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Hands
that do dishes 'waste a lot of water'
Scotsman - United Kingdom, 15 July 2006
WASHING dishes by hand wastes millions of litres of water
every day, according to a new study. The report claims using
dishwashers ...
Yermo
water off again, on again
Desert Dispatch - Barstow, CA, USA,15
July 2006
YERMO — “This is inhumane,” resident Dana Cordeiro said
about the ongoing water woes experienced by those who depend
on the Yermo Water Company (YWC) for ...
'PM
has set up board to discuss water harvesting methods'
Hindu - Chennai, India, 15 July 2006
Jaipur, July 15 (PTI): The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has
constituted an Artificial Ground Water Harvesting Advisory
Board to discuss the methods of ...
Water
problem continues in Delhi colony
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, 14 July
2006
Water supply at a south Delhi colony remains affected despite
some residents being sent to jail for protesting. ... "We
have to struggle for every drop of water. ...
Dow
concludes water-treatment firm purchase
China Daily - China, 14 July 2006
Dow Chemical Co yesterday completed its acquisition of a
leading Chinese water-treatment company to further strengthen
its portfolio in the sector. ...
Water
cure claims hard to swallow
The Standard - Hong Kong, 15 July 2006
Claims made by manufacturers of water treatment devices which
say the products can bring special health benefits or
alleviate chronic diseases are ...
US
buys water to protect minnow
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow, UK,
14 July 2006
SANTA FE, NM, United States (UPI) -- The US Bureau of
Reclamation is buying water from Santa Fe, NM, to protect the
endangered silvery minnow swimming in the
Three
firms charged with stealing water
Malaysia Star - Malaysia, 14 July 2006
KLANG: Three companies were charged at the magistrate’s
court here yesterday with stealing water from Syarikat Bekalan
Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas). ...
Complaints
about water companies rise by 10%
Guardian Unlimited - UK, 14 July 2006
The water industry suffered more bad publicity yesterday after
it emerged that customer complaints rose by 10% over the last
6 months. ...
Angola:
World Bank Grants Over $7 Million for Water Infrastructure
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA, 13 July
2006
A total of USD 7.2 million is the amount that the World Bank
(WB) made available to the Water and Energy Ministry, for the
rehabilitation and extension of the ...
Water
supply risk as dry hits
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide, South
Australia, Australia, 14 July 2006
INFLOWS to the Murray-Darling Basin River system fell to the
lowest level on record last month, potentially jeopardising
the supply of water to key state ...
Bottled
water in meaty flavours? Dogs lap it up
Mail & Guardian Online -
Johannesburg, South Africa, 13 July 2006
Cool bottled water in three delicious flavours -- beef,
chicken and bacon. ... The fastest growing markets were
bottled water for humans and high-value pet treats. ...
New
light on ion interaction may improve water quality
Hindu - Chennai, India, 13 July 2006
WATER — COLOURLESS, odourless and tasteless — may seem
simple, but its interactions with minerals can be difficult to
study. ...
County’s
29.5 percent water rate hike swamps Gray’s increase
Jones County News - Gray, GA, USA, 13
July 2006
Water issues in Gray and Jones County are intertwined and
confusing at best, but one agreement with both governing
bodies is that customers will be paying more ...
Report:
Water-supply problems remain in rural areas
Mail & Guardian Online -
Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 July 2006
Distribution of water, reliability of water supply, water
storage and vandalism were problems still facing communities
hit by a cholera outbreak at the end of ...
Water
supply under threat in New Delhi
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,
India, 12 July 2006
The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), responsible for providing drinking
water to the Capital, on advise of the Delhi police, has
written to CISF to review the security ...
Brisbane
water pipe disaster wastes thousands of litres
ABC Online - Australia, 12 July 2006
Tens of thousands of litres of water literally ran down the
drain across drought-affected Brisbane last night, after
several breaks and bursts in the city's ...
Antiguans
Complain of Water Shortage
Houston Chronicle - United States, 11
July 2006
ST JOHN'S, Antigua — Despite the recent opening of a new
plant intended to increase the water supply in this tiny
Caribbean island, Antiguans are complaining ...
Sierra
Leone: Water, Water, Water, Not a Drop for the People of ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA, 10 July
2006
There is water, water, water, everywhere in Sierra Leone but
currently none for the people of Sierra Leone to use. As I
consider ...
Chambers
Ireland proposes installation of water meters
Irish Examiner - Cork, Ireland, 10 July
2006
Chambers Ireland is calling on the Government to install water
meters in all homes and businesses. The group wants charges
introduced ...
Ehrlich
considering new state water policy
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD, USA,
10 July 2006
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. A policy to lease or sell water on
and under state lands is being considered by Gov. Robert L.
Ehrlich Jr ...
World
Bank Spends N260bn On Power, Water, Others
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA, 10 July
2006
... with power generation and transmission gulping $300
million and larger portion of the remainder pumped into the
provision of drinking water in five states ...
Water
Restrictions for part of West Michigan
WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 9 July
2006
WYOMING-- Effective noon Saturday, the City of Wyoming Water
System is enforcing a Tier One Water Restriction. A Tier One
Water ...
Water
Secured For Northern Colo. Farms
cbs4denver.com - Denver, CO, USA, 8 July
2006
... has secured water loans from area water districts and
municipalities to help fulfill promised allocations to area
farmers, officials said. ...
