Kerala: 12.35 lakh litres of water supplied in 43 LSGs.
KOCHI: The district administration with the support of local bodies has taken series of measures to resolve the drought like situation and drinking water scarcity, District Collector Muhammad Y Safirulla said on Saturday.
A total of 12.35 lakh litres of drinking water is being supplied in 43 local bodies in the district, he said while addressing the district development committee meeting.
As many as 51 tanker lorries, fitted with GPS tracking devices are supplying water to parched areas.
The DDC meeting attended by MLAs M. Swaraj, Anoop Jacob, P.T.
Thomas, V.P.
Sajeendran, district panchayat president Asha Sanil, Kochi Corporation development committee chairperson Gracy Thomas and district planning officer Saly Joseph discussed various issues such as drinking water scarcity, traffic woes, septic waste dumping, encroachments near district collectorate, relaying of Kaloor – Kathrikadau Road, shifting of pipeline from Thammanam – Pullepady Road and construction of the permanent check dam at Choondi to resolve water scarcity at Tripunithura.

Why This Woman Runs 40 Marathons In 40 Days Across Six Continents [Video].
Whatever is fueling Guli right now, it must be very big.
In particular, she wants to highlight the amount of water used in consumer goods.
On Monday, she is set to finish the final leg along River Thames in London.
Well, the United Nations predicts that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will experience water shortage in the countries and regions they are living in right now.
Some of the triggering factors will be population growth, poor governance, and climate change.
Mashable reported that police officer Tom Harris is "crawling" his way to the finish line "gorilla style".
Apparently, the 26-mile journey is meant to raise money for The Gorilla Organization.
In fact, the donations have already exceeded his initial goal by 500 percent.
Below is a video of Guli’s first run last year across seven deserts in seven continents.

Liquid Gold: Clean Water Funds Attract Interest.
Money is being poured into the clean water industry, but few on Wall Street seem to be talking about it, with larger concerns over oil, gold and other commodities.
Richardson says there’s an increasing gap between supply and demand in the water sector, along with "increasing climate disruptions and extreme weather events that require substantial investments in water treatment technologies and distribution infrastructure."
"Plus, domestically, President (Donald) Trump has labeled poor water quality as a major issue and a priority to be addressed, and so we’re seeing a lot of opportunity for investors both in the U.S. and abroad."
On a global basis, water demand is also surging due to population growth and changing diets, says Doug Morrow, associate director at Sustainalytics, an ESG research firm that tracks environmental and industrial water issues.
Against this backdrop, Morrows says his firm’s research found that more than 40 percent of researched companies in the food products, semiconductors and utility industries have a poor water management program, despite the large water requirements of these industries.
Currently, there are exchange-traded funds that will enable liquid-minded investors to do just that.
The fund tracks the price and yield of the ISE Water Index, a benchmark industry index.
Another, even larger water-themed fund is PowerShares Water Resource Portfolio ETF ( PHO), a fund with $750 million in assets under management which closely tracks the Nasdaq OMX US Water index.
The fund, which is trading at $27 per share, is also up 6 percent on a year-to-date basis, and is up almost 20 percent on a 12-month basis.

More DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland was awarded the second place in a global award that tackles the issue of water scarcity through finding innovative solutions.
The award, overseen by The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia), includes three main categories: Innovative Projects Award (Small and Large projects), Innovative Research and Development Award (National and International institutions), and the Innovative Youth Award.
The Swiss university came second in the second category.
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View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170428005121/en/ Valued at $1m, the award was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to encourage sustainable and innovative solutions to address water scarcity using solar power.
The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia) oversees the award under the umbrella of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI).
Its efforts were recognised with an award for the second place.
In his speech, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Suqia, noted that, according to UNICEF, hundreds of millions of children won’t have access to clean water in the future, and that girls now spend 200 million hours a day collecting water, which affects their education.
He stated that the United Nations agency has warned us that 600 million children will live in areas with severely limited water resources by 2040, putting them at risk of deadly diseases.
Dr. Endre HORVATH, Scientist from the university, said “This award would help us finalise the validation process of our water purifying solution and get endorsement from 3rd parties to market it in remote communities.

