Imphal, July 06 2017: Amidst the flood that hit the State following torrential rain, scarcity of drinking water has surfaced as people of the State particularly the valley districts are facing an acute shortage of clean water supply . Meanwhile, officials of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) have appealed to all to use drinking water thriftily . Talking to The Sangai Express, Additional Chief Engineer of PHED, Loktongbam Swamikanta said torrential rain in the State has triggered flood and landslides causing untold misery to the people . Now people of the State particularly valley districts are facing problem due to acute shortage of drinking water as low lying areas remained submerged by flood water, he said . He appealed to all concerned to use drinking water thriftily supplied by the department through water tankers . During normal times, water from Iril River is supplied to the people after undergoing treatment at Porompat Water treatment plant. However, due to overflowing and breaching of river…

Water Crisis in Iran at Critical Level.
If, however, renewable water usage is between 60-80 percent, the country is in a critical water condition.
A renewable water usage of more than 80 percent shows an ultra critical state, so that we could say that Iran with its 88 percent of renewable water usage is now in such a state.” It is not just the fact that the Regime did not act to stop natural water resource from being depleted, there is also the issue of healthy water being polluted by wastewater.
“ Disruptions to water supply could cause health problems, especially during the current heatwave, mass migration as resident emigrate in order to find reliable water, and widespread protests as people become more and more concerned that their government isn’t doing enough.
How are the people coping?
In Sistan and Bluchestan province, water is so scarce that more remote regions are having to be served by water tanker and many villages are left uninhabited.
One resident from Delgan, in the south-west of the province, told the state-run media that this is the most pressing issue currently.
The unnamed resident said: “Water disruption lasts four to five days sometimes, which is quite disturbing considering the unprecedented heat wave.” This is despite the fact the Delgan actually sits atop an area rich in groundwater resources.
The water supply project for Lorestan province has been left unfinished after funding dried up and now 597 villages are without water.
On Tuesday, June 27, residents of Boodjeh Sofla Aslandouz village in Ardebil province and Shahidgah and Gharakord districts in Pishva, Varamin protested the water crises and shut down roads.

Lagos water corporation denies report of poisoned water in Victoria Island.
The Lagos state Water Corporation (LWC) has refuted a media report alleging the flow of diesel from a public water supply tap at 10, Tiamiyu Savage Street in Victoria Island.
A statement issued by the Managing Director, LWC, Engr.
Muminu Badmus today in his Ijora Office, the Corporation said its Zonal Distribution Team in Victoria Island has investigated the incident and discovered that the pollution resulted from repair works done by the owner of the Property.
The statement said it was observed that during the renovation, the pipe supplying water to the property was damaged and diesel from the electricity generating set seeped through a breakage in the public water supply channel within the property.
It stated further that in a bid to establish the extent of damage that compromised the quality of public water supply in the area, officials of the Corporation obtained samples from other water outlets and observed that the water was clean, clear, odourless and fit for human consumption.
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itunes.apple.com “The problem is a localised problem, peculiar to the property tap which got polluted as a result of the intrusion of diesel and other substances that gained access to the service pipe through an opening caused by ongoing repair works in the area” the statement added.
Badmus urged Lagosians to desist from laying water service pipes within drainage channels to avoid water pollution, thereby causing water-borne diseases while warning Contractors working on Lagos roads to avoid infringing on the Corporation’s pipes.
The Managing Director reaffirmed the commitment of the agency to providing potable water and uninterrupted supply across the State.

Over 90% of supplied water samples in Doon found contaminated: Report.
DEHRADUN: Over 90% of samples – including those taken from VIP areas – collected and studied for quality analysis were found contaminated, a Dehradun-based organisation claimed on Tuesday.
But the Jal Sansthan, the water supply wing of the government, refused to accept the findings of the report.
“We neither recognize the claims of the report nor the lab where the tests were conducted.
It (report) is not only misleading but is also an attempt to sensationalise things.
Most of the samples were found to have either excess chlorine or fecal coliform (bacteria that indicate water pollution) as per the Water Quality Status of Dehradun report released by the NGO ‘Society of Pollution and Environment Conservation Scientists’ (SPECS).
Two samples had traces of oil and grease.
According to the report, 74 of the total 76 samples of potable water studied by SPECS were “not found up to the mark” and had various contamination.
Total coliform – whose standard value in potable water should not be more than 10 mpn/100 ml – was found in as many as 39 samples.
“This year, we have seen over 41% of Doonites still receiving water which is not up to the national water quality standards,” Sharma claimed, adding that it indicates “leak in water supply system” and a “possible mix-up” of dirty water with the supplied water stream.

