The News Review:

- Local water supplies remain tight despite wet weather
- Heavy Metal Showing Up In Drinking Water But Health Effects Uncertain
- Fluoride could be put in water if state has funds

Local water supplies remain tight despite wet weather
San Jose Mercury News  USA 
That’s the good news. The bad news is Santa Cruz County is coming off two dry years and local water supplies would stand to gain from more than just average rainfall. "None of our supplies are sustainable at current demand levels" said John Ricker director of the county’s Water Resources Division. "We’ll have to address this issue whether we have a wet or dry year. "Most of Santa Cruz County relies on groundwater for its business and household needs. The water which collects in aquifers beneath the earth’s surface has soaked in over a long period of time which Ricker explains is now being piped out more quickly than it can return. While a wet year or even an average year might normally help replenish the aquifers the benefit is lost when the groundwater is continually drained for human use.

Heavy Metal Showing Up In Drinking Water But Health Effects Uncertain
Hartford Courant United States 
Health officials consider a system to be out of compliance if the average of test results from the previous 12 months exceeds the federal standard of 30 parts per billion of uranium. Still RunningThe water supply at Johnson Memorial Hospital has contained an average of 38 to 42 parts per billion of uranium over the past year tests show. For now the water is running as usual and the hospital has posted notices of the test results in public areas hospital officials said. The hospital which is being bought by the Eastern Connecticut Health Network has proposed a $500000 plan to provide filtration and address the problem. “I am aware of our levels and the limits set by the [EPA] and I am very comfortable drinking the water” said Peter J. Betts the hospital’s interim chief executive officer.
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Fluoride could be put in water if state has funds
Monroe News Star LA 
com”;Fluoride could be put in water if state has funds | thenewsstar. com | The News Star.