Water

The Coppell water conservation and drought contingency plan is at Stage 1. The plan, which goes into effect every May 15 and continues until Sept. 15, is mandated by a city ordinance and by the state as well.

Evansville utility officials are moving to adopt a computer system that will allow residents to pay their water and sewer bills online.

When the Kansas City Water Services Department started billing homeowners every month in July, instead of every other month, the department touted convenience for customers. It turns out, however, that the department essentially increased its service charge without letting many people know.

by Staff Writers Paris, France (ESA) Sep 06, 2010 ESA's SMOS water mission has taken another step forward by demonstrating that it will lead to a better understanding of ocean circulation.

Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts have said, arguing for greater investment in water storage.

Diverse water sources key to food security -report

Water Authority chairman Uri Shani: If the forecasts materialize, there will be no alternative to undertaking water conservation measures.

Pakistani authorities were Sunday trying to protect another town from floodwaters in southern Sindh province, as the nation continues to grapple with its worst natural disaster in living memory.

The R.I. Water Resources Board’s Water Allocation Committee, chaired by Harold Ward, is being led in a direction contrary to the best interests of the people of our state.

Increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe will be the main focus as around 2,500 experts begin gathering in Stockholm Sunday for the 20th edition of the World Water Week.

A major conference aimed at improving worldwide access to clean water opens in Sweden today. World Water Week, which has run since 1991, will award this year's Stockholm Water Prize to cholera researcher Rita Colwell.

Bangladesh plans to build a series of dams to reclaim 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) of land from the sea over the next five years, officials said Sunday.

Water is the life-blood of Colorado. Wayne N. Aspinall, a former House and Senate representative in Colorado, stated, “In the West, when you touch water, you touch everything.”

The reality of Saturday's earthquake is beginning to set in for Canterbury residents, with many facing a second night in shelters away from their homes.

A video on the state parks website shows people jumping from a platform into the water at Tyler State Park and maneuvering canoes across the water.

Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2010 1:01 am | Updated: 1:04 am, Sun Sep 5, 2010. It's a matter of "public safety." That's how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers described its summer water quality monitoring program when it shut down beaches for a few weeks this summer at Lake O' the Pines.

The Coppell water conservation and drought contingency plan is at Stage 1. The plan, which goes into effect every May 15 and continues until Sept. 15, is mandated by a city ordinance and by the state as well.

Civil Defence Minister John Carter has said heavy rain may cause people near the Waimakariri River to be evacuated.

At least 41 people have lost their lives due to cholera, while 600 more are suffering from the water-borne disease in the central African state of Chad.

The Missouri Water Patrol reported responding to several injuries and accidents on Missouri waterways Saturday.