The News Review:

- Water treatment plant to be established
- Navy water treatment plant now at 80 percent capacity
- Attention to water issues ebbs and flows

Water treatment plant to be established
Hindu – Jul 23, 2006
The Collector also reviewed the implementation of CWSS for Bargur and 29 surrounding villages. He asked the TWAD Board officials to ensure that water supply was available in the inaccessible areas. Overhead tank The Board will take up works on a CWSS for Anginaickanpatti and 59 surrounding villages at an estimate of Rs. Similarly, a CWSS would be implemented for Periyamuthur and 28 surrounding villages at a cost of Rs.

Navy water treatment plant now at 80 percent capacity
Saipan Tribune – Jul 23, 2006
At approximately 6 p. Saturday night, the Navy will increase its supply water to Guam Waterworks Authority to 65% of normal flow in support of the villages of Agat, Piti, and Santa Rita along with Navy housing areas. The Navy will continue to restore water levels in its critical water storage facilities that support Guam’s electrical power plants at Cabras, Piti and Tanguisson, firefighting efforts, and the Naval Hospital. It is estimated that full restoration of critical water storage facilities will take another two days at which time the Navy expects to restore full flow to GWA. The Navy has teams in place to work around the clock to fully restore its water supply to GWA and Navy housing. The Navy will provide an update on Sunday afternoon, 23 July and anticipates increasing its water supply to GWA and Navy housing areas on Sunday evening.

Attention to water issues ebbs and flows
San Diego Union Tribune – Jul 23, 2006
Worries about water surfaced again last week when the San Diego County Water Authority issued a request to residents and businesses to conserve water use during hot weather because all area water treatment plants are running at capacity to meet peak demand. Spokesman John Liarakos said it was the third straight summer for such a notice. But with more treatment capacity coming on line in the next two years, this seasonal aspect of water availablity should become less worrisome. “This is not a water shortage – we have plenty of water,” Liarakos said. “The problem is we don't have the capacity to treat and deliver it on demand. ”But once the hot spell breaks, water woes seemingly will evaporate until the next panicked plea for conservation…
“Our predecessors built a lot of infrastructure to capture existing supplies – the dams, the pipelines, the aqueducts,” she said. “What's being demanded of us, given these changing circumstances, is for us to focus on the efficient use of water, what we're using water for and how we can use it for other purposes. ”Erie said some anti-growth advocates see water supply as a way to stem growth and sprawl, while high housing prices are acting as the current check on rapid growth. Still, projections indicate that the county will add 1 million residents in the next two or three decades and Southern California will add 4 million to 5 million. “I've learned to appreciate how fragile this desert civilization is,” he said, having spent 10 years on the book. For all the agency master plans and future construction projects, Erie said San Diego property owners should change their landscaping habits, since 70 percent of domestic water goes to watering lawns and plants. “We could learn a lot from Arizona cities and, of all places, Las Vegas,” he said, where recycled water flows in the casino fountains and keeps the golf courses green.