused by increased power rationing by the countryâs power utility, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, ZESA.