80pc 'receive potable water'.Byline: SOMAN soman, colorless liquid used as a nerve gas. It boils at 167°C;, evolving an odorless vapor. It is rapidly absorbed through the skin; death may result within 15 min of exposure. In nonfatal concentrations it is hazardous to the eyes. BABY TAP water received now by more than 80 per cent of Bahrain's population can be used for drinking. The entire country will be covered by potable water within a few months, said Electricity and Water Authority (EWA EWA Enterprise Wireless Alliance EWA Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc. EWA Energy from Waste Association (UK) EWA Engineered Wood Association EWA Edgewood Arsenal EWA Earl Walls Associates ) production and transmission deputy chief executive Batool Abdul A'al. "Bahrain water supply has undergone tremendous improvement in recent months with regard to both quality and quantity," he told the GDN GDN Garden (postal suffix) GDN Gdansk, Poland - Rebiechowo (Airport Code) GDN Global Data Network GDN Goods Dispatch Note GDN Global Disaster Network (Yahoo group) . "Installed capacities of the desalination desalination or desalting Removal of dissolved salts from seawater and from the salty waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters, and municipal wastewaters. plants have reached 144 million gallons per day, exceeding the total demand for the first time. "After a history of supply lagging behind demand, the country has achieved surplus capacity to provide uninterrupted supply of adequate quantity of water of acceptable quality." The EWA has abandoned the policy of blending ground water with the desalinated water and has started converting desalinated water into potable water. "A majority of the population, more than 80pc, is now receiving potable water with a Total Dissolved Solids Total dissolved solids (often abbreviated TDS) is an expression for the combined content of all inorganic and organic substances contained in a liquid which are present in a molecular, ionized or micro-granular (colloidal sol) suspended form. (TDS TDS total dissolved solids. ) level of below 300 parts per million parts per million mg/kg or ml/l; see ppm. , said Ms Abdul A'al. This is compared to the maximum guideline level of 1000ppm stipulated in drinking water standards. Network expansion work is going at a fast pace to supply the remaining central and southern parts of the country with potable water within a few months, said Ms Abdul A'al. "The laboratory under the EWA has been upgraded with state of art equipment to ensure quality water," she said. "Water samples are collected on a daily basis from production, transmission and distribution including consumers' premises for physical, chemical and bacteriological analyses. "In addition to that more than 150 surveillance samples are also drawn from our network every month by the Public Health Directorate under the Health Ministry to conduct the required analyses at their end. "Based on the analysis reports from both these laboratories, we assure that the water, even in areas which receive a higher TDS, is safe for potable uses." Copyright A[umlaut] 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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