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Govt must plan ahead - Zuma
Richards Bay :: South Africa | about 12 hours ago
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President Jacob Zuma on Saturday called for an urgent end to water contamination, saying that spillage of sewerage into South Africa's water supplies would lead to water being undrinkable. "We must deal with the spillage of sewerage into our water supplies...
Tags: Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Nsezi Water, treatment plant, clean water, water treatment, plan ahead, Richards Bay, South African people, Zulu people, Water supply, Sanitation, Drinking water, Environment, Millennium Development Goals, Polygamy
Glitch hits Manatee reclaimed water system
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility County residents west and northwest of Bradenton who use reclaimed water to irrigate their lawns and landscape are finding their systems with little to no water pressure. The problem started mid-week when one of the clarifiers in the southwest process...
Tags: Mark Simpson, reclaim watering, watering systems, Bradenton, Water supply, Chemical engineering, Reclaimed water, Wastewater, Sewage treatment, Sewerage, Water pollution, Environmental engineering
Residents frustrated at water supply
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 1 day ago
Credibility Residents of Vunivau, Basoga and Vaturekuka outside Labasa town were without water again yesterday. Saras Chand of Vunivau said water cuts had become a norm. "We don't know what to do or where else to turn to because this is the same problem we go through...
Tags: water supply, Fiji Islands, Suva, Saini, Disaster Accident
Newer standards wouldn't impact AVX cleanup
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility AVX is accused of polluting groundwater with trichloroethylene in a roughly 10-block neighborhood near its 17th Avenue South headquarters. Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is an industrial degreaser that has been linked with liver cancer and other health problems.
Tags: AVX Corp., TCE, drinking water, Mountain View, Water pollution, Water supply, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Solvents, Toxicology, Trichloroethylene, Environment
Are Melburnians getting ripped off?
Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility The group's chart of the month (designed by John Tonner of Water Consultant International) shows the relationship between the size of a plant and its capital cost. The chart is reportedly reasonably good at predicting the capital cost of desalination...
Tags: RSL Victorian, capital cost, desalination plant, Australian, Port Melbourne IS MINCHIN, East Melbourne Time, Melbourne Super, North Melbourne Red, Melbourne Care, virgin blue, Australia, Melbourne, Wonthaggi Victoria, Drinking water, Toilet, Flush toilet, Water supply, Wonthaggi desalination plant, Desalination
Speakers to discuss desalination proposal
Novato :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Saturday at the Fairfax Library at 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. The event is part of the monthly meeting of the Gray Panthers of Marin.
Tags: Novato, Water supply, Fairfax Virginia, Desalination, Filters, Water desalination
Veolia looking for ways out of hot water
Noblesville :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility During the meeting, council members peppered Matt Klein, who became executive director of the Department of Waterworks in March, and Veolia President David Gadis with questions about what they're doing to address the commission's concerns, how the simultaneous...
Tags: rate increase, Veolia, Department of Waterworks, Matt Klein, Noblesville, Water supply, Debt, Interest, Federal Reserve System, Business Finance
Poseidon seeks $50M for plant
Carlsbad :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Stamford-based Poseidon Resources said it is asking a California state agency for an additional $50 million in bonds to finance construction of its proposed seawater desalination plant, raising the amount sought from $480 million to $530 million.
Tags: Poseidon Resources, Southern California, desalination plant, Scott Maloni, Carlsbad, Water desalination, Bonds, Revenue bonds, Water supply, Desalination, Filters
Water agency seeks support
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 2 days ago
Credibility Chairman John Prasad said an engineering team was also working to rectify the leakages within the supply system. Three years ago, it was estimated that as much as 70 per cent of water produced did not reach consumers because of leakages. Mr Prasad made...
Tags: Fiji Islands, Suva, Water supply
ZIMBABWE: Cholera returns and kills five, so far
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 2 days ago
Credibility Five people have died from cholera at two different locations in Zimbabwe, and 30 other people are undergoing treatment for the waterborne disease, raising the spectre of another epidemic. The permanent secretary for health, Gerald Gwinji, told the state-run...
Tags: Combined Harare Residents Association, told irin, IRIN, cholera outbreak, Zimbabwe, Harare, Water supply, Zimbabwean cholera outbreak, Environment, Cholera, Bacterial diseases, Pandemics
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