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- Group: Stop water leaks instead of adding reservoirs
- Change certain for the delta, report says
- American Water Receives Award from National Council for Public …
- DEP Investigates Source of Elevated Total Dissolved Solids in …
- WATER: Forum seeks water planning to 2030
- Belle Fourche, Butte County seek study feedlot area water
- Mechanical Mole Opens Water Tunnel to Southern California
Group: Stop water leaks instead of adding reservoirs
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA
It’s in our kitchens, our laundry rooms, our bathrooms,” American Rivers President Rebecca Wodder said Wednesday at a sparsely attended news conference at the state Capitol. Metro Atlanta has made some progress on seven of the nine recommendations, according to the water district’s annual reports. More than 90 percent of the region’s water systems are reducing leaks and charging tiered rates for water to encourage conservation. American Rivers, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group, opposes new dams and advocates tearing down unneeded ones.
Change certain for the delta, report says
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
tmpl –> With implications for everything from drinking water supplies in California to urban planning, the study’s authors hope their work will help policymakers to revive an ecosystem widely recognized as on life support. “The delta is in crisis,” said Joseph Grindstaff, director of the CalFed Bay-Delta program, sponsor of the report and the state agency that oversees the delta. “Now and in the next year or two, we’ll make really important decisions – this report is a foundation. Grindstaff and others spoke during a gathering in Sacramento on Tuesday for the release of “State of Bay-Delta Science, 2008,” a 174-page report detailing the history of the delta and its myriad problems today. The CalFed report, unveiled during a three-day conference on the delta, pulls together information from several other recent, influential studies.
American Water Receives Award from National Council for Public …
MarketWatch
“We are proud to receive the NCPPP Award, and
we share this honor with our colleagues of Acciona Agua and Tampa Bay
Water,” said Don Correll, president and CEO of
American Water. “The success of the Tampa Bay
Seawater Desalination Plant illustrates how public-private partnerships
provide water services and solutions to water resource challenges. This
project means Tampa Bay will have a reliable new supply of drinking
water for decades to come. ”
American Water and Acciona Agua, known through their joint venture
subsidiary American Water-Acciona Agua, LLC, has worked with Tampa Bay
Water since 2004 and currently provides long-term operations after
successful completion of facility modifications to the largest seawater
desalination plant in North America, which is the first large-scale
co-located seawater desalination plant with an existing coal-fired power
plant in the U. The plant uses about 44 million gallons per day (mgd) of seawater from a
nearby power plant’s cooling system, which is
pretreated to remove particles. Then, reverse osmosis filters separate
25 mgd of freshwater from the seawater.
DEP Investigates Source of Elevated Total Dissolved Solids in …
MarketWatch
The department is not aware of any information indicating that the water is unsafe, but under the circumstances, consumers may wish to use bottled water for drinking and preparing food until the exceedance is eliminated. The department will be constantly monitoring and continue testing. Water supply treatment plants are not equipped to remove TDS from the raw water. DEP staff is sampling the finished water from water supplies along the Monongahela River and expects results within one week. DEP is working with these water suppliers in the affected area. The department is investigating four possible reasons for the elevated TDS levels. Samples taken from the river at the West Virginia border show levels to be already at the standard.
WATER: Forum seeks water planning to 2030
North County Times, CA
Everyone agreed the state’s water system is inadequate but participants questioned whether Californians could muster the political will to enact any major changes. A desalination plant under construction in Carlsbad was vigorously opposed by environmentalists and voters have rejected several proposals over the years to clean sewage water to drinking-water standards. Metropolitan Water District, Southern California’s biggest water wholesaler, called the meeting Wednesday to get advice on updating its water resources plan through 2030. It was the last of four such meetings. Earlier meetings were in Newport Beach, Ontario and Los Angeles. Solving environmental problems on the Sacramento River emerged as the most urgent concern at the gathering. Water shipments to Southern California have been cut from the Delta to protect an endangered fish.
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Belle Fourche, Butte County seek study feedlot area water
Rapid City Journal, SD
“We didn’t have any knowledge of it — and it’s half the population of Butte County that could be affected,” Commissioner Ken Hansen said. The deadline for comment to DENR about the proposed expansion project is Friday, according to Belle Fourche City Engineer Terry Wolterstorff. Belle Fourche receives about 60 percent of its water supply from a water infiltration gallery just north of Spearfish and west of U. Commissioner Kim Kling said that further study of the proposed expansion of the feedlot is in order to determine possible risks to the city’s water supply. The county board authorized Chairman Stan Harms to send a letter to DENR to echo the city’s request for research.
Mechanical Mole Opens Water Tunnel to Southern California
NBC Chicago, IL
During rainy winters, water flowing from Northern California will generate power at the Department of Water Resources’ Devil Canyon power plant before entering the Arrowhead West Tunnel for delivery to a Metropolitan Water District reservoir for storage and use in dry seasons. “For those of us who have followed this project since it first appeared on the drawing board 20 years ago, this is truly a thrilling moment,” said Metropolitan board Chairman Timothy Brick. “This is a landmark achievement for the Inland Feeder, a vital link in securing a more reliable, higher-quality water supply for Southern Californians. ”
The 3. 8 mile Arrowhead West Tunnel is the last of three tunnels needed for the 44 mile Inland Feeder, scheduled for completion in 2010. The high capacity, gravity fed water delivery system stretches from the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains to Metropolitan’s Colorado River Aqueduct in the Riverside County community of San Jacinto.