The News Review:

- E.coli found in water supply in Bertrand, Neb.
- Dallas Water Utilities wants flow from Oklahoma source
- Groups appeal Lake Roosevelt drawdown
- Water supply fears pour out of ‘Flow’
- Water supply should not be treated as endless

E.coli found in water supply in Bertrand, Neb.
KPTM-TV, NE 
(AP) – Bertrand residents are being asked to boil water or use bottled after a test showed E. coli found in water supply in Bertrand, Neb.
Related: State investing TETF funds in desalination center

Dallas Water Utilities wants flow from Oklahoma source
Dallas Morning News, TX 
Under Friday’s agreement, Dallas and the North Texas water district agreed to let the Tarrant district handle all negotiations and litigation in Oklahoma. The utilities have also agreed that they will share in the cost of $2 billion to $3 billion in new pipelines and other infrastructure to bring Oklahoma water to Texas, said Wayne Owen, planning director for Tarrant Regional. Despite the agreement, it’s far from certain Dallas will ever pipe Oklahoma water into the city’s municipal supply. There are preliminary signs, however, that Tarrant Regional may be successful in a 2007 lawsuit it filed in federal court in Okalahoma to win the right to seek a water permit from the state. In October 2007, a district court judge denied a request by Oklahoma to dismiss the lawsuit. In that decision, the court ruled in Tarrant Regional’s favor on several critical legal points. The ruling has been appealed, and a decision is expected soon.

Groups appeal Lake Roosevelt drawdown
Seattle Times, United States 
“This is poor water policy,” said Patrick Williams, CELP staff attorney. “There’s lots of issues with it, but ultimately we’d like to see a different outcome than releasing this water from behind the dam. The drawdown stems from a 2006 bill approved by the Legislature to find new water supplies for growing communities in the region, improve water supplies during times of drought, and increase stream flows to help salmon survive late in summer. Under the bill, Lake Roosevelt would be drawn down by as much as 132,500 acre-feet. An acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover 1 acre 1 foot deep, or about 325,850 gallons. One-third of that water will remain in the river for fish, and one-third will be used for new municipal and industrial water rights along the Columbia. The rest will provide surface irrigation for 10,000 acres of crops east of Moses Lake, where farmers have been relying on well water from the declining Odessa Aquifer, and to provide a more stable water supply for irrigators whose water rights are interrupted in drought years.

Water supply fears pour out of ‘Flow’
My Tennessean.com, TN 
Any film that begins with a bleak W. Auden quote (“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water”) is not going to be a ray of sunshine in anyone’s life. Made over a five-year period by director Irena Salina, who went all over the world and talked to an impressive list of experts, Flow (which also stands for “For Love of Water”) is a smartly done, involving look at a number of interrelated water issues.

Water supply should not be treated as endless
Vancouver Sun,  Canada 
While many countries struggle to ensure their citizens enough fresh water for drinking and agriculture, Canada has about one-fifth of the planet’s supply. But that statistic is no reason for complacency: the only meaningful figure for conservation purposes, say environmentalists, is renewable freshwater from rain and snowmelt. Natural Resources Canada reports the country has under 10 per cent of the world’s renewable water supply.