Spills
in water aren't reported, study says
Detroit Free Press - United States, 8
July 2006
WASHINGTON -- The source of drinking water for more than 5
million people in Michigan and Canada is threatened by spills
of oil and hazardous substances into ...
Baghdad
water plant OK but delivery hard
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA, 8 July
2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- After nearly three years and $45 million, a
treatment plant in northern Baghdad is pumping enough drinking
water for a quarter of Baghdad's ...
Nursery
industry urges vote for recycled water
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 7 July
2006
Queensland's nursery industry says residents should vote 'yes'
in this month's water poll if they want Toowoomba to retain
its nickname of the Garden City. ...
Water
Borne Illness
Central Florida News 13 - Orlando, FL,
USA, accessed 9 July 2006
Emergency Physician Dr. Ricardo Martinez said, "Don't
swallow pool water, don't let it stand inside your
mouth.". Experts say you ...
Aberdeen
Considers Bay As Drinking Water Source
WBAL Channel.com - Baltimore, MD, USA, 7
July 2006
ABERDEEN, Md. -- Aberdeen officials are proposing tapping the
Chesapeake Bay as a source of drinking water for the city's
growing population. ...
Water
dilemma: bottled or tap?
Herts 24 - United Kingdom, 6 July 2006
Most people buy bottled water when they are out and about, but
some people go one step further and stock up their fridges,
preferring bottles to the water that ...
Zimbabwe:
Let's Make Better Use of Water
AllAfrica.com - Washington, USA, 4 July
2006
WATER is not free any more, or at least not in a modern urban
society where a well is something in a history book. It costs
money ...
World
water shortage fuels investor interest
MSN Money - USA, 4 July 2006
With droughts currently afflicting much of the world,
investors are now seeking to exploit a shortage of that most
basic of commodities – water. ...
Australia's
Leighton awarded 130 mln aud water pipeline contract ...
Forbes - USA, 4 July 2006
... SYDNEY (XFN-ASIA) - Construction and contract mining group
Leighton Holdings Ltd said it has been awarded a 130 mln aud
contract from the Sydney Water Corp to ...
Water,
water everywhere
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,
India, 4 July 2006
... The water level in Harangi reservoir of Karnataka has
reached its brim of 2,859 ft and other dams were fast nearing
the full level. ...
Spending
money like water
Guardian Unlimited - UK, 29 June 2006
What the water industry needs to stimulate investment is a few
years of rate-of-return regulation. ... That's just what we
want Thames Water to do. ...
A
close call for the Clean Water Act
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA, 22 June
2006
The most alarming aspect of Monday's US Supreme Court decision
on the Clean Water Act is that four justices were ready to put
one of the nation's most ...
Scottish
Water promises to clean up its act
Scotsman - United Kingdom, 17 June
2006
SCOTTISH Water yesterday promised progressively to remove
development constraints and to invest millions of pounds in
reducing leakage, as the troubled utility ...
The
water police
Queensland Sunday Mail - Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, 18 June 2006
A Sunday Mail survey of the 12 drought-stricken councils has
revealed specially branded water-control vehicles and hundreds
of officers are patrolling the ...
Supreme
Court ruling for Georgia doesn't end water wars
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States, 13
June 2006
- Georgia's water wars victory at the US Supreme Court doesn't
mean the 16-year-old legal battle with Alabama and Florida is
anywhere close to an end. ...
More
than half of New Orleans water leaks away
Water Technology Online - Latham, NY,
USA, 9 June 2006
... ORLEANS — Nine months after Hurricane Katrina, the New
Orleans is still scrambling to plug an unknown number of
leaking underground water pipes throughout ...
Why
we're giving up on saving more water
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, 10 June 2006
MOST Sydneysiders have made efforts to reduce their water
consumption but few households believe they can do much more
to save water, and many are not prepared ...
Turnbull
says it's no time to go to water
The Australian - Sydney, Australia, 6
June 2006
THE MP driving national water reform, Malcolm Turnbull, has
declared it too early to walk away from the troubled process
and said a federal takeover could take ...
WATER
COSTS TO SOAR
Special Broadcasting Service - Australia,
5 June 2006
New research by the Federal Government's science body warns
that urban Australians will face large increases in the cost
of water without action to increase ...
Water
News Release: EPA Proposes Rule: Permits Not Needed for ...
Autochannel - USA, 1 June 2006
News for Release: Thursday, June 1, 2006 US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)* EPA Proposes Rule: Permits Not Needed
for Water Transfers * Contact: Dale ...
Leading
water company profits jump 21pc
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom, 1 June
2006
By Stephen Seagrave (Filed: 01/06/2006). United Utilities has
become the latest water company to report bumper profits.
Underlying ...
Drink
water for your kidneys: campaign
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
28 May 2006
Quitting the booze to save your liver is no revelation but how
about drinking more water to save your kidneys? That's the
thrust ...
Water
pumps one possibility for unprecedented delta fish decline
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA, 28 May
2006
TRACY, Calif. - Giant pumps in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
River Delta are the heart of the state's massive water system,
sending water from it where it is most ...
Consultation
begins on water sharing plan
ABC Online - Australia, 29 May 2006
New water sharing arrangements are set to be introduced,
restricting usage for dozens of Lower Hunter irrigators. The
Department ...
