The News Review:

- Delay sought on water plant decision: Louisville Water asks PSC to…
- Stop relying on Murray
- City tightens the tap on water; let’s join in
- SA’s second desal plant opens

Delay sought on water plant decision: Louisville Water asks PSC to…
Free with registration – Lexington Herald Leader – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 24, 2007
| Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY) (August, 2007). 24–The Louisville Water Co. wants a state agency to delay a decision on a Kentucky American Water plan to increase Central Kentucky’s water supply. In a motion filed with th.

Stop relying on Murray
NEWS.com.au – Aug 24, 2007
How many people pay the money for a weekend or stay and abuse the water restrictions by staying in the shower for a long time. Make the hotel have an input as well(4) The Govt should force home owners through rebates to install decent rain water tanks, and adopt grey water recycling. They should also siphon water from the Pat in heavy rain storms and run it through the Glenelg treatment works and then store it somewhere so that parks and gardens can use it, also Companies that use a lot of water for processing could tap into the system as well. Any way you look at it, it will cost someone money and it wont be a quick fix. Times have changed and we just don't get enough rain to support the infrastructure we have in place, it needs to be changed. Blaming the Cotton growers is an easy thing to do, and is probably valid, but we need to make changes to how we use water ourselves Posted by: Chris of Adelaide 12:25pm August 24, 2007 John Howard is right that State Governments are bumming off the Federal Government. What hope is there that Rudd will get of his arse and do something if elected? Someone has to do something in this country and it certainly isn't the Labor Party.

City tightens the tap on water; let’s join in
Greensboro News and Record – Greensboro News Record – Aug 24, 2007
But he has forecast this: City water users will have no problem adhering to mandatory water restrictions. "Greensboro did great during the drought o…
The city of Greensboro’s Web site (under “Get Involved” in the “Water Resources Department section) provides many helpful conservation tips, including this advice about monitoring “silent leaks” in toilets: Put a few drops of food coloring in the tank and don’t flush it. After 30 minutes, check to see if dye is in the bowl. If it is, there’s a leak that’s draining the city water supply — and your pocketbook. (Flush after the test or the dye may stain the toilet. )In the spirit of togetherness, how about the city making its Web site more interactive? Hillsborough County, Fla. , posts water conservation tips online from “fellow citizens. ” Let water users here do the same.

SA’s second desal plant opens
NEWS.com.au – Aug 24, 2007
The reverse osmosis desalination plant built by world leading Adelaide company Osmoflo will initially supply 46,000 litres of water a day to the town. It uses seawater from an underground bore metres away from the sea at Marion Bay, which is pumped to the desalination plant and fed into large storage tanks. The Marion Bay community eagerly welcomed the new water supply today, which is expected to cut costs and provide a much better supply of water to local homes and businesses. Opening the new water supply, Senator Alan Ferguson said it was a wonderful day for Yorke Peninsula and South Australia because it showed what could be done to overcome a lack of water. Osmoflo owner Marc Fabig, who operates desalination plants around Australia and the world, said it was the same design as a large desalination plant. "We put extra effort into it and it includes an energy efficient system which reduces the power requirement and the running cost,` he said. District Council of Yorke Peninsula Mayor Ray Agnew said desalination was being considered for the fast-growing Point Turton community and it offered an option for about 15 communities on the southern Yorke Peninsula which don’t have a water supply…
It uses seawater from an underground bore metres away from the sea at Marion Bay, which is pumped to the desalination plant and fed into large storage tanks. The Marion Bay community eagerly welcomed the new water supply today, which is expected to cut costs and provide a much better supply of water to local homes and businesses. Opening the new water supply, Senator Alan Ferguson said it was a wonderful day for Yorke Peninsula and South Australia because it showed what could be done to overcome a lack of water. Osmoflo owner Marc Fabig, who operates desalination plants around Australia and the world, said it was the same design as a large desalination plant. "We put extra effort into it and it includes an energy efficient system which reduces the power requirement and the running cost,` he said. District Council of Yorke Peninsula Mayor Ray Agnew said desalination was being considered for the fast-growing Point Turton community and it offered an option for about 15 communities on the southern Yorke Peninsula which don’t have a water supply. Mr Agnew said repeated requests to the SA Government for support had been ignored and the system had been funded by borrowings, a $45,000 Federal Government grant and $10,000 from the South Australian Tourism Commission.