Days after the report released by Niti Aayog on shortage of water, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured that the capital will not face any such issue in next two years.
"There is problem of water supply in some areas of the city.
"Water will then flow and travel up to Wazirabad.
These are the datelines for phase-wise roll-out of the water treatment process," the government said in a statement.
After informing about the plans, the chief minister of Delhi said that the work of the Burari STP would be completed by June next year.
Knowing the rising demand of water, the Delhi government will increase water availability by 15 – 20 per cent in next two years and 50 per cent in five years.
"Reviving these lakes will lead to increase in groundwater level in the surrounding areas…. We also plan to inject treated STP water into the ground to ensure that groundwater level does not fall, especially in areas where groundwater level is fairly high as of now," Kejriwal said.
The government has been negotiating with the Uttar Pradesh government to concretise the canal through which water comes to the national capital from the neighbouring state.
Highlights from Niti Aayog Report: India is suffering from ‘the worst water crisis’ in its history with about 60 crore people facing high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people dying every year due to inadequate access to safe water, Niti Aayog said in a report today.
The report, titled ‘Composite Water Management Index’ released by Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari, further said the crisis is only going to get worse.

Amnesty has also called on Iran to ensure that Iranians have access to clean water.
The rights group issued a statement on July 6th, saying, “Iranian authorities should also ensure that people in Khuzestan and other provinces across Iran enjoy their right to access sufficient amounts of safe drinking water for personal and domestic uses.” Water Authority officials in Khorramshahr and Abadan have told the press that that “the water crisis is over,” but the statement is hard to verify as Iran does not allow international reporters to visit the area.
According to social media reports there is a widespread rumor going around in the province about the Iranian government allegedly selling fresh water to foreign countries such as Iraq and Kuwait, but the Iranian government has refuted these reports.
According to state-run IRNA news agency, the rumor has flared up dissent and unrest in Khuzestan.
Some reportedly chanted slogans against the Iranian authorities, and shots could be heard on videos circulated on social media.
According to officials, one civilian and several police officers were injured in the violence.
State television reported that an unspecified number of demonstrators had been arrested, and claimed that some of the protesters carried firearms.
Allegedly, the water in in Khorramshahr is high in saline and it is muddy.
Residents have been complaining for nearly two weeks about the taste and color of tap water, and videos on social media showed a brown fluid running out of taps in Khorramshahr.
Concern over those who have been detained, and who may be at risk for torture, given Iran’s human rights violations in Iran’s detention facilities, sparked Amnesty International’s statement.

The United Nations is seeking to raise $111 million to meet humanitarian needs in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), where millions of people face malnutrition, shortage medicine, and lack of access to safe drinking water.
One of things I will be doing when I return to New York in talking to the Member States of the UN is trying to draw people’s attention to the very real humanitarian challenges here, says Lowcock.
(Image Credit: Pixabay) The United Nations is seeking to raise USD 111 million to meet humanitarian needs in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), where millions of people face malnutrition, shortage medicine, and lack of access to safe drinking water, the Organization’s top relief official said on Wednesday.
“There is a humanitarian need, we can meet it and we can tell people a convincing and persuasive story about how their money is used if they provide us with more funds,” said Mark Lowcock, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, at a press conference held in the country’s capital, Pyongyang.
During the visit, he was able to see first-hand both progress that has been made on the humanitarian front and the persisting challenges.
“There are though large numbers of people who still need assistance; there is a significant problem of malnutrition with something like 20 percent of children stunted because of malnutrition which impairs their life chances,” he said.
Mr. Lowcock also said that about half of all children in rural areas of the country are not drinking safe water.
“Too much of the water is contaminated, which is a cause of disease and threatens the development of too many children,” he said.
He also noted that there is a shortage of drugs and medical supplies and equipment, making it very difficult for medical authorities to meet the needs of all the people “in a way that would pass basic humanitarian thresholds.” He said that North Korean authorities are “keen to work with humanitarian agencies and are open to additional humanitarian assistance, and are also keen to deal with humanitarian issues separately from political dynamics.” According to the Needs and Priorities Plan published by the UN a few months ago, $111 million is needed to meet humanitarian needs in the areas of health, water and sanitation, and food security for about 6 million people.
“One of things I will be doing when I return to New York in talking to the Member States of the UN is trying to draw people’s attention to the very real humanitarian challenges here, and to say to them that the UN has good programmes, which can save lives, and we have better access across the country for UN staff than we have had in the past,” he said.

