The News Review:

- Water pumps failed in Yorba Linda fire, officials say
- NASA officials relieved by urine-to-water processor results
- Hartwell water supply OK for now

Water pumps failed in Yorba Linda fire, officials say
Los Angeles Times,nbsp;CAnbsp;
Water officials also have acknowledged that there had been problems with water pressure in the neighborhood. “We were doing improvements to make it more reliable until we could build a new reservoir,” Vecchiarelli said. The water district had recently improved the backup pump and set aside up to $9 million for the new reservoir to supply Hidden Hills through a gravity-driven system, he said. Officials said Tuesday that the reservoir has been on the to-do list since at least 2001, when developer Shapell Industries first submitted plans to build homes around Hidden Hills. The agency has recognized the need for more reservoirs in the eastern side of Yorba Linda for 30 years but depends on developers’ building plans to determine where to locate the infrastructure. Since then, officials said, they have hit stumbling blocks with Shapell and the state, which owns the land on which the planned 2-million-gallon reservoir and pipes leading to it would be built. Land use hang-ups and environmental review processes have caused delays, they said.
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NASA officials relieved by urine-to-water processor results
Houston Chronicle,nbsp;United Statesnbsp;
The decision paid off. Endeavour will depart on Friday with a half dozen quart-sized samples of water reclaimed from combinations of urine, perspiration and other humidity collected from the station’s air supply. The fluid samples will be tested in NASA laboratories to verify the accuracy of a water treatment analyzer aboard the space station. The space agency plans at least three months of recovery operations and testing before it declares the water safe enough to drink. Repair plan being consideredMeanwhile, Mission Control carried out a three-hour test of the repairs to the station’s solar power network carried out by the Endeavour’s astronauts. During four outings outside the space station, the astronauts cleaned and lubricated rotational mechanisms that turn the solar panels on opposite end of the station. During Tuesday’s test, the right side panels exhibited none of the vibrations or signs of internal blockage first noted in September 2007.

Hartwell water supply OK for now
Hartwell Sun,nbsp;GAnbsp;
“There are a lot of ifs that all have to happen before we’ll be in dire straights,” Fesperman said. While Hartwell’s system normally pulls water from all three of its intake depths, water could be pulled from the lowest intake only if necessary. Ken Lystuik, chief operator of Hartwell’s treatment plant, said water is usually pulled from all three of the city’s intake depths. However, pulling from lower depths should not significantly affect water quality. “Whatever water this lake gives us, we can treat,” he said. The city’s point of intake is deeper than the majority of cities and counties in the area. “We’re in better shape than most municipalities,” Aldrich said.