In Kurigram, water levels of 16 rivers including Brahmaputra, Dharala, Dudhkumar and Teesta are persistently on the rise, inundating more villages in the district, reports our correspondent.
The Brahmaputra River was flowing 2cm above the danger level while water level of Dudhkumar raised by 19cm, Dharala River by 26cm and Teesta River by 11cm.
Nearly 100,000 people in 20 low-lying unions of Chilmari upazila in the Brahmaputra River basin have been passing their days with little access to clean drinking water for five days.
Executive Engineer Mostafizur Rahman of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) at Dalia division said the Teesta River was flowing at least 30cm above the danger level at Dalia point while Dharala 25cm above the danger mark at Kulaghat point on Monday morning, flooding vast areas of several upazilas.
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Outdoor water stations installed at two local parks​​​​​​​.
************************* Children and families in Timmins and the East End will be able to quench their thirst outdoors this summer thanks to the installation of two outdoor water bottle filling stations in city parks.
In a partnership between the Timmins-Misiway Healthy Kids Community Challenge and the City of Timmins, water bottle filling stations were installed at Gillies Lake Park in Timmins and at White Waterfront Park in South Porcupine, near the trailhead to the Bart Thomson Trail.
“The goal of this initiative is to increase access to free, clean drinking water for children and families in our community,” said Madison Mizzau, project manager for the Timmins-Misiway Healthy Kids Community Challenge.
This is especially true when being physically active and when it’s hot outside.
It is hoped that these outdoor water stations will make staying hydrated with water more convenient, as well as helping reduce plastic bottle waste.
The initiative is part of the second theme of the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, Water Does Wonders!
These beverages are the single largest source of sugar in kids’ diets.
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Together we can create a healthier environment for children to live, eat and play!

Majority of Americans worry about clean drinking water.
Americans want to drink clean water, even more than they want to breathe clean air.
A new public survey and study conducted by Nestlé Waters North America on 4,756 American adults across the lower 48 states asked the respondents to share their views on water-related topics.
The “Perspectives on America’s Water” Study, unveiled key takeaways: — Clean drinking water is more important than clean air to Americans — Two out of three Americans believe their community is vulnerable to a water crisis – A majority of the public believes significant, immediate investments in water infrastructure are needed to avoid future water crises – The public and water resource scientists agree that climate change will have an increasing impact on access to clean drinking water This is a significant finding, especially in the wake of the state-inflicted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and continued attempts to repeal many Obama-era EPA regulations on air and water.
Many American consumers and experts question whether the tap water in their home (36 percent and 30 percent, respectively) and schools (40 percent for both) is clean and safe.
Parents with school-aged children under age 18 are more likely to worry: 45 percent of this group question the safety of the tap water in their schools.
Two-thirds (66 percent) believe water crises will have widespread consequences for individuals, businesses and the United States as a whole.
American consumers expect local (71 percent), state (71 percent) and federal governments (65 percent) to play a role in ensuring that people have access to clean drinking water, but they expect consumers (39 percent) and businesses (35 percent) to help in some way.
On the other hand, experts are more likely to see opportunities for consumers (45 percent) and businesses (40 percent) to be involved.
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Majority of Americans worry about clean drinking water.
Americans want to drink clean water, even more than they want to breathe clean air.
A new public survey and study conducted by Nestlé Waters North America on 4,756 American adults across the lower 48 states asked the respondents to share their views on water-related topics.
The “Perspectives on America’s Water” Study, unveiled key takeaways: — Clean drinking water is more important than clean air to Americans — Two out of three Americans believe their community is vulnerable to a water crisis – A majority of the public believes significant, immediate investments in water infrastructure are needed to avoid future water crises – The public and water resource scientists agree that climate change will have an increasing impact on access to clean drinking water This is a significant finding, especially in the wake of the state-inflicted water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and continued attempts to repeal many Obama-era EPA regulations on air and water.
Many American consumers and experts question whether the tap water in their home (36 percent and 30 percent, respectively) and schools (40 percent for both) is clean and safe.
Parents with school-aged children under age 18 are more likely to worry: 45 percent of this group question the safety of the tap water in their schools.
Two-thirds (66 percent) believe water crises will have widespread consequences for individuals, businesses and the United States as a whole.
American consumers expect local (71 percent), state (71 percent) and federal governments (65 percent) to play a role in ensuring that people have access to clean drinking water, but they expect consumers (39 percent) and businesses (35 percent) to help in some way.
On the other hand, experts are more likely to see opportunities for consumers (45 percent) and businesses (40 percent) to be involved.
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Water issue being addressed at women’s prison.
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, they are working to address a water outage at Lowell Correctional Institution north of Ocala.
A notice on the DOC website, posted today, states: “Storm damage over the weekend caused maintenance issues that effected the well pumps and geothermal line at Lowell Correctional Institution.
Institution maintenance staff responded immediately and have been on scene trying to resolve the issues with assistance from the local fire department and contractors.
All inmates have access to drinking water.
Toilets and sinks are operational using non-potable water being brought in to the institution.” The institution is the oldest state prison facility for women.
It currently also houses female youthful offenders as well as pregnant offenders.
The Lowell Annex, Lowell Work Camp and Lowell Basic Training Unit are under the supervision of Lowell Correctional Institution.
It was not immediately clear if the water issue was compound wide or limited to one area.
– Staff report

