WASSER AKTUELL
75 -��� 08.07.2005
International Conference on
Urban River Rehabilitation and Riverfront Development
21-23 September 2005 �Dresden / Germany
http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/959.shtml
http://rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~urb/Conference2005/index.html
Industrial Water 2006
European Conference on Efficient Use of Water Resources
in Industry
"Will Industry meet European Water Standards and
Strategies by 2015?"
6-8 February
2006� Frankfurt am Main / Germany
http://events.dechema.de/wa_e_-design-.html
Call for Papers: http://events.dechema.de/img/tagungen_/Strauss/wasser06/CFP.pdf
In eigener Sache: Die F�hrungsakademie der Bundeswehr ist ab heute bis
zum 15. August in ihrer vorlesungsfreien Zeit. So in der Regel auch ihre Dozenten.
Ich bin zwar zwischendurch mal im B�ro, gedenke dort aber nicht �richtig� zu
arbeiten, sondern nur mal die Post nachzuschauen. Also:
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NACHRICHTEN
Down To Earth magazine, Jul 15, 2005 - Editor's
Page
Water-waste economy
Delhi has been
waiting. For its neighbour, Uttar Pradesh (UP), to release water to its swank
Sonia Vihar water treatment plant. The prime minister himself intervenes in the
matter. He persuades up to release water. Only to be rebuffed by up political
leaders, who say their farmers and cities need water first. Delhi is already
water-spoilt, they say. Elsewhere, farmers in Tonk district of Rajasthan
protest against a dam whose water, they say, is 'reserved' for neighbouring
cities. They want that water. They take to the highway. Police open fire and
farmers die. Our leaders are usually myopic about most matters. They also work
with a time-tested 'manual of operations'. In this case, I can assure you their
bureaucrats have already convinced them that a) the problem is temporary: it
will be sorted out as soon as it rains; b) the problem is political: the
opponent party is fomenting trouble; and c) the problem is merely local ...
Such incidents arise out of anger and stress. The worrying bit is that this
stress has become more or less permanent now. So it is that we need to take
stock of our water needs and -- urgently � devise strategies built on the
realisation that water, however plentiful in places and at times, is scarce. It
is time we learnt. It is time the plan changed � But all this require a major
change in mindset. The saddest fact is that we see frugality as an admission of
our poverty. Any politician who asks for conservation becomes a herald of 'rationing'
and scarcity. Therefore, they play bold and pitch for the pipeline: it is, they
say, what the country wants. It is macho politics, played to dry death.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/editor.asp?foldername=20050715&filename=Editor&sec_id=2&sid=1
Yammine announces
resumption of Kesrouan dam project
July 08, 2005� In an effort to increase Lebanon's power and
water supply, the Ministry of Energy and Industry has resumed construction of
the dam in Shabrouh, Kesrouan ... said the electricity and water crisis can only
be resolved by building several dams in different areas. He identified the
Shabrouh dam as a "vital project" � http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?article_ID=16585&categ_ID=2&edition_id=1
HINTERGRUND: ... Water resources that now go untapped, mainly into the
Mediterranean � Kesrouan Mountains, significant coastal aquifer northeast of
Beirut �� Shabrouh Dam, 40 kilometres
northeast of Beirut, will feed areas in the central Kesrouan and Metn provinces
�
Irrigation Planning in
Lebanon: Challenges and Opportunities� http://web.idrc.ca/es/ev-42835-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Funds
for water: Govt put on the mat
July
7, 2005 � The Congress-led coalition government on Tuesday was put to
considerable embarrassment in the Legislative Assembly, when its own members
charged the Government with �failure� to release funds for drinking water
schemes in many districts. The Task Force on Drinking water headed by
legislators has taken up several programmes to redress the drinking water
problem, but the Government has not taken steps to release funds for the
completed drinking water projects �
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul72005/state19413200576.asp
No water rate increase for
one year
2005/07/06 Premier Frank
Hsieh said � that he expects no increase in water rates for at least another
year. The premier made the statement less than one week after he promised
residents of Taiwan that their water bills would not go up in the near future �
study showed that water consumption in most local households falls below the
volume set out at the minimum payment level �
http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/Society/2005/07/06/1120612557.htm
Engineer wins fellowship for
water supply studies
July 6, 2005 A Bunbury-based engineer
has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate alternative water sources
in the hope of helping to solve Western Australia's supply problems ... the
scholarship will allow her to research the latest technology in Singapore,
India and China where sustainable water solutions have been a priority for
decades ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1408089.htm
Water restrictions loom closer
as aquifer tapped
July 5, 2005�
Water use restrictions for London and the south-east for the short and long
term loomed closer yesterday as the industry said only long-term steady rain
could avert shortages. Thames Water opened up emergency aquifers under north
London to provide the capital with 10% of its water needs and so avoid
immediate bans on the use of hosepipes, but warned the situation was under
review. In the water-starved south-east the Folkestone and Dover Water Company
is about to become the first water supply company in the country to apply to
the Department for Environment to be declared a water scarcity area �
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1521578,00.html
5 July, 2005 A plan to halve water flow from a reservoir to a river is
being looked at by the government on Tuesday, after the Environment Agency
opposed the move. Southern Water wants to cut water flow from the Weir Wood
reservoir, Sussex, to the Medway from 5.4 megalitres a day to 2.5, to keep
supplies for customers. The Environment Agency said it would
put unacceptable pressure on wildlife. The agency said the move could have
"such a significant impact" that the government should make the decision �
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4650487.stm
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opens Aarhus Centre in Khujand
5 July 2005 - Helping the public participate in
decision-making and offering access to information on environmental matters are
the aims of an Aarhus Centre that opened today in Khujand in the Sughd region
of Tajikistan. The Centre has been established by the OSCE Field Office in
Khujand and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as well as by
central and local environmental authorities, under a project financed by the
United Nations Environment Programme, UNDP and the OSCE Environment and
Security Initiative ...
