People Water

• The BMUA will continue to have oversight over the contract, and purchase water and pay sewerage treatment fees. The people of the city will continue to own the utility and it is not being sold, BMUA Executive Director Stephen Gallo said yesterday.
(NJ.com)
• Following are a few of the regions where competition for water from major rivers systems is fuelling tension. India is home to three major river systems -- the Ganges, Brahmaputra and the Indus -- which support 700 million people.
(Huffington Post)
• The early shut down is a cost saving measure for Adventure Oasis Water Park. It's happening during a time when people say they need places to cool off this summer more than ever. The mercury is hitting triple digits nearly every week.
(fox4kc.com)
• With so to do, it is common for some people to visit Ocean City for a day or evening and never take a dip in the water.
(Delaware Wave)
• The boil water notice that affected thousands of people over the weekend is over and the water is safe to drink again. The City Council plans to discuss the issue on Tuesday.
(now what? - kptv.com)
• For a day and a half, 14,000 people were without water. Oldsmar Public Works Director Lisa Rhea and her staff spent much of that time searching 100 miles of pipe and checking 4,000 valves in search of a water main break.
(MyFox Tampa Bay)
• Almost half the worlds population -- the 3.5 billion people living in Central, South and East Asia -- relies on water from the great rivers that rise in the Himalayas, the Tibetan plateau, and the Tibetan ethnic areas of China.
(CNN)
• Hoping to spur compliance with water restrictions, selectmen Monday supported using the town's reverse notification system to alert residents to the requirements.  Selectmen said many people did not realize only handheld hose water use is allowed.
(Abington Mariner)
• If you see people running around the Triangle with water guns this weekend dont be alarmed. It is Triangle Wars time again – an epic water battle taking place in the Raleigh, Durham and the Chapel Hill/Carrboro areas.
(WRAL)