The News Review:

- Cut Off from Water, Colo. Farmers in Crisis
- KARACHI: Water shortage in Mauripur
- Bridge repairs to reduce water supply
- Central Valley farmers to be flush with water after wet winter

Cut Off from Water, Colo. Farmers in Crisis
NPR – May 12, 2006
Farmers in Crisis : NPR. Two years ago, the farmers were warned that they needed to find other water supplies. But most didn’t, and now, in the midst of a drought, many face crop loss and possible bankruptcy. Colorado’s governor may declare a state of emergency to get the wells open again.

KARACHI: Water shortage in Mauripur
Pakistan Dawn – May 12, 2006
com ———- –>KARACHI: Water shortage in MauripurBy Our Staff ReporterKARACHI, May 11: Normal water supply to UC-6 Mauripur in Keamari Town has been suspended due to stoppage of water from the Gulbai Pumping Station, which is in crisis because it is not getting its due quota. This situation has created a serious water shortage problem in UCs 4, 6 and 8 Gabopat, according to the Nazim of UC Mauripur, Allah Bakhsh Baloch. He said the matter was also brought to the notice of the city nazim, the KSWB chief engineer and town nazim Keamari by the communitys elders but so far no tangible result has been received and the situation is getting from bad to worse. He maintained that it was the unanimous opinion of the community leaders that water supply schedule, which was in practice for the past 25 years, should be restored.

Bridge repairs to reduce water supply
sunstar.com.ph – May 12, 2006
Star blog on President ArroyoIn a press conference Thursday, Raymundo Java, chairman of the COWD board of directors, said the affected barangays will include areas around the upper side of Carmen including Zayas, Patag, Bulua, Iponan, Opol and even Kauswagan, Bayabas, and Bonbon. He said the total lack of water supply in the morning and the low pressure to even total lack of water supply in the evening will last from four days to one week at the most. “Mao nanghangyo kami sa katawhan nga pasyensya lang sa ug nga kung mahimo magtigum sila daan ug tubig sa gabii (This is why we are asking the affected residents to be patient and try to store water in the evening for their morning needs),” he said. Adhi VT Lao resident engineer Jesus Diaz said there might be some part of the bridge that will be elevated but only after it is totally closed to the public. “It will only be some four days and then we will put it back in its proper place since we will only be strengthening some of the bridge’s joints and other parts,” he said in the dialect. Java said their deep wells in Barangay Macasandig will try to fill their water reservoirs in barangays Calaanan and Macanhan.

Central Valley farmers to be flush with water after wet winter
San Diego Union Tribune – May 12, 2006
The taxpayer-financed irrigation project started pumping water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta to the western side of the valley in the 1960s, relieving farmers from relying too heavily on groundwater, which can be dried up if there is too much demand and not enough time to recharge. But sucking water from the delta upset the balance of fresh snowmelt to ocean water moving in from the San Francisco Bay, and hurt fauna, flora and farmers in the area. A federal act passed in 1992 mandated that a certain amount of water be set aside to protect delta wildlife, cutting back on the farmers’ supply. Since then, farmers like Errotabere have received an average of 70 percent of what they were guaranteed by contracts with the U. Bureau of Reclamations. This has been the first year in a decade where there was enough water to meet the all needs.