Immunization: Rotary Club Calls For Sensitization On Polio Eradication.
As the sub-national immunization plus days commence in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) this week, the Rotary Club of Nigeria has warned that unless more Nigerians, especially those living in the rural areas, are sensitized on the prevention of polio, the ongoing efforts to eradicate the disease might be a mirage.
In a interview with LEADERSHIP in Abuja at the weekend, on the sidelines of July 2017 flag off of immunization plus days, the secretary/Polio chair, Rotary Club of Abuja Federal Capital Territory (District 9125), Rtn Ndidi Uchuno expressed shock that many rural communities in the FCT do not have access to good drinking water, while some share the same drinking water with cattle.
Uchuno explained that the club has discovered, through its visits to rural communities in FCT, that many residents are ignorant of the causes and prevention of polio.
“To eradicate polio, the communities need to be informed through advocacies, because when they are aware of the symptoms they can easily reach out for medical attention.
We have to go into the communities and explain to them the need for polio eradication.
We also go around explaining to them the essence of the vaccines ahead of the days for the vaccination.
We have gone generally lecturing and explaining to the communities on the symptoms of the disease, asking them to contact us or any of the health officials any time they see certain signs in their babies,” she said.
She added that the club has visited Sabon Lugbe community in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), which is her primary location, while efforts are being made to construct boreholes in the area, so that the people could have good source of drinking water.
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YES BANK, Tata ClassEdge Partner with FIRST Global to Mentor Students in Robotics Olympiad.
TATA ClassEdge, a provider of innovative technology based learning solutions for schools and YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector Bank, partner with FIRST Global to encourage and mentor students from India, participating in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Global Robotics Olympiad at Washington, D.C. from 16 – 18 July.
The idea behind organizing this competition is to drive youth to innovate and create technology led solutions for Global social issues such as access to safe and clean drinking water.
The team was shortlisted from over 100 applications received.
(Alliances, Relationships, Technology) approach, by co-creating innovative solutions with technology companies.
We are certain that such youth centric initiatives will go a long way in creating awareness on pertinent social issues such as access to clean water while also building an enabling environment to develop the future leaders of our nation.” Nirav Khambhati, CEO of Tata ClassEdge, supporting this initiative said, “We are happy to be associated with the FIRST Global Robotics Olympics which is being held for the first time across countries.
It is an excellent platform to inspire students to learn, think, imagine and use technology creatively.
We are grateful to the support we have received from leading corporate houses like Tata Sons, Tata ClassEdge, YES Bank and Infosys in making a dream come true for our bright young minds”.
Team India: Rahesh, Team Captain (youngest team member); Aadiv Shah, Team Spokesperson; Harsh Bhatt, Alliance Strategist; Vatsin, Alliance Analyst; Adhyyan, Robot Tactician; Tejas, Robot Controller and Raghav, Robot Driver.
The mission of FIRST Global is to inspire science and technology leadership and innovation in youth globally in order to increase understanding, impress upon the importance of cooperation, address the world’s most pressing issues, and improve the quality of life for all.

NOVATO, Calif. (KGO) — The North Marin Water District says it is dumping close to 290,000 gallons of water out of an abundance of caution after someone broke into the water tank and possibly contaminated it.
Mcintyre says the tank which services 1,000 customers was immediately taken offline.
A backup tank is providing water to customers.
Mcintyre says he is not releasing the exact one that was broken into to prevent copycat criminals.
Water tests didn’t turn up any contaminants, but Mcintyre says it’s impossible to test for everything.
"Our number one priority is to protect our customer’s drinking water supply, so we made the decision then to go ahead and start draining the tank," he explained.
"Who would want to contaminate water, especially since we just got past a drought and now all that water is wasted," said Novato resident Victoria Meblin.
Residents are both relieved by the Water District’s fast response and frustrated.
Mcintyre says it’s approximately $1,000 worth of water, but the real cost is priceless.
Mcintyre says there is no surveillance video of the break in.

The Greens are going to slap a levy on bottled water and are promising to develop a system to charge commercial water users..
The Greens are pledging to put an immediate 10c a litre levy on sales or exports of bottled still and sparkling water.
Co-leader James Shaw announced the water policy in Nelson on Sunday, as part of the party’s election campaign launch.
He says the levy will ensure companies who profit from sales of New Zealand water are paying for that privilege.
"Water bottling companies are taking the purest, cleanest water out from under our feet.
They bottle it and sell it and pay practically nothing for the resource," he said.
The Greens will also develop a "fair way" to charge all commercial water users, something that the National Government has avoided responsibility for for the entire time its been in government, he said.
"We’ll do this through a process involving nationwide meetings and hui with all interested people and organisations."
The party expects tangata whenua will play a critical role.
He said the Greens would also protect drinking water sources from the activities that pollute them with pathogens, sediment, run-off, and nitrates.

Sprucing up a Straitsmouth home.
ROCKPORT – An old keeper’s house on Straitsmouth Island under renovations could be ready to live in this fall as volunteers prepare the uninhabited land for tourist use.
"Hopefully by October we should be done with the interior," said Paul St. Germain of the Thacher Island Association, a non-profit arm of the town that manages Thacher and Straitsmouth islands.
The triple stage filtering system hooks up to a cistern water tank and goes through a filter three times for drinking water.
"When you use the water, like in the washing machine, that becomes something called gray water," St. Germain explained.
It reclaims the water."
Initially the association plans to pull from its existing pool of about 35 experienced keepers who volunteer to live at Thacher Island during the year.
We have a system in place to see if they’re really interested," St. Germain said.
Along with cleared paths and a soon-to-be renovated keeper’s house, the Thacher Island Association is planning to build a boat launch ramp on Straitsmouth that would offer safe access to the public.
The town of Rockport owns 1.8 acres of the island, including the lighthouse.