Water
utility combines three centres into one
VNUNet.com - UK, 25 May 2006
Scottish Water has completed a £65m four-year IT
consolidation project to merge three regional authorities and
cut its annual costs by £18m. ...
The
Grand SLAM: Rocketing Water to the Moon
Space.com - USA, 24 May 2006
BOULDER, Colorado – A strikingly simple concept would
provide efficient water provisions for human outposts/bases on
the Moon. ...
French
company advises Beijing on falling water level in Summer ...
Xinhua - China, 24 May 2006
BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) - The falling water level in Kunming
Lake, in Beijing's renowned Summer Palace, has aroused the
attention of the world's largest water ...
Water
cures for all
Times Online - UK, 19 May 2006
MIKE BELL is one of a number of people in Britain going
underground — literally — as they seek ways to overcome
the water shortage. ...
Cross-border
water trading deal near
ABC Online - Australia, 19 May 2006
Farmers in Victoria and New South Wales could be trading water
before the end of the year, under an in-principle agreement
struck by the two state governments. ...
Central
coast residents facing $50 water hike
ABC Online - Australia, 18 May 2006
The price of water on the central coast of New South Wales is
set to rise by around $50 a year for the average household.
The Independent ...
Murray
River 'needs four-fold water increase'
ABC Online - Australia, 18 May
2006
A new CSIRO report says the Murray-Darling basin needs four
times more water if it is to maintain its current state of
health. The ...
Battle
brews over water
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth, NH,
U SA, 13 May 2006
NORTH HAMPTON - A war of words over water is developing in
North Hampton.There are charges of high rates and poor
maintenance, meetings being held to consider ...
Expert
sees pressure on northern water supplies
ABC Online - Australia, 14 May 2006
A leading researcher in water resources says Australia's
southern states need to sort out their own water crisis rather
than trying to exploit the vast water ...
Shanir
Akhra people yet to get adequate water
The Daily Star - Dhaka, Bangladesh, 9
May 2006
The Water and Sewerage Authorities (Wasa) could not yet ensure
adequate supply of water four days into Friday's fierce
demonstrations at Shanir Akhra in Demra. ...
Esperance
desalination plant could be WA's next water option
ABC Online - Australia, 4 May 2006
The Nationals say now that a decision has been made not to
harvest water from the Kimberley it is time to seriously
consider all other options to increase the ...
Zambia
signs accord with Nordic states on management of water ...
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China,
28 April 2006
... SADC) has signed a 3.6 million US dollar agreement with
Nordic countries aimed at further improving the management and
development of the shared water resources ...
$80m
water saving deal announced
ABC Online - Australia, 28 April 2006
The Queensland Government and 18 south-east Queensland
councils have signed an agreement aimed at saving 60 million
litres of water a day. ...
Govt
to buy back water
NEWS.com.au - Australia, 28 April 2006
IRRIGATORS in the Murray-Darling region would be able to sell
their spare water back to the Federal Government, in the
latest attempt to return 500 gigalitres ...
Panic
among ecologists as 274 water bodies go dry
Hindu - Chennai, India, 24 April 2006
NEW DELHI: Caught between acute shortage of water and
plummeting groundwater levels, this latest report on the
status of water bodies in the Capital does not ...
Anne
Arundel County To Enact Water Ban
WJZ - Baltimore, MD, USA, 23 April 2006
(WJZ) ANNAPOLIS Despite the recent rainfall in Maryland, Anne
Arundel County is expected to enact mandatory water
restrictions in the coming weeks. ...
Ngai
Tahu Properties wins water consent
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington, New Zealand,
24 April 2006
Ngai Tahu Properties has won a small victory in its long
battle with Central Plains Water over consents for taking
water from the Waimakariri River. ...
Govt
accused of sitting on water levy money
ABC Online - Australia, 24 April 2006
The South Australian Opposition says money being collected for
water levies from the State Government is not being used
properly on improvements to the River ...
Do
you buy bottled water?
Houston Chronicle - United States, 18
April 2006
... Sure, it comes in handy during hurricanes or other events
when tap water is unsafe, or unavailable. ... The tap water
was just as healthy as any bottled product. ...
Guangzhou,
Shenzhou warn of unqualified drinking water sources
Xinhua - China, 18 April 2006
... April 18 (Xinhua) -- Two booming cities of Guangzhou and
Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province warned of
unqualified drinking water sources, which ...
Water
concervation plan concerns farmers
WALB-TV - Albany, GA, USA, 18 April 2006
Bainbridge- Water conservation in southwest Georgia has some
farmers blood boiling. A recent effort to allow new farm wells
after ...
Thames
Water sale process 'will begin by June'
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom, 14
April 2006
German utility RWE will start preparations to sell off its
subsidiary Thames Water by the end of June after deciding
whether to float the British business or ...
PE
faces water shortage
News24 - South Africa, 13 April 2006
Port Elizabeth - Port Elizabeth is facing an acute water
shortage, with dams in the city's catchment area only 36% full
and residents facing further water ...
Turkey
to stop shipping water to Israel
Xinhua - China, 7 April 2006
ANKARA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- An agreement has been reached on
cancellation of a deal on water shipping from Turkey to
Israel, semi-official Anatolia news agency ...
Environment
pays hefty price for waste of water
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, 8 April 2006
By Ross Gittins. AUSTRALIA has a major problem with water. ...
