The News Review:

- Public Water Agencies Throughout California File Suit to Prevent …
- Reservoir Task Force discusses recommendations and water supply plan
- Honolulu Board of Water Supply Selects XMF Accelerator
- Water Study Looks into Salina’s Future

Public Water Agencies Throughout California File Suit to Prevent …
MarketWatch 
As a result the agencies point out that shutting down the pumps will not produce any benefit for the fish. Worse the Department of Fish and Game is proposing to do nothing at all to reduce the effects of toxic pollution invasive species and other problems that the department’s own scientists admit are harming longfin smelt. If the new restrictions are enforced and the drought persists Water Resources Director Lester Snow has warned that it “could create a water supply and delivery crisis the likes of which Californians have not seen in decades. ” In November the Department of Water Resources joined with public water agencies from throughout California in submitting extensive scientific evidence in an unsuccessful effort to persuade the state Fish and Game Commission not to adopt this rule. “California’s leaders should be working together to conserve our limited water supplies and help the public get through this drought emergency” Sagouspe said. “Instead we see two state agencies working at cross purposes. Nobody benefits if Fish and Game follows through on this plan that proposes to spill into the ocean enough fresh water to serve five million people for an entire year.
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Reservoir Task Force discusses recommendations and water supply plan
Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center VA 
Under the adopted water supply plan Ragged Mountain?s full storage capacity would be tapped during droughts. Mark Fletcher asked Schuyler if that meant the South Fork reservoir would continue to play a role in the water supply plan. Schuyler said it absolutely would and that the South Fork reservoir would be the primary water supply ?90% of the time. ? ?The South Fork is the bigger drainage area and so it makes sense most of the time to take advantage of all that water and use that to supply the City with water? Schuyler said. ?But when that flow subsides and you have to rely on storage the storage facility is over at Ragged Mountain because it doesn?t have any sediment and it?s a big enough bowl to hold enough water to meet our needs.

Honolulu Board of Water Supply Selects XMF Accelerator
GISuser.com (press release) MD 
HBWS has added XMF Accelerator to speed access to GIS data support management decision-making and broaden the use of GIS throughout the IT enterprise. The Board of Water Supply (BWS) manages O’ahu’s municipal water resources and distribution system providing residents with a reliable system and safe drinking water supply. As the stewards of O’ahu’s most precious resource the Board’s nearly 600 employees embrace this tremendous responsibility. XMF Accelerator will enhance access to map services delivered by the Board’s award winning enterprise GIS system which enables employees to access critical water system data and information. HBWS engineers and field workers communicate throughout the workday to answer infrastructure location condition maintenance and engineering questions. Rapid access to mapping and map-based links to other information improves communication and decision-making.

Water Study Looks into Salina’s Future
KSAL KS 
HDR Engineering and Consulting out of Prairie Village Kansas led the discussion and proposed a multi-layered plan to keep up with increasing water demands over the next 50-years. According to HDR’s survey without additional water supplies Salina’s growth and demands will exceed water rights in 2027. Currently Salina has two main sources for its water supply: The Smoky Hill River and the Downtown Wellfield. Sixty percent of the city’s water is pulled from the Smokey Hill River with an intake and pump station.