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water supply

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First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 Documents

Minister visits water supply project areas in Kannur

Kannur, Saturday, November 21, 2009: Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran on Friday visited the drinking water supply project areas in the district.Premachandran visited the Pazhassi dam site, Keezhallur, Anjarakkandy and Chavassery as part of ... [AsiaNetIndia.com - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Kannur (Kerala, India), water supply, Drinking Water, N. K. Premachandran, Krishnakumar Kunnath

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents (in Environment)

No easing of water limits in new 50-year strategy

South-East Queensland residents won't get an easing of water restrictions on December 1.The State Government will today unveil a 50-year strategy to shore up the water supply for the state's fast-growing southeast corner.But Water Minister Stephen Robertson ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Stephen Robertson, water supply, Brisbane (Australia)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Fitch Ratings

Fitch Rates Southern California Metro Water Dist $26MM Water Revs 'AA+'; $35MM GO Bonds 'AAA'

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AA+' rating to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's (Metropolitan) $26 million water revenue refunding bonds, series 2009E. Fitch has also affirmed its 'AA+' rating on Metropolitan's ... [Business Wire - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Fitch Ratings, Debt Service, water supply, Water, Revs (video game)

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Chambers call for postponement of day of action

21/11/2009 Taoiseach chairs emergency task force meeting after floods21/11/2009 Clean-up operation continues after floods20/11/2009 Businesses hit out at ESB over opening of dam20/11/2009 Flooded households evacuated in Ennis20/11/2009 Flood-hit communities ... [Breaking News.ie - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Flooding, Taoiseach, water supply, Contamination, Task Force

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Heavy snow knocks out China power

More than 640,000 people in east China's Anqing City have suffered power outages due to unexpectedly heavy this week, the local power company said Thursday.Almost 115,600 people still had no power by Thursday afternoon, Hu Xiaoyan, press officer with ... [UPI - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Anqing, China, water supply

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Policy reform in water supply sanitation underway State

By NANCY MWAPEGOVERNMENT has begun policy reforms in the water supply and sanitation sub-sector as part of poverty reduction and wealth creation measures.Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister, Lwipa Puma says Government wants increased access to ... [Zambia Daily Mail - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sanitation, water supply, Zambia, Hygiene, Lusaka

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Jhb hospital on bottled water

Johannesburg - Helen Joseph Hospital is functioning with a water tanker and water bottles while the water supply to the area is shut down, Johannesburg WaterSpokesperson Baldwin Matsimela said Westdene and the surrounding areas were without water because ... [News24.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Helen Joseph, water supply, Johannesburg

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

JICA signs a grant agreement for 19 rural water supply projects in Yemen

) Minister of Water & Environment, Abdul Rahman Fadhl al-Eryani and the Resident Representative in Yemen for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mr. Takeshi Komori signed a grant agreement of 86,000,000 Japanese Yen (approximately $860,000 ... [Yemen Observer - 11/19/2009]

Entities: water supply, Yemen, Ibb (Yemen), Government of Japan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Cops rescue 15 Thai women in city vice raids

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — City police today rescued 14 Thai women and a 15-year-old Thai girl who were forced to work as “hostesses” after being lured into the country on the promise of lucrative jobs.A team of 11 police officers found the victims, aged ... [Malaysian Insider - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Kuala Lumpur, Gambling, water supply

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Village water supply contaminated

Residents are boiling water before drinking, cooking, or brushing teethMore than 70 households in a Kent village have been told to boil their water to kill bacteria, after experts discovered the supply was contaminated.Sevenoaks Council warned people ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: water supply, Water, Contamination, Bacteria

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Dispatch from Israel: Smart Nations Are Investing Heavily in Water-Saving Innovations

On Monday, California Governor Schwarzenegger signed an agreement with Israel's Trade Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer to develop renewable energy and water technologies together. Ben-Eliezer said the agreement would foster better cooperation between ... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Israel, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Nationalism, Invention

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Chemistry)

EPA: No dioxin contamination in samples from Saginaw, Midland and Bay City water supply systems

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-OPA231 (CHICAGO - Nov. 18, 2009) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 said today that results from a second round of samples collected from the Midland, Saginaw and Bay City, Mich., water supply systems show no dioxin ... [Environmental Protection Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Dioxin, water supply, Contamination, US Environmental Protection Agency

Quotes

...to either handwash or use wipes to prevent the spread of the illness which has to date claimed 16 lives in the Republic and 13 lives in the North. "Handwashing is going to be more difficult because of problems with the water supply but it's important that people continue to do so because of the flu pandemic people should use bottled water or water from a tanker or wipes or a sanitiser" Dr Keane said...

Water crisis prompts swine flu warning [Irish Times - 3 hours ago]

Sergio Ribeiro,KMS' commercial director for South America, comments "By using a seawater reverse osmosis system,Minera Esperanza can provide a safe and plentiful water supply to its workers."