Over 90% of supplied water samples in Doon found contaminated: Report.
DEHRADUN: Over 90% of samples – including those taken from VIP areas – collected and studied for quality analysis were found contaminated, a Dehradun-based organisation claimed on Tuesday.
But the Jal Sansthan, the water supply wing of the government, refused to accept the findings of the report.
“We neither recognize the claims of the report nor the lab where the tests were conducted.
It (report) is not only misleading but is also an attempt to sensationalise things.
Most of the samples were found to have either excess chlorine or fecal coliform (bacteria that indicate water pollution) as per the Water Quality Status of Dehradun report released by the NGO ‘Society of Pollution and Environment Conservation Scientists’ (SPECS).
Two samples had traces of oil and grease.
According to the report, 74 of the total 76 samples of potable water studied by SPECS were “not found up to the mark” and had various contamination.
Total coliform – whose standard value in potable water should not be more than 10 mpn/100 ml – was found in as many as 39 samples.
“This year, we have seen over 41% of Doonites still receiving water which is not up to the national water quality standards,” Sharma claimed, adding that it indicates “leak in water supply system” and a “possible mix-up” of dirty water with the supplied water stream.

For the first time since April 2016, Alabama and Mississippi are free from drought, but Auburn remains under voluntary water restrictions because of ongoing spillway construction at the city’s main water source.
A federal assessment released Thursday shows rains have eliminated the dry spell that began in 2016.
The worst period of dry weather was last fall when all of Alabama was in a drought for an eight-week period that began in late October.
Statistics from the National Drought Mitigation Center show conditions have improved steadily since then.
Auburn again issued voluntary water restrictions after dry weather toward the end of April, which, despite recent rains from Tropical Storm Cindy, remain in place because of continued construction on a new spillway at Lake Ogletree.
The lake has been drawn down to allow construction to continue, so water from heavy rains is being let out to finish the project.
“The trick now is not really drought so much as Lake Ogletree levels as we finish the spillway project,” said David Dorton, Auburn’s public affairs director.
“When we’re done, we’ll have more reserves to endure future drought.
Until we’re done, lake levels are … lower than we like for this time of year and the high water demand that goes with it.” In light of the construction that is expected to finish in the fall, according to Auburn’s Water Resource management Director Eric Carson, the city is asking for residents’ help to conserve water.
They also encourage even-numbered addresses to water on Monday, Wednesday or Friday and for odd-numbered addresses to water on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday.

NEWS WORTH NOTING: New report on considerations for local groundwater markets; DWR releases PSP for Prop 1 water desalination grants; Public opinion poll shows high level of confidence in San Diego’s water supply reliability.
District 5 Harris Ct., Bldg G, Monterey, CA 93940 Public Opinion Poll Shows High Level of Confidence in San Diego’s Water Supply Reliability New research also reveals consistent support for using water efficiently, supply diversification and value of water service From the San Diego County Water Authority: In the wake of one of the most significant droughts in California’s history, public confidence in the reliability of the San Diego region’s water supply has grown to extraordinarily high levels, according to the San Diego County Water Authority’s most recent public opinion poll.
An overwhelming majority (83 percent) of respondents viewed the region’s water supply as somewhat or very reliable, outpacing results in the 2015 (65 percent) and 2014 (70 percent) surveys.
Residents continued to show overwhelming support (79 percent) for the Water Authority’s supply diversification strategy, which includes Colorado River water transfers, water-use efficiency, local supply development efforts such as groundwater and recycling, and the addition of desalinated seawater in late 2015 from the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant.
An overwhelming majority of poll respondents – 92 percent – predicted they will use less or about the same amount of water in 2017 as they did the year before.
Nearly a quarter (24 percent) said they would not pay more for additional supplies, up from 16 percent in 2015.
More than four in 10 respondents (41 percent) moderately or strongly agreed that additional rate increases are necessary to support regional water supply reliability, a slight decrease from 2015 (44 percent), but still above 2014 levels (33 percent).
A majority of residents (56 percent) agreed that it costs more to provide a reliable water supply in San Diego County than in most other parts of the country.
Probe Research conducted the 2017 survey by a random telephone sample of 500 respondents (including 150 respondents who only use a mobile phone), and 501 online respondents chosen from a custom panel of San Diego County residents who have agreed to participate in online surveys.
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An estimated 1,680 villages in Sistan-Baluchistan Province lack piped water, according to the provincial governor general.
“Water in 1,300 villages is being supplied via tankers, and another 380 are on the list for the current season,” said Ali Owsat Hashemi at a recent meeting with provincial government representatives and Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the government spokesman and head of the Management and Planning Organization.
Water supply from Afghanistan could increase the chances of cholera in Iran, which has been free of cholera for over two years.
But threats still exist from the two adjacent countries of Afghanistan to the east and Iraq in the west.
Over the last few years sources of drinking water supply in Iran have improved in many rural areas.
According to Ali Asghar Qane,’ deputy head of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company, 3,000 villages with a total population of two million were connected to water supply networks in the last fiscal year that ended in March.
A budget of $500 million from the National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) was allocated for implementation of piped water projects.
“A threat to the water resources would mean higher chances of residents deserting the province,” he noted, lamenting that due to the difficulties related to supplying water through tankers, there are few takers for year-long contracts.
Statistics show that in 1956, the rural population in Iran comprised 70% of the population of 19 million.
Results of the National Population and Housing Census released in February show that during the past five years, 3.9 million people migrated from rural to urban areas, of which 20.2% moved to the overcrowded capital Tehran.

