UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 21 May 2008 -- Less than a month since becoming the new mayor of London, Boris Johnson takes on the topic of water.  

Mayor Boris Johnson has elected to drop a pending lawsuit against Thames Water that was launched last year by his predecessor, Ken Livingston.

The lawsuit was focused on Thames Water’s proposed £200 million (US$390.8 million) desalination plant that is to be built in the East London district of Beckton. The plant aims to ease water shortages in the south-east. 

The former mayor claimed that the proposed desalination plant was inefficient and bad for the environment.

Mr. Johnson agreed to withdraw the lawsuit after Thames Water agreed to introduce a set of environmentally-friendly measures.  

According to Thames, the desalination plant will minimize its impact on the environment by using renewable energy to run the plant operations.

The decision to allow the desalination plant proposal to move forward was welcomed not only by the senior management of Thames Water but also by those government officials who recognize the role that the new plant will perform in providing the growing London population with an additional reliable source of safe drinking water.

Fixing leaking water pipes and encouraging more consumer conservation of water usage is only a part of the ongoing solution for maintaining an adequate water supply for expanding urban population centers.  

New sources of water need to be explored, identified and tapped in order to prevent future shortages.  Notes the new mayor “we cannot risk London running out of water at times of drought…” 

The plant is expected to be on line by 2010. 

Labels: United Nations, U.N., MaximsNews WATER, water, London, desalination plant, Mayor Boris Johnson, Kathy Shandling, international development, environment, water news, water sustainability, water resource, water management, global water crisis, sustainable development

 

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