http://www.osce.org/item/15548.html
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe -
Environmental activities�� http://www.osce.org/tajikistan/13491.html
Siehe auch: Wasser Aktuell 53 - OSZE -
developing better public access to ecological information� http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz/wa53.htm
Krieg ums Wasser mit Spionageflugzeugen
05. Juli 2005 .... Spanien leidet nach wie vor unter der extremen
D�rre. Zwischen den Regionen Murcia und Kastilien-La Mancha herrscht ein Kampf
ums Wasser. Besonderen Unmut erregt die Bew�sserung von Golfpl�tzen, um
zahlungskr�ftige Touristen ins Land zu locken ... Murcia ben�tigt Wasser nicht
nur f�r Golfpl�tze, sondern auch f�r Orangen-, Pfirsich- und Marillenplantagen.
Da der Fluss Segura in der Region nicht gen�gend hergibt, wird seit 30 Jahren
Wasser aus dem Tajo in Mittelspanien in den Segura umgeleitet. Wegen der D�rre
weigert sich nun die mittelspanische Region Kastilien-La Mancha, aus
"ihrem" Tajo etwas abzugeben. Der Krieg ums Wasser ging so weit, dass
Kastilien-La Mancha ein "Spionageflugzeug" einsetzte. Damit fand man
heraus, dass Murcia und das angrenzende Alicante �ber 14.000
"geheime" Wasserspeicher verf�gen, von denen man dem �brigen Spanien
nichts gesagt hatte. "Wir liefern an Murcia nur noch Wasser, damit die
Leute zu trinken haben, aber nicht f�r die Bew�sserung der Felder", erkl�rte
Jos� Mar�a Barreda, Ministerpr�sident von Kastilien-La Mancha ...
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2099533
Justice: Court needs expert on West's water law
07/02/2005 ��Justice Sandra Day O'Connor once
suggested a qualification for her replacement that had nothing to do with
gender or political philosophy: expertise in Western water law. "We have
to find someone to put on the court who understands Western water, especially
after I leave," O'Connor said, according to U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard,
R-Colo. �"The West's reliance on federal land and prior appropriation law
is complex and often confusing," Allard wrote. "Of the many legal
talents that are required of a nominee, I hope the next nominee will possess an
expertise in the area of Western resource and water law��
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2836359
Baghdad
citizens suffer water cut
7/2/2005�� In
a development increasing the volume of the sufferings of the daily life of the
Iraqis, a large fire erupted in a hydro-thermal electricity station that feeds
a main water distribution station near Baghdad on Friday morning. This resulted
in cutting the water provided for millions of inhabitants in the Iraqi capital
Baghdad � the fire was a result of a destruction operation by explosives
carried out by gunmen, noting that water will continue to be cut off several
areas in the capital untill the damages are repaired, and this will take at
least three days �
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050702/2005070204.html
Siehe
auch:� 01.07.05�� Millionen Menschen in Bagdad ohne Wasser ...
http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/nachrichten/politik/ausland/96447
Minister of Defence inaugurates
water project
2 July 2005 � Minister of Defence and Member of Parliament (MP) �
inaugurated a 2.576 billion-cedi water system for Buokrom in the Kumasi
metropolis. The inauguration of the water system, which was the first phase of
the Buokrom water project started about three years ago �Speaking at the
function, Dr Addo Kufuor described as untrue the claim by a group calling
itself Patriotic Citizens in Kumasi that the Kumasi metropolis and for that matter
Ashanti which was the bedrock of the NPP had been neglected by the government
in terms of development. He enumerated a number of projects, including schools,
water and health, sanitation, streetlights which had been provided in Kumasi
between 2001 and 2003 �
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=84952
City Drinking Water Safe,
Officials Say After Tests
July 2, 2005�
A day after warning that people with weak immune systems
should not drink New York City tap water unless it is boiled, city officials
said yesterday that the levels of microbes in the water were normal and that it
was safe for everyone to drink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/nyregion/02water.html
Minister clinches deal on water project
June 01, 2005 � Energy and Water Minister Bassam Yammine
finalized Tuesday an agreement for a cooperation project with Notre Dame
University in Louaizeh to improve the capacities of directing irrigation water
in Lebanon ... highlighted the importance of partnership between the private
and public sectors � The project will be executed within 18 months by the
ministry's general directory of hydraulics through Notre Dame's Water, Energy
and Environment Research Center ...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=15541#
June 01, 2005�
Israel would be able to defend itself should it return the strategic
Golan Heights plateau to Syria in any peace accord with Damascus � created
shock waves last August when he became the first top Israeli officer to raise
the possibility of a withdrawal from the strategic plateau. "From the
point of view of military requirements we could reach an agreement with Syria
by giving up the Golan," he told the Yediot Ahronot daily at the time,
although the government made it clear Yaalon was talking out of turn �
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=15535#
[�...From the point of view of military
requirements�� richtig interessant w�rde es aber erst � from the viewpoint of
water requirements! J.B.]
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Hinweis der Kollegen von Wasser-Wissen, UNI
Bremen: Die 112 Seiten umfassenden Unterlagen zur Vorlesung "Europ�isches
Wasserrecht - Eine Einf�hrung" der TU Wien wurden in die Linkliste http://www.wasser-wissen.de/linklisten/vorlesungen.htm
unter dem Stichwort "Recht" aufgenommen.
Herzliche Gr��e von der Elbe
J�rg Barandat
http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html