An estimated 1,680 villages in Sistan-Baluchistan Province lack piped water, according to the provincial governor general.
“Water in 1,300 villages is being supplied via tankers, and another 380 are on the list for the current season,” said Ali Owsat Hashemi at a recent meeting with provincial government representatives and Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the government spokesman and head of the Management and Planning Organization.
Water supply from Afghanistan could increase the chances of cholera in Iran, which has been free of cholera for over two years.
But threats still exist from the two adjacent countries of Afghanistan to the east and Iraq in the west.
Over the last few years sources of drinking water supply in Iran have improved in many rural areas.
According to Ali Asghar Qane,’ deputy head of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company, 3,000 villages with a total population of two million were connected to water supply networks in the last fiscal year that ended in March.
A budget of $500 million from the National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) was allocated for implementation of piped water projects.
“A threat to the water resources would mean higher chances of residents deserting the province,” he noted, lamenting that due to the difficulties related to supplying water through tankers, there are few takers for year-long contracts.
Statistics show that in 1956, the rural population in Iran comprised 70% of the population of 19 million.
Results of the National Population and Housing Census released in February show that during the past five years, 3.9 million people migrated from rural to urban areas, of which 20.2% moved to the overcrowded capital Tehran.

Florida Water Environment Association Project of the Year Award given to Central Pasco County Beneficial Water Reuse Project.
Photo: CH2M.
Since 2010, CH2M, alongside Pasco County Utilities and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, has provided a full-range of design, permitting and services during construction for the 4G Wetlands, a multifunctional project addressing decades-long concerns regarding groundwater drawdowns in areas affected by public water supply wellfields.
"The ability to improve an area that has seen severe ecological degradation coupled with recharging the Upper Floridan aquifer that’ll provide for a more sustainable water supply for the 2.5 million people of the Tampa Bay region, serves as an example of how to better manage all freshwater resources."
In addition, they will provide valuable habitat, and an excellent example of responsible water management," said Michael Hancock, Southwest Florida Water Management District project manager.
In addition to the benefits to the aquifer and the regional water resources, the project will restore the ecological functions of the historically degraded onsite lakes and wetlands, and create 175 acres of new wildlife habitat within the 15 constructed wetland cells.
The Tampa Bay Association of Environmental Professionals also selected the 4G Wetlands for an Environmental Excellence Award in 2017 for its outstanding environmental contributions.
"It’s both an honor and a privilege to be recognized by the Florida Water Environment Association and the Tampa Bay Association of Environmental Professionals, and to partner with the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Pasco County on their first project of this kind."
A full list of the award-winners appears on the Association’s website.
In this way, CH2Mers make a positive difference providing consulting, design, engineering and management services for clients needing world-class solutions in environmental; industrial and advanced facilities; transportation; and water markets, from iconic infrastructure to global programs like the Olympic Games.