TOKYO — About 20 percent of North Korean children are stunted because of malnutrition, and half the children in rural areas are drinking unsafe water, a senior U.N. official visiting the country said.
Much progress has been made compared to 20 years ago but “significant humanitarian challenges” remain, Mark Lowcock, the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, said Wednesday at a news conference in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
The U.N. issued a transcript of his remarks.
The United Nations is trying to raise $111 million to meet health, water and sanitation and food security needs for about 6 million people in North Korea.
Only 10 percent has been raised so far, Lowrock said, through donations from the Swedish, Swiss and Canadian governments.
The proportion of children affected by stunting, a failure to develop physically and cognitively, has fallen to 20 percent from 28 percent in 2011, but that “is still a high number,” he said.
“Too much of the water is contaminated, which is a cause of disease and threatens the development of too many children,” he said, according to the transcript.
Besides malnutrition and water, Lowrock also highlighted a shortage of drugs and medical supplies and equipment.
One hospital he visited this week had only enough drugs for 40 of its 140 tuberculosis patients, creating dilemmas for doctors who have to figure out what to do, he said.
Lowrock said that Kim Yong Nam, a senior official, briefed him on the government’s commitment to denuclearization and the new focus on economic development as a top priority.

Furthermore, one of nine people around the world lack access to safe drinking water; one of three people in developing economies lack access to a toilet.
In reality, agriculture is consuming a major chunk of water, and due to inefficiency in the methodology adopted, a lot of water is wasted.
Thus, besides all the challenges that Pakistan is currently facing, the water crisis is a major issue that requires immediate attention and meaningful regulations.
According to the World Resource Institute, Pakistan is ranked among the top five countries that are suffering from extreme water scarcity and very low access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
There are issues of water scarcity and its interlinked diseases in both urban and rural settings.
Indeed, beyond the construction of new dams if we have a look at the current dams they are not even properly managed.
The factors that have contributed to the water crisis include lack of proper management of existing dams, the old traditional system of canals and barrages, mismanagement of water resources, and policy flaws There is a long list of factors that have contributed to water crisis which include lack of proper management of existing dams, the old traditional system of canals and barrages, mismanagement of water resources and policy flaws.
Apart from this, the research conducted at Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources estimates that Pakistan may run dry if the current situation is not addressed.
The mounting water crisis has severely affected the agriculture sector of Pakistan, and according to a latest economic survey of Pakistan, agriculture is currently contributing 21 percent to total GDP of Pakistan.
Internationally, many economies are adopting the strategy of water-pricing.

Expand Choices by Flint and Michigan’s government officials led to massive contamination of drinking water – some tests showed water had more than 100 times the legal level of lead.
The poisoning of Flint’s water was an unmitigated disaster.
Now, as government attorneys argue in court to dismiss the massive lawsuit leveled against these officials, the state of Michigan and city of Flint want to argue that clean water is not a constitutional right.
This would mean they would not be liable for the lead-poisoned water, when they decided in 2014 to draw the city’s water supply from the Flint River without having the water propertly treated.
In 2014, a US federal judge in Michigan ruled that there was “no enforceable right” to water after the city of Detroit started massive shut-offs of household water supplies if people did not pay their water bill.
In 2015, it finally joined the consensus at the UN General Assembly in acknowledging that the right to water entitled everyone “to have access to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use.” But it hasn’t ratified the major treaty addressing the right to water and has sidestepped the idea that the right could apply to US citizens.
Water is a human right.
And the disaster in Flint is just one of many ways the right to water has been jeopardized in the US.
The victims of Flint have a right to remedy for the harms suffered.
Government authorities at the national, state, and local levels need policies that both guarantee safe drinking water.