Water is not only essential to human life, it's an important
input to almost every industry. ...
States
on notice over water control
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
30 March 2006
STATE and territory governments could be stripped of control
over Australia's water supplies if they fail to meet
commitments under the Federal Government's ...
Bendigo
water woes 'nothing new'
ABC Online - Australia, 29 March 2006
Local water storages have fallen to around 18 per cent of
capacity but a Central Victorian historian says it is not the
first time supplies have been at low ...
Scientists
Make Water Run Uphill
FOX News - USA, 30 March 2006
By Corey Binns. Toss water on a hot pan and it sizzles and
evaporates. Toss water on a really hot pan, and the water
beads up and starts roaming around. ...
Minister
postpones Water Week in SA
Independent Online - Cape Town, South
Africa, 19 March 2006
While the rest of the globe celebrates World Water Week this
week, South Africa will be out of step because the water
affairs and forestry minister will be ...
Farms
hold answer to our water woes
Times of India - India, 19 March 2006
MEXICO CITY: Eliminating water waste and mismanagement on
farms rather than building dams or diverting rivers would go
far toward alleviating the world's water ...
A
fifth of world population has no safe water
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,
India, 9 March 2006
MEXICO CITY: Almost one-fifth of the world’s population
still lacks access to safe drinking water and 40 per cent do
not have access to basic sanitation ...
Poor
water management limits access to safe water: report
CBC News - Canada, 9 March 2006
Almost one-fifth of the world's population lacks access to
safe drinking water due to mismanagement, limited resources
and environmental damage, according to a ...
Macquarie
consortium buys water utility
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
27 February 2006
A consortium led by Australia's Macquarie Bank is buying US
water utility the Aquarion Company from the UK's Kelda Group
plc for an enterprise value of $US860 ...
Report
highlights water quality
TVNZ - New Zealand, 17 February 2006
The Ministry for the Environment's report on recreational
water quality in New Zealand, looked at samples collected from
lakes and rivers over the two summer ...
Interstate
water trade to help farmers
ABC Online - Australia, 17 February 2006
Permanent trading of water between South Australia and
Victoria will be developed under a deal signed between the
states. River ...
3
glasses of water a day - for the lucky ones
International Herald Tribune - France,
17 February 2006
Yet when a large pool of fresh water appeared before her the
other day in the middle of the scorching earth, this thirsty
woman with eight thirsty children did ...
Qld
Govt defends water levy amidst irrigator anger
ABC Online - Australia, 17 February 2006
The Queensland Government has defended its $4 per megalitre
water levy as many irrigators across Queensland have voted to
withhold payments. ...
Residents'
say in water supply shifts
Vail Daily News - Vail, CO, USA, 5
February 2006
VAIL- Because of the Vail Valley's escalating population, the
Eagle River Water and Sanitation District recently drew new
lines for its seven districts, which ...
Water
charge labelled tax grab
ABC Online - Australia, 27 January 2006
Lockyer Valley growers are refusing to budge on the Queensland
Government's new water resource charge. The $4 a megalitre fee
came ...
EPA
Lax in Collecting Water Data, Study Finds
Washington Post - United States, 26
January 2006
The US Environmental Protection Agency has been slow to force
states to collect and report required data on lead levels in
drinking water and has little ...
AP
Enterprise: US troops exposed to contaminated water in Iraq
...
WHO-TV - Des Moines, IA, USA, January
2006
WASHINGTON Halliburton employees say they told the defense
contractor that contaminated water was being used by US troops
and civilians at a US military base ...
Water
plans
PakTribune.com - Pakistan, 21 January
2006
As we have been caught up in a state of inertia on building
new water reservoirs the past three decades, it might be
useful to look at the water plans of our ...
Govt
denies water plan suppression
ABC Online - Australia, 20 January 2006
The New South Wales Government denies a major proposal to
recycle water has been kept secret to boost support for
Sydney's planned desalination plant. ...
Hands
considering bid for Thames Water
Scotsman - United Kingdom, 16 January
2006
GUY Hands, one of the best known deal-makers in the UK, is
understood to be mulling a bid for Thames Water - a deal that
would be the UK's biggest ever private ...
Suitors
and shortages put water groups under pressure
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom, 16
January 2006
A scramble for three major water companies in the south of
England is gathering pace as fears grow about shortages and
"rationing" in the region. ...
Water
plant will float, minister insists
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, 16 January 2006
... The head of Sydney Water Greg Robinson wrote to the
government ruling out a plant at Kurnell over other cheaper
and more efficient options, newspaper reports ...
Cities
and farmers fight over water rights
Science Daily (press release) - USA, 15
January 2006
... sanctions (December 23, 2005) -- Seattle officials plan to
take action against the makers of a showerhead they say
violates the city's maximum water flow rate ...
Dentists
urge city to fluoridate Tucson's water
KVOA.com - Tucson, AZ, USA, 16 January
2006
Some dentists say the city should follow through on its
promise 13 years ago to fluoridate Tucson's water to help
reduce childhood tooth decay. ...
Construction
of big water reservoirs including KBD inevitable by ...
PakTribune.com - Pakistan, 15 January
2006
... construction of controversial Kalabagh dam, President
General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday again informed the
construction of big water reservoirs including ...
RBS
eyes stake in water firm Branson in deal Cyclacel losses ...
