The News Review:
- Water agencies sue state over longfin smelt
- USGS: Chemicals Remain in Public Drinking Water After Treatment
- Drought Lowers Water Supplies
- New Jersey American Water gets rate increase
- Clifton Park rethinks water funding
Water agencies sue state over longfin smelt
Bizjournals.com NC
State Water Contractors sued the commission and the state Department of Fish and Game in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday. The water utilities allege there is not enough scientific information demonstrating that water pumping for the Central Valley Project and State Water Project has a significant impact on the Delta smelt. They also say the impact on water supplies to the San Francisco Bay Area the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California outweigh the potential benefits the regulation will provide to the longfin smelt. The water contractors said in a news release that the regulation could reduce water deliveries by more than 1 million acre-feet per year enough to supply about 2 million homes. Water utilities in the group serve 25 million residents and millions of acres of farm land. Last year a federal judge cut water deliveries by 660000 acre-feet equal to 31 percent to preserve the Delta smelt. Sacramento Business Journal.
USGS: Chemicals Remain in Public Drinking Water After Treatment
Environment News Service
Geological Survey and released today. Water from nine selected rivers used as sources for public water systems was analyzed for the study. The populations in communities served by these water treatment plants vary from 3000 to over a million.
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Drought Lowers Water Supplies
WUSF FL
The lack of rain is beginning to stress drinking water supplies and could empty the regional reservoir in months. mm_menu_0918151437_0) return; window.
New Jersey American Water gets rate increase
Bizjournals.com NC
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Clifton Park rethinks water funding
Albany Times Union NY
Austin administrator of the Clifton Park Water Authority struck a similar tone. “Everything’s so preliminary at this point” he said noting that the plan discussed involved two possible connections costing roughly $1 million. Water supply he said definitely is a factor that weighs on growth. “I think the only way the Clifton Park Water Authority is going to be able to sustain the growth in this town is to be able to provide some additional source of water” Austin said. Clifton Park Water Authority Chairman Helmut Gerstenberger was not immediately available for comment. Whether or not Clifton Park will buy water from the county has been controversial since the town a large potential customer balked at signing on in 2006. Town officials have cited concerns about the costs saying they hope to keep the town’s options open and ultimately make the most responsible cost-effective decision for taxpayers which may or may not be with the county.