Finland Bags Third Place in Global Water Award.
More DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Solar Water Solutions company in Finland was awarded third place in a global award that tackles the issue of water scarcity through finding innovative solutions.
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View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170428005128/en/ Valued at $1m, the award was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to encourage sustainable and innovative solutions to address water scarcity using solar power.
The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia) oversees the award under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI).
Its efforts were recognised with an award for third place.
In his speech, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Suqia, noted that, according to UNICEF, hundreds of millions of children won’t have access to clean water in the future, and that girls now spend 200 million hours a day collecting water, which affects their education.
He stated that the United Nations agency has warned us that 600 million children will live in areas with severely limited water resources by 2040, putting them at risk of deadly diseases.
HE Al Tayer said, "The Mohammed bin Rashid Global Water Award, which bears the name of a person whose generosity is not just for the people of the UAE, but also helps those in need anywhere in the world, is another significant milestone in the UAE’s humanitarian efforts.
It supports international efforts to provide drinking water to the needy by devising practical and sustainable solutions to water scarcity.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Temak S.A in Greece was awarded the second prize in a global award that tackles the issue of water scarcity through finding innovative solutions.
The award, overseen by The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia), includes three main categories: Innovative Projects Award (Small and Large projects), Innovative Research and Development Award (National and International institutions), and the Innovative Youth Award.
Valued at $1m, the award was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to encourage sustainable and innovative solutions to address water scarcity using solar power.
The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia) oversees the award under the umbrella of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI).
The Greece based company participated in the award with a solar powered Reverse Osmosis plant to produce drinking water, a self-sustained project with an energy recovery device with 42% energy savings.
Its efforts were recognised with an award for a second place.
Our mission for over 40 years has been to develop and apply technologies for low cost production of fresh, potable water from sea or high salinity ground water, accessible for all people.
This award makes us proud and creates a strong commitment for us to keep on working with greater passion and enthusiasm, in order to offer the precious fresh potable water to even more people with the lowest possible cost.” The Mohammed bin Rashid Global Water Award is based on a rigorous assessment process in accordance with the highest international standards and best practices.
All of which are held to measure the feasibility of projects submitted to achieve Suqia’s objectives.
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Deepening crisis: Water scarcity a threat to nation’s survival, says social sciences dean.
FAISALABAD: The issue of water scarcity, especially of quality water in Pakistan, is critical.
We have little water for agriculture, industries and human consumption.
These views were expressed by Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agriculture, while speaking to The Express Tribune on Thursday.
He added, “In rural areas, access to clean drinking water is a big issue.
“Other problems associated with rural people are lack of water resources and food,” he said.
Zafar said, “Non-availability or shortage of water affects food production and ultimately the sufferers are the rural women since they are malnourished and poverty-ridden.
“There is a strong need to study implication of global social change on water resources and ultimately its impacts on gender, food security and poverty from the global perspective,” he said.
The dean said, “Social change is the restructuring of institutions, culture, consciousness, technology, organisations etc.
He advised, “Now it is the time to think globally in every sphere of life, including government, business and academia.

Water shortage: Islamabad Mayor Aziz put on notice.
ISLAMABAD: The mayor of Islamabad was put on notice by the high court on Thursday over the continued shortage of water in the capital.
While hearing a petition on water scarcity filed by Raja Tanvir, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court issued notices to Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz.
Tanvir made the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) through the mayor and the Capital Development Authority (CDA) respondents in the case.
In the petition, the resident argued that he had filed several applications with the civic authorities but no action seemed to have been taken.
He contended that the authorities had failed to fulfil their constitutional obligations.
He added that the IMC had contracted a private organisation for tube wells in the capital.
Moreover, he said that in view of the growing demand for water, the civic authorities had failed to install new tube wells in the city.
He urged the court to direct the authorities to resolve water crisis and restore water supply to the capital, particularly to residents of Sector I-10.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 28th, 2017.

Kathmandu, April 27 Monkeys of Pashupati area in Kathmandu are facing severe scarcity of water these days.
According to Pashupati Area Development Trust, this is the most painful season in terms of water availability for monkeys as they run from one place to another in search of water to quench their thirst.
Pashupati Area Development Trust Member Secretary Govinda Tandan said the trust had instructed all construction workers in the Pashupati area to provide water to monkeys.
“However, this is not a permanent solution.
We are thinking of ways to manage clean drinking water just for monkeys,” Tandan told The Himalayan Times.
He said monkeys were facing drinking water problem as the Bagmati River was polluted.
Apart from pollution, receding water levels in the river is causing water scarcity in the Pashupatinath temple area.
“We remember drawing groundwater from just seven to nine feet below the surface, but now we need to dig 140 feet below the surface to find water,” said Tandan.
PADT said there were around 600 monkeys in the Pashupati area.
Meanwhile, PADT is planning to conduct a behavioural study of monkeys in the Pashupati area to see whether the animals are causing any harm to pilgrims.

Even while several parts of the district are facing severe drinking water scarcity for the last couple of months because of severe drought conditions, the officials are going all out to implement various programmes.
Potable drinking water is supplied to the 60 Wards of the Salem Corporation through the Mettur-Salem dedicated water supply scheme, and the Nangavalli old water scheme.
In a majority of the villages, citizens complain that they get water once in 10 days.
Even after reaching the spot, they will have to wait in long queues to collect the water.
In the villages in Kolathur block on the banks of River Cauvery, citizens have started migrating to other parts, due to scarcity of water.
The residents of Nangavalli area say that they are not getting water for days together.
These municipalities and the rural local bodies have been taking initiatives to prevent the illegal tapping of drinking water using motor pumps.
The officials conducted surprise check and seized many pumps.
The district administration nominated 58 special officers to solve the drinking water complaints of the people.
The Salem Corporation on its part has set up a special control room with toll free phone numbers.