The News Review:

- Arizona No. 1 in population rise
- PUC to probe water supply woes
- `Community participation vital to water management’
- EDITORIAL: High and dry: Water-supply issues a growing concern.

Arizona No. 1 in population rise
Christian Science Monitor – Dec 22, 2006
5 percent in the same period. But it’s not always easy being big – and getting bigger at a rapid clip – in the middle of a desert. The growth that Arizona – and greater Phoenix, in particular – are experiencing has placed a great strain on the use of public land, roadways, and precious natural resources – especially water. “Historically, water has been the resource that’s driven population growth in the state,” says Patricia Gober, a geography professor at Arizona State University in Tempe. But whether the supply of “water can keep abreast of the population growth is the issue that will challenge us in the future. To be sure, Arizona has been booming for decades. Just prior to World War II, the state hosted 499,000 people…
According to the Central Arizona Project (CAP), which supplies roughly a quarter of the state’s water, current water supplies can support central Arizona’s population through 2030, when the population is expected to reach 8. Add on likely water supplies and the region can make it to around 2045, when the population is projected to reach 10. After that, growth will have to depend on “possibly available supplies” of water and, eventually, “uncertain supplies,” according to a presentation this summer by Terri Sue Rossi, a CAP planning analyst. In the past, Arizona has planned for growth, particularly in the area of water. It was behind the building of the Roosevelt Dam and the diversion of water from the Colorado, Salt, and Verde rivers to supply the ever-growing thirst in the populous areas of the arid state.

PUC to probe water supply woes
Tribune Review – Dec 22, 2006
The West Mifflin Area and Steel Valley school districts were forced to close for several days last week. The inquiry also will focus on the company’s handling of a November water service disruption in Lackawanna County that affected 2,000 customers. The PUC will examine how quickly the company repaired water main breaks, whether emergency officials were notified of problems, and whether alternate water supplies were made available to customers. story continues below “The commission has a fundamental duty to ensure that public utilities provide safe, adequate and continuous service to their customers without unreasonable interruptions or delay in accordance with our regulations and orders,” commission chairman Wendell F. Holland said in a statement. Bob Rosenthal, director of the bureau of fixed utilities for the PUC, told Allegheny County Council about the investigation. Area leaders who attended a meeting yesterday of the council’s Special Committee on Government Reform sharply criticized the company…
The West Mifflin Area and Steel Valley school districts were forced to close for several days last week. The inquiry also will focus on the company’s handling of a November water service disruption in Lackawanna County that affected 2,000 customers. The PUC will examine how quickly the company repaired water main breaks, whether emergency officials were notified of problems, and whether alternate water supplies were made available to customers. story continues below “The commission has a fundamental duty to ensure that public utilities provide safe, adequate and continuous service to their customers without unreasonable interruptions or delay in accordance with our regulations and orders,” commission chairman Wendell F. Holland said in a statement. Bob Rosenthal, director of the bureau of fixed utilities for the PUC, told Allegheny County Council about the investigation. Area leaders who attended a meeting yesterday of the council’s Special Committee on Government Reform sharply criticized the company.

`Community participation vital to water management’
Hindu – Dec 22, 2006
The Collector stressed the importance conservation of water resources and also measures such as rainwater harvesting, recycling of wastewater and use of flow controlling valves in the distribution system. These measures helped in judicious use, he said. District Panchayat President C. Ramachandran appealed to the heads of local bodies to co-operate with the TWAD Board in implementing water supply schemes and promote the concept of `Total Community Water Management’.

EDITORIAL: High and dry: Water-supply issues a growing concern.
Free with registration – Tulsa World – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 22, 2006
| Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) (December, 2006). 22–The water-supply problems that environmental leaders have been predicting for years are beginning to become all too real. The city of Bartlesville has enlisted the financial help of the Ok…
22–The water-supply problems that environmental leaders have been predicting for years are beginning to become all too real. The city of Bartlesville has enlisted the financial help of the Ok.