Mine workers welcome safe water supply [Energy Online - 13 hours ago]

...also had a major drive to reduce its total water use, which fell marginally to 153-million cubic metres in 2009, from 154-million cubic metres. "Water is a big challenge in South Africa and we need to do more work on reducing our own water consumption, while adopting a catchment view regarding water supply and impact" Goede said. Sasol noted the following as sustainable development highlights for 2009:

Sasol's emissions fell in 2009 in line with the economy [Engineering News - 19 hours ago]

...Jvenes (the Shanty Towns Federation) were complaining about the slowness of construction after 2007 earthquake that hit Ica, Chincha and Pisco. "The government has the willingness to help you, in the rebuilding of the zone, but there is not enough funding. Rebuilding cannot be done at once; it is a long process to be done in the best way" he said. After talking briefly to the residents of the zone, Sarmiento Soto went to the district San Jos de los Molinos to supervise works done on sewage...

Peru: Housing Minister asks people of Ica "to be patient." [LivinginPeru - 22 hours ago]

More Content

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Disruption to city water supply - latest update [Cork City Council - 52 mins ago]
Model law raises concerns [Hindu Business Line - 1 hour ago]
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Heavy Snow Storms Cause Power Outages for 640,0... [EcoWorld - 2 hours ago]
Water crisis prompts swine flu warning [Irish Times - 3 hours ago]
Climate sceptics a danger to themselves and others [Sydney Morning Herald - 6 hours ago]
DOS-dependent files [Bangkok Post - 7 hours ago]
184 million Pinoys by 2040 [Manila Bulletin - 7 hours ago]
EU, Yobe Partner Over Water, Sanitation [Nigeria Guardian - 8 hours ago]
Rail services disrupted, but Galway-Dublin oper... [Ireland On-Line - 8 hours ago]
Taoiseach chairs emergency task force meeting a... [Ireland On-Line - 10 hours ago]
Chambers call for postponement of day of action [Breaking News.ie - 10 hours ago]
Go slow on Laiban Dam construction, solon urges... [PH House of Representatives - 10 hours ago]
Israeli experts to study environmental problem ... [NewKerala.com - 10 hours ago]
Chambers call for postponement of day of action [Ireland On-Line - 11 hours ago]
Right to Water [UNESCO - 11 hours ago]
Gazans Struggle for Clean Drinking Water by Mel... [Third World Network - 11 hours ago]
Support for Implementation of National Program ... [Inter-American Development Bank - 13 hours ago]
Mine workers welcome safe water supply [Energy Online - 13 hours ago]
Minister visits water supply project areas in K... [AsiaNetIndia.com - 13 hours ago]
Climate Rage by Naomi Klein (17 Nov 09) [Third World Network - 14 hours ago]
EPA: No Dioxin Contamination in Saginaw, Midlan... [USAgNet - 16 hours ago]
Elides J. Rojas L. / If Chávez sinks, we w... [El Universal - 18 hours ago]
Elides J. Rojas L. / If Chávez sinks, we w... [El Universal - 18 hours ago]
SC orders civic bodies to collect charge from C... [Indian Express - 18 hours ago]
Sasol's emissions fell in 2009 in line with the... [Engineering News - 19 hours ago]
Zagade promises Sule funds for devp work [Indian Express - 19 hours ago]
47 per cent rise in cost of Metro work, says Si... [The Hindu - 20 hours ago]
Peru: Strike in Espinar (Cusco) resumes, protes... [LivinginPeru - 22 hours ago]
Peru: Housing Minister asks people of Ica "... [LivinginPeru - 22 hours ago]

Blogs

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Edward Lifson: Chicago Tears Down a Mies [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 22 hours ago] And so it will happen. This week, powers that be in Chicago will demolish a little work by Mies van der Rohe. A small part of his extraordinarily important ...
Craig and Marc Kielburger: Marking UNCRC Annive... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] It speaks to the values of our society when we can't protect our most vulnerable citizens - our children. Twenty years ago today, the United Nations ...
Nothing improves if we pull back [The Torch - Canada - 11/20/2009] Richard Colvin's recent testimony before a parliamentary committee has caused quite the tempest:All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely ...
Henry Henderson: The Value of Water [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] We have been awash with an array of unhappy water stories in this region of late. On the surface they are unrelated...scary fish...E. coli contamination...improperly ...
The Value of Water [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/19/2009] We have been awash with an array of unhappy water stories in this region of late. On the surface they are unrelated...scary fish...E. coli contamination...improperly ...

Audio/Video

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"The California Drought and the Mindle... [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnolo - 11/14/2009]
China rivers hit by drought [Reuters Video: Top News - 10/22/2009]
painting , WORDS & me.... : Universal I... [Mefeedia Video Tag : evoluti - 08/14/2009]
Trucker Tom Podcast #1125 — Is Your Water Suppl... [Mefeedia Video Tag : medici - 07/31/2009]
What's the best way to help make the world's wa... [Slate Magazine - 07/22/2009]

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