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK, 15 January 2006
ROYAL Bank of Scotland is the favourite to buy up the 25%
stake in Southern Water put on sale by French water business
Veolia Environnement at the end of last ...
NRD
won't sign Heineman letter for Republican River water
Kansas.com - KS, USA, 14 January 2006
... in an uncertain future, the Lower Republican Natural
Resources District board won't sign a letter that may be
necessary to secure money for water purchases. ...
Springs
Utilities presents water proposals to county
Canon City Daily Record - CO, United
States, 14 January 2006
Fremont County has been included into a water proposal that
has caused waves across Southern Colorado. On Friday morning,
the County ...
NWC
to truck water to paying customers
Jamaica Observer - Kingston, Jamaica, 14
January 2006
ONLY paid-up National Water Commission (NWC) customers in
Cassis Heights, Portmore Lane and Old Braeton in Portmore, St
Catherine, who had their water supply ...
Low
water levels pushes electricity prices up
Swissinfo - Switzerland, 13 January 2006
... But the relative water shortage is unlikely to lead to
difficulties for the electricity industry. Walter Hauenstein,
director of ...
Salt
water spill may prompt new oilfield rules, regulator says
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks, ND,
USA, 13 January 2006
BISMARCK, ND - A pipeline that ruptured and spilled salt water
into a creek in rural northwestern North Dakota did not have
equipment that is normally ...
Tennant
water woes won't force chlorination rethink
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 13 January
2006
The Power and Water Corporation's Paul Heaton says the
discovery of an organism related to naegleria fowleri in
Tennant Creek's water supply is not likely to ...
Thawing
ice 'no threat to water supply'
China Daily - China, 13 January 2006
HARBIN: Water supplies will be unaffected when ice in a river
polluted by a toxic spill thaws in the spring, according to
the city's water company. ...
Chemical
Traces Found in Bottled Water
Houston Chronicle - United States, 12
January 2006
MARIETTA, Ohio -- Bottled water provided to residents whose
tap water was tainted with a chemical used to make Teflon has
tested positive for trace amounts of ...
Agency
seeks to sell surplus water
Boston Globe - United States, 12 January
2006
BOSTON --The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is
considering selling surplus water to communities outside its
service area as a way to help consumers ...
Horticultural
industry still facing water supply woes
ABC Online - Australia, 12 January 2006
Bowen Shire Mayor says the region's horticulture industry will
again prepare for the growing season without a secure water
supply and could face major ...
Public
praised for water saving efforts
ABC Online - Australia, 11 January 2006
South Australia's Minister for the River Murray, Karlene
Maywald, has commended SA households for saving two gigalitres
of water in 2005 - equivalent to about ...
Sydney
Water plays down desalination plant whale impact
ABC Online - Australia, 11 January 2006
Sydney Water says research shows the desalination plant
planned for Kurnell in the city's south is unlikely to have a
significant impact on migrating whales. ...
Water
quality back to safe level in polluted S. China river
Xinhua - China, 11 January 2006
10 (Xinhuanet) -- The water quality of Beijiang River returned
to a safe drinking standard as of Tuesday, three weeks after
the river in south China was ...
Murray
water held back upstream
ABC Online - Australia, 10 January 2006
Extraordinary levels of evaporation and increased demand for
irrigation have resulted in water being held back upstream
along the River Murray. ...
water
advisory in Uniondale
Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA, 10
January 2006
The Water Department and Nassau County Department of Health
are advising the Uniondale residents not to drink tap water
after a water main break this morning. ...
Werris
Creek residents face water restrictions
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 10
January 2006
Liverpool Plains Shire Council will impose level one water
restrictions on residents of Werris Creek. The restrictions
will come ...
Water
bans restrict Oakey Creek flow
ABC Online - Australia, 10 January 2006
Waste water from the city is treated at the Wetalla plant and
then released into the creek, which is then used by
irrigators. Rod ...
Water
District to Pay $6.6-Million Fine
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA, 7 January
2006
Water regulators have ordered the Los Osos Community Services
District to pay a $6.6-million fine by Feb. 6 for allowing
septic ...
Dramatic
fall in the state's water use
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide, South
Australia, Australia, 7 January 2006
SOUTH Australians have saved 11 billion litres of water in the
past year, compared to their average annual use before
permanent water restrictions came into ...
Manitoba's
water protection act starts
CTV.ca - Canada, 3 January 2006
The Water Protection Act, which took effect New Year's Day,
gives the provincial cabinet sweeping powers to limit or
restrict any type of activity near ...
States
face shame over water waste
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, 3 January 2006
By David Wroe, Canberra. WATER recycling practices in
Australia's two most populous states have been branded as
"19th century" by the Federal Government. ...
New
drinking water standards
TVNZ - New Zealand, 1 January 2006
New drinking water standards have come into effect, aimed at
helping small suppliers show they are providing safe water. In
March ...
French
mull future of Southern Water
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom, 30
December 2005
French utility Veolia Environnement has confirmed an approach
about a possible sale of its 25pc stake in Britain's Southern
Water. ...
Queenslanders
urged to save more water
Daily Telegraph - Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia, 30 December 2005
THE Queensland government has repeated its call for residents
to reduce water use after seasonal rains failed to increase
dam levels. ...
Parliamentary
committee on water resources' presents report in ...
