The News Review:

- Arizona’s water and power supplies intertwined
- ADB lends $500 mln to clean up dirtiest river
- Editorial: Don’t cause major drought in attempt to protect Delta …
- Water heater claim steams RV-owning retirees
- Australia Says Will Spend $647 Million on New Water Projects
- Interest in water management blossoms
- Prior to vote special districts again in crosshairs

Arizona’s water and power supplies intertwined
Arizona Republic AZ 
Geological Survey estimates that generating electricity accounts for almost half the nation’s annual water use – and water systems use energy to treat and distribute supplies. It’s not always an equal division of resources. It usually takes more electricity to supply water than it takes water to generate electricity especially in Arizona and the arid West. Most of the water used at non-hydroelectric plants helps cool the system or produce steam to turn turbines. Power plants with the biggest water demands often return the water to its source – a lake or river – with only some losses mostly to evaporation. In Arizona where power plants lack direct water sources closed cooling systems recycle the water multiple times.

ADB lends $500 mln to clean up dirtiest river
The Associated Press 
“Rapid urbanization climate change environmental degradation public health and food security are all important issues challenging water resources management in Asia and the Pacific region” said Christopher Morris an ADB senior water resources engineer. The loan also will allow the cultivation of an additional 61700 acres (25000 hectares) of rice paddy benefiting 25000 farming families he said. The river management program also aims to supply water to 200000 more households in Jakarta. It will ultimately increase Jakarta’s water supply by 2. 5 percent yearly and benefit millions by resolving critical water shortages in Bandung Indonesia’s fourth largest city the bank said. The project has not been without criticism. Dadang Sudarja who heads the non-governmental People’s Alliance for Citarum said one of the main worries was that 800 families living along the river would have to be evicted “many without being properly compensated.

Editorial: Don’t cause major drought in attempt to protect Delta …
Contra Costa Times CA 
That’s when an environmental lawsuit that threatens to shut down Delta water pumping will be considered. The lawsuit was filed in Sacramento County Superior Court by the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance the California Water Impact Network and Felix Smith a retired federal biologist. Unlike other legal actions taken to protect the failing Delta environment this lawsuit is based on the public trust doctrine an ancient legal concept that attempts to broadly balance competing interests. Environmental groups hope that by using the public trust doctrine it will force water regulators to consider the overall environment recreational aesthetics and other public values as well as economic interests in deciding water policy.

Water heater claim steams RV-owning retirees
Albany Times Union NY 
The reason why is because on a vehicle this large there are many things that can break. The Holiday Rambler has a device called an Aqua Hot. The Aqua Hot is a gizmo that?s part water heater part furnace. It heats their bathing and cooking water en route to their destination and also acts as a heating system for the vast interior of the vehicle. Over the summer it broke. When you own an RV driving is just a part of life. In order to get the Aqua Hot repaired the couple drove to a Holiday Rambler factory in Elkhart Ind.

Australia Says Will Spend $647 Million on New Water Projects
Bloomberg 
Australia?s Murray-Darling Basin river system home to 11percent of the nation?s population has had below-average monthlyinflows for 37 straight months the system?s manager said Nov. It?s important to secure new water supplies that rely less onrain Wong said today. ?Climate change means a future with less rain in much ofAustralia?s population centers? she said in the statement. Changes to the climate may reduce water availability rainfalland water run-off she said on Australian Broadcasting Corp. ?sInsiders television program today. Under the plan private organizations water utilities andstate territory and local governments can apply for funding fornew water projects.
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Interest in water management blossoms
San Francisco Chronicle  USA 
“It gets addictive” Bouley said. Understanding waterNo water no life Dolman reminds people. The abandoned orchards and walls of civilizations that forgot refused or became unable to balance their water use with their water supplies mark the course of our past 10000 years he said adding that we should call it planet Water instead of planet Earth. Other planets have soil; what they lack is water. Disrupt the water cycle to too great an extent and communities fragment governments topple and the quality abundance and diversity of life diminishes Dolman said. He gives 50 to 60 talks a year to groups ranging from the Audubon Society to the Rotary Club where he attempts to increase understanding of how water moves through urban and rural landscapes and how humans can participate wisely in its course. Dolman and his co-workers teach workshops on how to install rain gardens and roof water harvesting systems how to reduce sediment flow into creeks and rivers (which compromises fish habitat while washing valuable topsoil downstream) and how to mend eroding waterways.

Prior to vote special districts again in crosshairs
Newsday NY 
A garbage district in Syosset has three paid commissioners and no employees. And at least half a dozen special districts have more vehicles than workers records show.