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- Plant fire affects town water supply
- Feds: Yakima water supply looks good
- vernight downpour fails to fix Mumbai water woes
- Group trying to lock in water supplies for southwest Mo …
Plant fire affects town water supply
United Press International
were permitted to resume normal water usage Wednesday following a fire at a local meatpacking plant officials say. The blaze that broke out Sunday night at the Patrick Cudahy plant prompted officials to temporarily order limits on water usage for the towns the Wisconsin State Journal reported Wednesday. The newspaper says both Milwaukee and St. Francis pumped water to Cudahy to bolster the city’s water supply so firefighters could battle the plant blaze. The fire was contained but still smoldering Wednesday the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. Fire officials called in a hazardous materials team after detecting a slight amount of ammonia which Cudahy Fire Chief Dan Mayer said “is residual ammonia in the piping system.
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Feds: Yakima water supply looks good
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vernight downpour fails to fix Mumbai water woes
Forbes
The BMC first introduced a cut of 10 percent on June 8 but raised it to 20 percent on June 20 after expected monsoon rains failed to fall. It has also suspended water supplies to some construction sites and ordered cutbacks to swimming pools whirlpool baths gardens and city hotels the Times of India reported Wednesday. The delayed onset of India’s annual monsoon has reduced water at two of the six lakes that supply water to Mumbai’s more than 13 million inhabitants to below drawable levels the Times of India said. Local media have reported residents stockpiling water and 18 hour-a-day water cuts in some parts of the city. “We may have to switch over to tanker water or bore wells. It does add 2 or 3 percent to the cost of construction” said Mohan Date assistant vice president of projects for the Lodha Group which is building 28 developments around Mumbai. He said the firm would continue harvesting rainwater at construction sites to help mitigate the supply cuts.
Group trying to lock in water supplies for southwest Mo …
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considering 3 potential reservoirs – KTVI. (AP) — A group trying to lock in future water supplies for southwest Missouri is considering three potential reservoirs.