PakTribune.com - Pakistan, 30 December
2005
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday presented the
much-delayed parliamentary committee for water resources'
report in the Senate in connection with the ...
Water
main breaks in Golden Hill
San Diego Union Tribune - United States,
27 December 2005
GOLDEN HILL -- A water main broke yesterday morning, leaving
four homes without water for the day. The break at the
intersection ...
Go
easy on water, says City after pipe burst
Independent Online - Cape Town, South
Africa, 27 December 2005
By Staff Reporter and Sapa. Residents in parts of Cape Town
have been urged to limit water usage after a main water
pipeline burst. ...
SE
Qld water usage drops
ABC Online - Australia, 26 December 2005
South-east Queensland has reduced its daily water consumption
by 20 per cent over the past six months, saving the equivalent
of almost 40,000 Olympic sized ...
Walkerton
residents told to boil their water
CTV.ca - Canada, 26 December 2005
Memories of Walkerton's tainted water tragedy were revived
Friday, when the Ontario town was placed under a boil-water
advisory for the holidays. ...
Aziz
says water crisis looming
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi, Pakistan, 24
December 2005
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said
that the country had to build big water reservoirs because
doing nothing was no more an option ...
Auditor
approves water bidders
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, 23 December 2005
CONSORTIUMS bidding to be able to construct Sydney's
desalination plant have been given a clean bill of health by
Sydney Water's probity auditor, even though ...
Public
urged to maintain water saving ways
ABC Online - Australia, 19 December 2005
The Water Corporation says although Perth's dams are fuller
than at this time last year, Western Australians still need to
restrict their use of water this ...
Wastewater
plant makes dirty water clean again
Jacksonville Daily News - Jacksonville,
NC, USA, 19 December 2005
... From there, the water is pumped into a series of
two lagoons that remove micro-organisms by confronting them
with the treatment facility's own batch of bacteria ...
TEN
THREATS: BOTTLED WATER DIVERSION DEBATE
Great Lakes Radio Consortium - MI, USA,
19 December 2005
Some bottling companies, such as Besco, sell water, but keep
it in the Great Lakes basin. Some others bottle it and ship it
out ...
China,
parched and polluted, puts a price on water
International Herald Tribune - France,
16 December 2005
... years ago, Wen Jiabao, then a vice prime minister,
uttered a stark warning: "The survival of the Chinese
nation is threatened by the country's shortage of water ...
Govt
urged to end Yass water woes
ABC Online - Australia, 17 December 2005
The New South Wales Government has been urged to move quickly
to fund a water pipeline between Yass and the ACT. National
Party ...
Coal
reserves to provide water to Qld towns
ABC Online - Australia, 15 December 2005
Towns in southern Queensland will soon be able to use millions
of litres of treated water, left over when natural gas is
extracted from underground coal ...
Protect
water, ex-Alberta premier says
Toronto Star - Canada, 14 December 2005
CALGARY -- Canada should stand firm against inevitable
requests from the United States to share its fresh water in
the coming years, former Alberta premier ...
Dam
water pumping date set
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 15
December 2005
NQ Water has set the date to start pumping water to Townsville
and Thuringowa from the Burdekin Dam. The level in the Ross
Dam has ...
Study
to assess national water market
ABC Online - Australia, 14 December 2005
The Federal Government has moved to stem criticism over delays
in implementing the National Water Initiative, announcing
details of a study into a nationwide ...
Burdekin
water storages considered healthy
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 13
December 2005
The state's water body Sunwater says there is more than enough
water in the Burdekin Dam to supply the Townsville region. NQ
Water ...
Tide
of defiance at Scottish Water could prove costly
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK, 11 December 2005
ANYBODY expecting cheap water, following last month's ruling
by the industry watchdog that Scottish Water should peg its
price rises below inflation, may be in ...
Las
Vegas Nearing Its Water Allotment From the Colorado
New York Times - United States, 11
December 2005
... 10 (AP) - The booming Las Vegas area's water demands could
outstrip the region's share of the Colorado River by 2007,
according to the 2006 water budget ...
Water
supply shortage to persist till Feb. 2006
PakTribune.com - Pakistan, 11 December
2005
KARACHI: Managing Director, Karachi Water & Sewerage Board
(KWSB), Brig. Iftikhar Haider said on Saturday the existing
water shortage ...
Low
water levels spark power concerns
TVNZ - New Zealand, 10 December 2005
There is a warning that already low water levels in the South
Island's rivers and hydro lakes will drop even further over
summer, sparking concerns about next ...
Business
Council pushes for water-sharing agreement
ABC Online - Australia, 10 December 2005
The Canberra Business Council says the lack of a water-sharing
agreement between the Australian Capital Territory and New
South Wales is holding up development ...
Researchers
collect water samples from Songhua River
China Daily - China, 9 December 2005
Chinese and Russian researchers collect water samples from
Songhua River in Jiamusi, northeast China's Heilongjiang
province December 8, 2005. ...
Consumers
with high water bills irked by investor reward
Guardian Unlimited - UK, 9 December 2005
Pennon, the owner of South West Water which charges the
highest bills in Britain, has infuriated consumer groups by
announcing plans to hand back £200m to ...
Water
for stressed red gums on the way
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 8
December 2005
A project which aims to provide water for stressed river red
gums throughout the Murray Darling Basin will be officially
launched at Morgan, on the Murray in ...
