Better drinking water infrastructure for Toronto residents – 17 kilometres of watermain to be upgraded across Toronto.
Julie Dzerowicz, Member of Parliament for Davenport, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; Cristina Martins, Member of Provincial Parliament for Davenport, on behalf of the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure; and Toronto City Councillor Ana Bailao (Ward 18 Davenport), on behalf of Toronto Mayor John Tory, today announced the structural relining of watermains in Toronto has been approved under the Government of Canada’s Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF).
This will ensure that Toronto residents will continue to have a clean and reliable source of drinking water.
The Government of Canada is working with provinces, territories and municipalities across the country to support important projects like upgrading watermain pipes in Toronto, which ensure that Canadian communities are healthy and sustainable now and for years to come."
Julie Dzerowicz, Member of Parliament for Davenport, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities "The Government of Ontario is pleased to support this important project in Toronto.
Cristina Martins, Member of Provincial Parliament for Davenport, on behalf of the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure "The City of Toronto is committed to making smart investments to renew our infrastructure.
The technology of relining watermains to extend the service life means clean reliable water for our residents and businesses while keeping both infrastructure costs and traffic – as well as other construction related disruption – all to a minimum.
We appreciate the support of our Provincial and Federal partners and their commitment to important infrastructure projects like this."
Toronto City Councillor Ana Bailao (Ward 18 Davenport), on behalf of Toronto Mayor John Tory Quick facts The Government of Canada will invest more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada’s rural and northern communities.
Associated links Government of Canada’s $180-billion+ infrastructure plan in Budget 2017: http://www.budget.gc.ca/2017/docs/plan/chap-02-en.html#Toc477707375 Federal infrastructure investments in Ontario: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/map-carte/on-eng.html The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/cwwf/cwwf-program-programme-eng.html.

A bipartisan coalition holds press conference over drinking water standards and SB623.
@TheSunGazette VISALIA – During the drought, water was tough to come by and everyone needed some.
And since other sources of funding such as bond funding or the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund do not qualify for operations and maintenance costs, there is a constant lack of adequate available funding for those things.
Without that funding there is little rural communities can do to treat nitrates and other harmful chemicals out of their drinking water.
“Access to clean drinking water is a fundamental right but the legislature failed to deliver on this promise,” Coffee said.
“Never in history have ag and environmental justice been able to come to an agreement.
“And we have more than our fair share of disadvantaged communities in the Valley.” Gurrola, mayor of Arvin said, “This bill provides sustainable funding and permanent, long-term solutions for contaminated drinking water.” The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund will be located within the SWB in its Office of Sustainable Water Solutions.
Boyer said Self Help has been able to facilitate solutions in many of Tulare County’s disadvantaged communities where residents have been dealing with contaminated groundwater.
Their water system is well over 60 years old and water meters have been installed.
“Who knows, the important thing is that if the bill passes it will create a permanent funding source for clean water projects.”

Non-profit organisation Wishing Well International Foundation hosted a 10-day expedition to rural areas in Hazyview in Mpumalanga and Mathenjwa in KwaZulu-Natal to deploy over 100 water filters to homes and schools.
The aim of the project is to provide people with clean, safe drinking water.
The Bio-Foam filter is a relatively simply and affordable technology consisting of two buckets which use gravity to push water through a filtering system – purifying water obtained from boreholes, rain tanks, rivers and dams.
Local pastor Samuel Chauque led the team to more than 10 homes over a day and a half to deploy the first 30 filters.
On the fifth day of the trip we travel through Swaziland for sight-seeing and as a short cut to get to Mathenjwa in KwaZulu-Natal for the second area of deployment.
This second deployment is specifically aimed at schools.
Homes and schools are far apart and it seems government has just started building roads – for the most part it’s gravel road.
Principal of Mayaluka Primary School Thembeni Mathenjwa says some of the children at the school have no identity documents as many of them have one parent from Swaziland and another from South Africa.
For one, not only is clean water a scarcity, but water itself is rare.
Guzman also notes the often tiring and long process of going through government to run an expedition such as this one.

The last few years have seen water provision in Rawalpindi rise to the top of the news agenda like never before.
The city life has its strains, predicament, shocks, and tight spots, some more thrilling than others.
“It’s a sad fact of Pindites’ life that they must worry about the scarcity of something as essential as water.
I’m sitting on a Sunday morning, drinking a cup of tea my uncle made at home with bottled water.
Because of a waterline burst near Faisal Town,” says Murad Hasan from the area.
Let me narrate to you another tale of my enduring fifteen days of living without running water and getting trapped in an almost waterless situation.
“If we take an access to water particularly safe drinking water, as truly a matter of life or death, then clothes don’t really need to be washed so often.
My clothes still smell and look fine.
“I also did not need as much water in the kitchen as I initially thought.
Heck, they are so good they don’t even provide bowsers except to the influential guys,” adds Waqar.

