Councilors Discuss Water Scarcity in Northern Governorate Areas
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According to "Bahrain Tribune", water scarcity in the Northern Muncipality areas of Janabiya, Hamad Town, Karzakan, Dumistan and Abu Gouva featured primarily at the weekly municipality meeting.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  PALMDALE -- To address a growing demand for water, a coalition of water providers and municipal and county government officials is trying to come up with a plan that will more than double supplies by the year 2035.
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MADRID, Sep 3 (IPS) - While in other parts of the world, like the Middle   East, the struggle over water sources fuels armed conflicts, a  political war  is being waged in Spain over the same question.
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By Laura McCandlish, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 4--Water shortage solutions are expensive   Mount Airy's water commission is pushing for an ordinance that would shut down development in the water-deficient town that straddles the border of Carroll and Frederick counties.
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By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 7--Grappling with an ever-tightening water supply, the growing town of Mount Airy has given up on tapping nearby rivers in favor of a renewed search for wells that can produce enough water so that homes already approved there can be built.
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The Bolivian government is holding emergency talks over the severe flooding in much of the country.
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By Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 12--After a three-week delay, the Town Council is scheduled tonight to decide whether to enact an ordinance crafted to further protect the town's drinking water from any potentially crippling contamination.
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City officials asked 1.4 million  residents in the Phoenix area to boil their tap water on  Tuesday after sediment-laden water from storms swamped a  treatment plant.
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By Neil Strassman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 20--North Texans can comment tonight on a draft of a $30.7 billion statewide plan to provide enough water for Texas residents through 2060. The public meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Bob Duncan Community Center, 2800 S.
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By Rob Tucker, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 16--Most drinking water supplies in Pierce County are holding up despite the driest summer in half a century.   There is an exception: Water supplies from City of Milton wells are low.
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By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 25--When the Petersens' well ran dry in June, the family dealt with the lack of water the best they could.   The Prunedale residents spent hundreds of dollars for thousands of gallons of water to be trucked to their home.
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By Jennifer Maloney, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 13--The Suffolk Water Authority and opponents clashed yesterday in a hearing on the authority's application to drill into the Lloyd aquifer to help address contamination issues in Northport.
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By Roy Appleton, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 14--Any decision is days, if not weeks, away. But the North Texas Municipal Water District and its customer cities moved Wednesday toward new, tougher water restrictions.
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By JAN BARRY, STAFF WRITER  If you've got something to say about the future of North Jersey's water-generating lands, the Highlands Council is scheduling extra time for you.
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Insecurity continues to hamper relief efforts in northern Haiti, as rescue workers struggle to distribute relief supplies to thousands of flood victims in the city of Gonaives.
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Representatives of Palestinianpolitical powers and factions held a meeting Wednesday atPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s headquarters in the Gaza City todiscuss the situation
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By Roy Appleton, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 23--The shrinking of its main reservoir, the swelling demand for its water and the need for drastic conservation measures have put some heat on the North Texas Municipal Water District.