Member of Parliament for Kelowna‒Lake Country, Stephen Fuhr, also participated in the event.
The federal government is providing $26,450,000 and the provincial government is providing $17,457,000 for the project through the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund.
The City of Kelowna is providing $19,100,000.
A new separated water distribution system will also be created to provide South East Kelowna Irrigation District residents with year-round clean water and improve storage capacity.
The Water Integration Project will improve the quality of water for thousands in South Mission and South East Kelowna and create a more efficient sustainable water system that can meet the needs of B.C.
‘s fastest growing community well into the future."
"It’s not every day that we receive $44 million from our government partners.
Quick facts Through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan, 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.
$26.9 billion of this funding will support green infrastructure projects, including $5 billion that will be available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
Associated links Federal infrastructure investments in British Columbia: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/map-carte/bc-eng.html City of Kelowna Phase 1 Integrated Water Project: kelowna.ca/water SOURCE Infrastructure Canada For further information: Kate Monfette, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 613-301-0894, kate.monfette@canada.ca; Kate Mukasa, Acting Communications Director, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Government of British Columbia, 250-361-6839, Kate.Mukasa@gov.bc.ca; Kelly Kay, Communications Advisor, City of Kelowna, 250-469-8751, KKay@kelowna.ca; Infrastructure Canada, 613-960-9251, Toll free: 1-877-250-7154, Email: infc.media.infc@canada.ca Also from this source:

With Kilauea having been in an eruptive phase since May 3, sulphur dioxide, is being released into the air constantly.
Acid rain can result when it combines with atmospheric water downwind of a volcano.
In addition, lava reacting with cold seawater can produce vapours known as laze, which can be similarly harmful.
Fissure 8 , the source of most of the lava flowing into the ocean at Kapaho Beach, has reshaped the landscape in the south-east of the island, completely filling the area formally known as Kapaho Bay and creating more than 550 acres of new land.
Recent days have seen a series of collapses at Kilauea’s summit and the Halemaumau crater equivalent to a magnitude 5.3 earthquake, including one yesterday, while lava continues to flow into the sea.
A County of Hawaii statement warned: “Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that Fissure 8 continues to erupt lava steadily into the perched channel leading northeastward from the vent.
“An overflow lobe moving around the west side of Kapoho Cone remains active and small brushfires are reported along the margins.
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“Kapoho Beach Lots and Four Corners area are closed to any access.
“Be aware that spill overs of the channel and other breakouts are possible on the active flow field, do not access the active flow field due to extreme hazard.

The chemicals have been found in groundwater, surface water bodies like lakes and rivers, as well as the Great Lakes — and in drinking water pulled from each source type.
The DEQ found PFAS contamination at the old nuclear B-52 base near the shore of Lake Huron in 2010.
The soil and groundwater is contaminated by total PFAS levels as high as 1.2 million-ppt.
In 2015, Michigan’s first activated carbon pump-and-treat system was built at a base fire training area.
HSRUA water is considered the safe alternative supply for polluted wells near Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, which has contaminated the Au Sable River as it enters Lake Huron north of Tawas.
The highest total PFAS level detected is 52-ppt.
The DEQ says PFAS has been found in site groundwater and soils, and in the river nearby.
Local wastewater treatment plant effluents have tested positive for low levels.
Total PFAS levels in treated drinking water from the lake range from 2.71- to 4.77-ppt.
In June 2017, the creek tested for PFOS at 920-ppt.

IDAHO FALLS — Results from an annual water test at Bonneville High School recently showed unacceptable levels of lead in the water.
Officials initially tested the water on July 3 and discovered high levels of lead in some, but not all, of the samples taken.
Eastern Idaho Public Health District officials say water tests showed lead levels around .038 milligrams per liter in several of the samples.
This number is nearly 40 percent above the “action-required levels” established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Bonneville Joint School District 93 notified the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and appropriate steps are being taken to ensure public safety, school officials told EastIdahoNews.com.
Additional testing of the water is underway, and while the district is awaiting test results, access to drinking water has been cut off at the high school.
The new tests are expected to take between two to three weeks.
Once levels return to a safe level, drinking water at the school will be turned back on.
Merrill Hemming, an environmental health specialist at Eastern Idaho Public Health, said the agency is asking the school to provide educational materials to faculty, students and parents on the potential dangers in drinking lead-laced water.
Bonneville School District is providing links to resources on its Facebook page regarding lead poisoning and the appropriate course of action to take if signs of lead contamination occur.