The News Review:

- Pump shutdown to save fish could affect local water supply
- China’s water supply could be cut off as Tibet’s glaciers melt
- Farming, fishing businesses suffer as Lake Okeechobee nears record…

Pump shutdown to save fish could affect local water supply
San Francisco Chronicle – May 31, 2007
tmpl –> State officials said the shutdown could affect water suppliesavailable to users in the Bay Area, the Central Valley and SouthernCalifornia. Local areas that receive water from the State Water Projectinclude the Tri-Valley, Santa Clara County, Yuba City and Solano County. Some of those areas can obtain water from other sources, includinggroundwater. The shutdown is expected to last seven to 10 days, officials said. Numbers of Delta smelt — once a common fish in the Sacramento-SanJoaquin River Delta — have plunged in recent years, in part due toexports of water to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California,scientists believe…
Thestate recently appealed a court decision that said officials had to shutdown the pumps or get special permits that would allow continued killing ofthe fish. That decision is now on hold. “Drastic times call for drastic measures,” said Lester Snow, thedirector of the Department of Water Resources. “However, given the concernsabout the delta smelt, this is a prudent action at this time.

China’s water supply could be cut off as Tibet’s glaciers melt
The Independent – Independent – May 31, 2007
It is filtered by 108 lakes as it makes its way down from the glaciers of this vast nature reserve before feeding into the Yangtze river. It is filtered by 108 lakes as it makes its way down from the glaciers of this vast nature reserve before feeding into the Yangtze river…
It is filtered by 108 lakes as it makes its way down from the glaciers of this vast nature reserve before feeding into the Yangtze river. Back up through the mists, along a spectacular cliff-lined valley, there is Long Lake, a blue glacial expanse of water, while higher up in this mountainous park you can find corrie glaciers. Waterfalls line the route, azure pools brim over with fresh water. Yet this beautiful park, completely defined by water, is threatened by climate change. Normally a winter wonderland, there was no snow at all last year. The glaciers will get warmer and melt, the rivers will have less water, although rainfall makes up much of the water flowing through the park. With one eye on the attempt to forge a climate change pact at the forthcoming G8 meeting in Berlin, the environmental group Greenpeace has warned that the melting of Tibet’s mountains could choke off water sources vital for large parts of China.

Farming, fishing businesses suffer as Lake Okeechobee nears record…
Free with registration – South Florida Sun-Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 30, 2007
97 feet during the drought of 2001. A brushfire burning 4,000 acres of normally submerged lakebed near the northwestern shore was just one of the consequences. Emergency pumps have been required to keep about half of the usual water flowing to canals that help restock South Florida’s strained water supplies. Pumping at four coastal well fields in Broward and Palm Beach counties has already stopped or been reduced to prevent contamination from saltwater.