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California Water Association Announces New Officers (California Water Association)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Nov 2016
California Water Association). SAN FRANCISCO - The California Water Association (CWA) has announced the election of new officers to lead the organization during the next two years. CWA represents 108 investor-owned water companies throughout the state that are regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission ... California Water Association. The California Water Association represents 108 regulated water utilities in California....

Deborah Meaden crowns Northumbrian Water staff as winners of WaterAid’s Water Innovators Programme 2016 (Northumbrian Water Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Nov 2016
Northumbrian Water Limited) ... Dragons' Den entrepreneur Deborah Meaden has named staff from Northumbrian Water as winners in WaterAid's Water Innovators Programme 2016 for their inventive solutions to improve access to better hygiene in Cambodia ... They were selected from over 30 teams from the UK and Australia who took part in the challenge to find water, sanitation and hygiene solutions for real-life projects in Cambodia....

Water woes plague residents of Ketti

Edit The Hindu 07 Nov 2016
Residents of Manthada Puduline in Ketti collect water from broken pipes and tanks far away from their homes, as the lack of rainfall in the district had dried up a stream that was their main water source. There are more than 75 families residing in the small settlement and they were tapping water from a stream on the upper slopes of the village....

Govt. to take over private open wells, borewells

Edit The Hindu 07 Nov 2016
Gearing up to address possible water scarcity in the coming summer, the government will take over private open wells and borewells having perennial water source in Dakshina Kannada in January, according to Deputy Commissioner K.G ... The step would be as a precaution to lift water from such sources for supplying for drinking purposes in case the wells of the government dried up, he said....

Water release from Jayakwadi ill-planned: Experts

Edit The Times of India 07 Nov 2016
With Jayakwadi dame set to release water for agricultural purpose after four years, the much-awaited discharge is facing allegations of being ill-planned and less beneficial to farmers. The Command Area Development Authority (CADA), Aurangabad, on Sunday issued a public notification appealing to farmers to submit applications for getting water for rabi season before November 15....

Plumber: Filter upgrade for kitchen plumbing

Edit The Miami Herald 07 Nov 2016
The refrigerator has a filtered water tap that we use constantly for cups of water. I would also like to cook with filtered water, but it would not be convenient to fill pots from the refrigerator. What can be an easy upgrade to get filtered water at my kitchen sink without disrupting my existing fixtures?....

Hitachi Zosen Starts Water Supply Service with Self-Cleaning Membrane Filtration System AQSEV® in Shikaoi Town, Hokkaido (HITZ - Hitachi Zosen Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Nov 2016
Osaka, Japan, November 7, 2016-Hitachi Zosen Corporation (TYO.7004) has announced that it delivered the self-cleaning membrane filtration system AQSEV® to the town of Shikaoi in Kato-gun, Hokkaido, and started local water supply services on October 16 in the wake of Typhoon Lionrock ... Hitachi Zosen responded to the situation with support for the Shikaoi water supply service ... AQSEV® AMF-1000S for permanent water supply....

Glen Innes Water Supply - Opportunities for Growth (Glen Innes Severn Council)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Nov 2016
Did you know that Glen Innes Aggregates is increasing our water storage and making money for Council at the same time ... than the Beardy Waters Reservoir ... At a daily consumption of 1.4 ML, the Glen Innes water storage would now last at least 2.5 years with no surface inflow....

BWSSB takes up renovation of century-old reservoirs

Edit The Times of India 07 Nov 2016
The year 1896 is a milestone in Bengaluru's history , for that August, the city first received piped water from Hesaraghatta Lake, about 18 km to the northwest, fed by the Arkavathy river. Water was first received at Malleswaram where the Combined Jewel Filters (CJF) are located. Two years later, a ground-level reservoir (GLR) was constructed to supply water to houses and other establishments....

Detroit to pay $11M to 800 residents in water damage claims

Edit Detroit Free Press 07 Nov 2016
Detroit Water and Sewage Department Director Gary Brown leads a presentation to discuss the Detroit Water and Sewage Department's new drainage fee that will go into effect Oct ... Months after two severe storms flooded basements on Detroit’s east side, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has decided to pay the claims of all residents who are not suing the water department....

New technique to track water in concrete (Engineers Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Nov 2016
A European-American team has developed a new technique for tracking water in concrete structures, allowing engineers to identify potential issues before they become big problems. The researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland say, tracking concrete degradation is essential to public safety, and the culprit behind concrete degradation is water....

As taps run dry, tankers to the rescue of eight villages in Mysuru

Edit The Hindu 07 Nov 2016
As many as eight villages in the district are reeling under acute drinking water scarcity and the district administration has started providing them water through tankers ... The number of trips is based on the population of the village and the water requirement for basic needs ... The authorities may have to start supplying water by tankers to these places in another 10 days....

Shortage of chief engineers may hit PWD's monsoon plan

Edit The Times of India 07 Nov 2016
With the northeast monsoon setting in, water bodies in the state require urgent attention but the custodian of these reservoirs - the public works department - has been handicapped by vacancies in at least 12 chief engineer posts after the incumbents retired earlier this year ... the buildings and water resources departments, the hot seats of the PWD ......
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