Mother-of-two, Regina George, of Bipi Island in Manus, is one of those privileged ones who is now having and will have access to clean drinking water during the dry season.
This has been made possible through the use of reverse osmosis technology, which involves converting beach well water using solar-powered desalination plants to fresh water.
K12 million was from the PEC funds while National Planning put K3 million into the project.
"Previously during dry season, we traveled to mainland Manus to fetch water.
The desalinated water is used for drinking while the waste water, which is still clean, is used for washing and doing laundry.
10 plants were installed on Mbuke, Whal and Bipi islands after feasibility studies were conducted.
The plants’ filtration needs to be replaced every six months and Sojitz commercial manager, Paul Kone, said as the construction company, they will return to the island over the next 2 years to monitor the equipment.
The Japanese Ambassador was also on Bipi Island on Tuesday to hand over the project to Minister Maru.
(George using the water on Bipi Island.
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Firefighters Join Utilities, Cities, Businesses and NGOs in Supporting Water Efficiency Standards for California.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — California Professional Firefighters (CPF), the state council of the International Association of Firefighters, has expressed their support for Senate Bill 606 (Skinner/Hertzberg) and Assembly Bill 1668 (Friedman) over concerns about availability of water supplies during wildfire emergencies.
Natural Resources Defense Council announced today that CPF is joining Metropolitan Water District, East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, the cities of Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Roseville–and dozens of businesses and nonprofit environmental and equity groups–in supporting the legislation.
The bills would scale up water efficiency, curb water waste and improve drought planning for vulnerable communities.
Efficiency is the most cost-effective way to meet water needs, and this legislation will ensure future water supply projects are sized to maximize value and maintain water affordability for all Californians.
"We made tremendous progress in water efficiency measures during the drought, and we’re guaranteed to face another one in the future.
This legislation will set California up for a more secure water future as climate change brings more hot and dry periods.
Climate change will also bring more severe wildfires, and that is why CPF is supporting SB 606 and AB 1668.
"Extreme heat waves and fires in California; extreme rain in Texas; extreme drought in the Dakotas; massive hurricane damage in Florida," said Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director of Climate Resolve.
Smart water efficiency measures and better water shortage planning, promoted in SB 606 and AB 1668, are key elements of preparing for climate change."

Lead in drinking water is topic of Shepherd lecture.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Lead in drinking water will be the focus of a Shepherd University President’s Lecture on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education.
Richard Troast, founder of Troast Environmental Consulting LLC, will give a talk titled “The Environmental Sources of Lead and the Potential Effects of the Continuing Exposure to Lead for Children and Adults.” Troast founded Troast Environmental Consulting in 2009 to represent people who have been exposed to hazardous chemicals, especially lead, which still is found in homes in paint, interior water pipes and as dust from industrial sources.
The published toxicity data show a clear relationship between neurological-development issues in young children and lead exposure.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has responded by lowering the acceptable threshold of lead in children’s blood from 10 micrograms to 5 micrograms per deciliter.

After Harvey, Texas Left With Toxic Soup of Sewage, Spilled Fuel, Pesticides, and More.
Public health experts are urging residents to take precautions.
"Residents attempting to return to flooded homes may have to contend with contaminated water and air because the city’s sewer systems overflowed during the floods," Reuters reported Saturday.
"Fire chief Samuel Pena said people returning home should wear breathing masks and consider getting tetanus shots."
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 40 of 1,219 wastewater treatment plants in the area were not working as of Monday, and Times test results revealed "water flowing down Briarhills Parkway in the Houston Energy Corridor contained Escherichia coli, a measure of fecal contamination, at a level more than four times that considered safe."
The Times describes Briarhills Parkway as "an upscale development in Houston’s West Oaks/Eldridge neighborhood."
As the results revealed, sewage contaminents are among many contributors to the tainted waters in Texas.
AP reports that "also stirred into the noxious brew are spilled fuel, runoff from waste sites, lawn pesticides, and pollutants from the region’s many petroleum refineries and chemical plants."
Following the hurricane, EPA review of aerial footage revealed that at least 13 toxic waste sites in Texas were damaged by the storm, and an explosion at an Arkema chemical plant in Harris County caused smoke to billow through nearby neighborhoods, triggering evacuations.
Even in regions where the flooding has receded, access to safe drinking water remains a concern.

Lead in drinking water is topic of Shepherd lecture.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Lead in drinking water will be the focus of a Shepherd University President’s Lecture on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education.
Richard Troast, founder of Troast Environmental Consulting LLC, will give a talk titled “The Environmental Sources of Lead and the Potential Effects of the Continuing Exposure to Lead for Children and Adults.” Troast founded Troast Environmental Consulting in 2009 to represent people who have been exposed to hazardous chemicals, especially lead, which still is found in homes in paint, interior water pipes and as dust from industrial sources.
The published toxicity data show a clear relationship between neurological-development issues in young children and lead exposure.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has responded by lowering the acceptable threshold of lead in children’s blood from 10 micrograms to 5 micrograms per deciliter.

Living Sustainably: Water conservation is vital.
Our water abundance is amplified by living in a state surrounded by the Great Lakes, which not only provides us with a near limitless source of fresh water, but also creates the perception: Water is plentiful, so why conserve?
Consider the Poor Water Map of the world in which countries are sized according to the proportion of people without reliable access to safe water.
Compare the U.S. to the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa or to India or Indonesia, where a large percentage of the people, sometimes upwards of 50 percent, lack access to safe drinking water.
Globally, the World Health Organization estimates that 884 million people lack even basic clean drinking water service – about one in nine people.
Very few of these 884 million people live in the United States; perhaps none live in West Michigan.
Many in the world live below these “water poverty” minimums, while we use more than 10 times this amount.
Water issues are basically local in nature.
Nevertheless, our use of water here in West Michigan should be understood within a global context, something that does not come naturally in our region of water abundance.
To act locally and globally to address water issues, Google “household water conservation” (local) and “clean water organizations” (global) for ideas.