The News Review:

- Arizona’s water and power supplies intertwined
- LAKE LANIER: Coalition plans to bolster state’s stake in water war
- Zimbabwe: Water Supply Must Improve
- Big water users may need permits
- Beware of Bluffton area water testing scam
- Zimbabwe: SA Delegation to Assess Humanitarian Situation

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.

LAKE LANIER: Coalition plans to bolster state’s stake in water war
Atlanta Journal Constitution  USA 
Lake Lanier is the primary source of drinking water for metro Atlanta. Kit Dunlap vice president of the coalition said a previous study of the lake focused on recreation. “We want a very comprehensive study to show … the value of Lake Lanier in terms of water supply power generation and then certainly recreation. ” Also Dunlap said the lake’s management could be improved to keep the lake at full pool as much as possible. She estimated an impact study would cost $200000. The coalition hopes to raise $700000 over three years for other efforts including a public relations campaign to debunk what the group says are myths about Atlanta’s water consumption. “Metro Atlanta is the only area in this battle with Alabama Georgia and Florida that’s actually conserving water” Dunlap said.
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Zimbabwe: Water Supply Must Improve
AllAfrica.com Washington 
Most parts of Harare have gone without water for months resulting in residents without boreholes digging shallow wells for drinking and bathing water. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);The result has been an outbreak of diseases especially cholera that has killed over 500 people. Intermittent water supplies have largely been blamed on ageing pumps at Morton Jaffray Waterworks which the Government tackled by replacing old pumps with new ones. When the nation thought the problem had been addressed a new problem in the form of a shortage of treatment chemicals emerged.

Big water users may need permits
News & Observer NC 
League of Municipalities which represents local governments said the league supports developing comprehensive models of river basin water use and setting up a permitting system for big users. “Our folks see this as a way to make sure the supply of public water is protected and that you have a level playing field” Watkins said. Preston Howard a lobbyist for the Manufacturers and Chemical Industry Council of North Carolina which represents large industries said the group is reviewing the recommendations and hasn’t yet taken a position. rawlins@newsobserver.

Beware of Bluffton area water testing scam
Hilton Head Island Packet SC 
Since our bodies don’t absorb a hundred percent of the drugs we take we naturally excrete the excess when we urinate. Many Americans flush unused prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs down the toilet. Wastewater treatment plants do a poor job of capturing these chemicals before the water is either sent back out to its original source or cycled back into a region’s water supply. The wildlife impact of these pharmaceuticals – which also include narcotics birth control drugs and antidepressants – is reported in Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner Greener World. Geological Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency notes the book have found fish frogs and other aquatic animals sporting both male and female sex organs freaks of nature attributed primarily to the rising drug levels being measured in rivers lakes and streams.

Zimbabwe: SA Delegation to Assess Humanitarian Situation
AllAfrica.com Washington 
Furthermore the South African Military Health Services will deploy additional health personnel to Musina with environmental health officers being deployed in communities that are close to the border to help communities on how to prevent the spread of choleraA national action plan to respond to the cholera outbreak has been circulated to all stakeholders and a list of contingency stock of cholera treatment supplies and other materials has been prepared and ready for procurement. An action plan for the Musina health cluster has also been developed and sent to the national multi-sectoral committee. This includes infection control and the treatment of South African patients. The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry is continuing to render technical expertise to the Beit Bridge District Council in Zimbabwe to ensure the optimisation of water treatment processes. During the regular Cabinet meeting on Wednesday it was noted that the Zimbabwean negotiators had reached agreement on the draft constitutional amendment which will pave the way for the establishment of a representative government. The leaders of the political parties are expected to approve and sign the draft constitutional amendment soon. The South African government also reiterated its call to the Zimbabwean leaders to put the interest of their people and country first by finalising the constitutional amendment and reaching agreement on the outstanding Cabinet posts as a matter of urgency.