American
Rivers opposes more Columbia water for irrigation
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA, 7
December 2005
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS. SPOKANE, Wash. -- Taking more water
from the ... The study assessed future markets for crops grown
using additional Columbia system water. ...
Bad
governance blamed for water problems
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan, 7
December 2005
ISLAMABAD: A survey has shown that people see the inefficiency
of government departments as a major obstacle to the provision
of safe drinking water in the ...
SA
Govt backs Murray water buying plan
ABC Online - Australia, 6 December 2005
The South Australian Government has welcomed a New South Wales
plan to spend $105 million on buying water for the River
Murray. ...
Water
war looms
Brisbane Courier Mail - Queensland,
Australia, 5 December 2005
Nursery owners are asking why pools will be unaffected by the
next level of water restrictions while the gardening industry
could be "brought to its knees". ...
Ofwat
takes plunge into price competition for water
Guardian Unlimited - UK, 2 December 2005
The water industry in England and Wales is to get its first
taste of competition after the regulator Ofwat yesterday gave
the go-ahead to three companies to ...
Water
probe
Daily Telegraph - Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia, 2 December 2005
A NSW parliamentary inquiry will put the microscope on the
state government's attempts to secure Sydney's water supply,
including controversial plans for a ...
Water
plan critic welcomes authority's report
ABC Online - Australia, 1 December 2005
A major critic of plans to supply Perth with water from the
Yarragadee aquifer has welcomed a report recommending the
Western Australian Government could delay ...
China
says tainted water now safe to drink
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA, 29
November 2005
HARBIN, China - Water tainted by a toxic chemical spill
upstream from this northern Chinese city was declared safe for
drinking on Tuesday, five days after ...
Volcano
contaminates water
News24 - South Africa, 28 November 2005
Moroni - Nearly 120 000 people on the main island of the
Indian Ocean Comoros archipelago have been left without safe
drinking water after last week's eruption ...
Sydney
Water denies pollution, waste claims
ABC Online - Australia, 27 November 2005
Sydney Water has denied claims the organisation is the
nation's worst polluter and greatest waster of recyclable
water. Greg Hunt ...
Sandveld
potato farmers ‘steal water'
Independent Online - Cape Town, South
Africa, 24 November 2005
Some potato farmers are stealing water in the water-stressed
Sandveld region of the West Coast that already has an annual
deficit of six million cubic metres ...
Water
solution a drop in the ocean
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) -
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 2005
A storm water drain empties onto the cliff face at Dover
Heights, only to be blown backwards back up onto the land. By
Anne Davies ...
Shell
introduces innovative technology for water life cycle ...
AME Info - United Arab Emirates, 20
November 2005
New technology to manage produced water from specific oil
wells has the potential of increasing the amount of water
available for industrial use irrigation ...
Use
waste water, grow flowers
Expressindia.com - New Delhi, India, 18
November 2005
Mumbai, November 18: EVER thought about all that water going
down the kitchen drain as you cleaned vegetables or washed the
dishes? ...
Is
water a human right?
ABS CBN News - Philippines, 17 November
2005
By BINDU LOHANI. Consider these stark facts: Over one billion
Asians lack access to safe drinking water. Half of the 3.5
billion ...
Council
awaits nod for water recycling project
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 17
November 2005
The Mayor of the Goulburn Mulwaree Council says it is
critically important that a water recycling project for the
town gets the green light from the Federal ...
Bottled
water chief rejects tooth decay claims
ABC Online - Australia, 15 November 2005
The head of the bottled water industry in Australia has
rejected claims bottled water is to blame for an increasing
incidence of tooth decay in children. ...
Bottled
Water Giant Becomes Target
ABC News - USA, 12 November 205
A bottle of Poland Spring water is seen Thursday, Nov. 10,
2005, in Fryeburg, Maine. Poland Spring, the third largest
bottled water ...
South
India hit by water-borne diseases
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan, 13
November 2005
NEW DELHI: The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu was
battling to contain the spread of water-borne diseases after
the region was lashed by weeks of heavy ...
Water
conservationist dies
Vail Daily News - Vail, CO, USA, 12
November 2005
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Water conservation guru Kenneth
"Blue" Balcomb died Thursday and is mourned by those
at the Colorado River Water Conservation District. ...
Roslyn
reaches agreement to buy older water right
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA, 11
November 2005
ROSLYN, Wash. -- City officials have reached an agreement to
buy a new water right from a farm in Ellensburg, a move that
could potentially ease the ...
Bottled
water giant becomes a target of spring-water tax
Boston Globe - United States, 11
November 2005
... towns. The bottle of spring water with the dark
green label has become as much a part of Maine's image as a
pair of LL Bean boots. ...
New
plant, dam to boost Singapore water supply
Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK,
11 November 2005
SINGAPORE, Nov 11 (Reuters) - A new water recycling plant, a
new reservoir in front of its historic city centre and a
conservation campaign will boost ...
State
water agency proposes temporary dams to alter delta flow
San Jose Mercury News - United States,
11 November 2005
SACRAMENTO - The state Department of Water Resources on
Thursday proposed spending $110 million in an ambitious bid to
solve some of the problems that have ...
Terengganu
hopes to retain power on water
Malaysia Star - Malaysia, 11 November
2005
Terengganu has expressed hope that the powers of the state
over water matters will not be usurped by the Federal
Government under the Water Services Industrial ...
Water
cuts imposed on South Coast
Independent Online - Cape Town, South
Africa, 9 November 2005
... According to Umgeni Water, the affected areas need
at least three days of good rains to remedy the situation as
the water tables on the south coast are very ...
Murray-Mallee
water allocation planning to start
ABC Online - Australia, 10 November 2005
A process of water allocation planning will soon begin in the
Murray-Mallee to ensure the sustainability of underground
water resources at Peake, Roby and ...
Health
Dept.: Test water for arsenic, other chemicals
Boston Globe - United States, 7 November
2005
BURLINGTON, Vt. --The state Department of Health is urging
private well owners to get water tests, now that the federal
safe drinking water standard for ...
NSW
farmers face major hike in water costs
ABC Online - Australia, 8 November 2005
About 50 farmers on the New South Wales north coast are facing
the prospect of a 3,000 to 4,000 per cent increase in their
water charges. ...
Draft
water plan set for discussion
ABC Online - Australia, 7 November 2005
... Government's Natural Resources and Mines Department
will stage a series of workshops across the far west next week
to discuss the new draft water resource plan ...
Federal
study urges more water meters for Canadian homes
Canada.com - Canada, 7 November 2005
OTTAWA (CP) - Meters that charge the true cost of providing
water should be attached to more Canadian homes, says an
internal report for the federal Finance ...
WA
opts out of water initiative
Ninemsn - Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia, 5 November 2005
Western Australia has not joined a federal government water
initiative costing $2 billion because it does not benefit the
state, Premier Geoff Gallop says. ...
Qld
farmer rejects water criticism
ABC Online - Australia, 4 November 2005
A prominent Queensland farmer has rejected claims by John
Anderson that the National Water Initiative is in danger of
stalling. ...
Cotton
growers take punt on increased water allocations
ABC Online - Australia, 3 November 2005
In the north-west of New South Wales, prospects are good, with
adequate irrigation water and increased plantings after good
rain. ...
Anderson
warns water initiative stalling
ABC Online - Australia, 3 November 2005
Former Nationals leader John Anderson has warned Australia's
most important water reform deal is in danger of stalling,
unless all governments move faster to ...
Attacks
on Bluff water supply
TVNZ - New Zealand, 2 November 2005
The Invercargill city council says three malicious attacks in
the town of Bluff on the water supply has threatened the
resident's health and safety. ...
China
faces world's worst water crisis - paper
Reuters AlertNet - London, England, UK,
1 November 2005
BEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters) - China is struggling to overcome
what a minister called the world's worst water crisis caused
by widespread drought, pollution, rapid ...
Alice
residents consider water options
ABC Online - Australia, 31 October 2005
... Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources
says Alice Springs residents are already forming ideas on how
to best use the town's limited water supply in ...
Tas
Govt rethinks dam water rights issue
ABC Online - Australia, 31 October 2005
The Tasmanian Government has reversed an earlier decision and
will now partially underwrite the purchase of water rights
from the $35 million Meander Dam. ...
Chemist
tests new ways to filter contaminated water
CBC Manitoba - Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada, 28 October 2005
Contaminated water crises in communities such as Kashechewan
in northern Ontario show the need to develop new ways to
remove contaminants from water, says a ...
Tougher
water bans loom for central Vic
ABC Regional Online - Australia, 28
October 2005
Coliban Water has announced modified stage four bans from next
week for the Bendigo Castlemaine and Kyneton areas. Chief
executive ...
Water
works: But is it bottled or tap?
Daily Mail - UK - UK, 26 October 2005
by CLAIRE BATES, Mail online 15:07pm 25th October 2005. Over
half of the human body is made up of water and the benefits or
drinking it are well known. ...
Southern
Water seeks fraud advice
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom,
Southern Water, one of the UK's biggest utility businesses
with 2.3m customers, is consulting the Serious Fraud Office
after discovering it may have to pay out ...
Recycled
water proves a fine drop
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) -
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 2005
Frank Sartor says Sydneysiders would not drink recycled water
but plenty accepted a challenge yesterday to see if they could
taste the difference between ...
Scientists
explain seasonal deterioration of lake water
Xinhua - China,
GUIYANG, Oct. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese scientists claimed
that they have discovered the cause of seasonal water quality
deterioration in lakes. ...
The
Water Wars
Hartford Courant - United States, 23
October 2005
... A river that once disgorged a vast plume of fresh
water into the Gulf of Mexico was transformed into little more
than a brook that finally disappeared in the ...
Packaged
water can harm babies
Times of India - India, 23 October 2005
Parents who use bottled water to make up baby milk could be
poisoning their children. Some brands contain levels of
uranium that ...
Water
plan attacked by critics
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia, 21
October 2005
A RADICAL plan to turn the city's murky Yarra River into
drinking water has been muddied by critics. The proposal,
revealed in yesterday's ...
Sydney
Water attempts to hose down pipe outrage
ABC Online - Australia,
Sydney Water has apologised after around 1 million litres of
water was lost unnecessarily during the repair of a leaking
pipe at Turramurra, in Sydney's north. ...
Bracks
proposes Yarra drinking water for Melbourne
ABC Online - Australia, 20 October 2005
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks says he is confident
Melburnians will be happy to drink treated water from the
Yarra River. The Government ...
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