The News Review:
- Water Supplies Tested After Tennessee Spill
- Water supply emergency at Navajo Mountain
- Main Water Break: Latest News
- Easy water no more
- The Water Advisor: Targeting St. Helenaâ¢s landscape irrigation
- J’ville water has no waste bacteria
- Kan. AG: Water decision only part of long process
Water Supplies Tested After Tennessee Spill
New York Times United States
A sample taken near the intake for the water supply of Kingston met standards for drinking water said Gilbert Francis Jr. a spokesman for the authority. He said heavy rain and freezing temperatures were probably to blame for the breach. Jeremy Heidt of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said barriers had been constructed to prevent the ash from reaching the Tennessee River. The report from the most recent inspection of the retention wall in ctober was not yet complete but a preliminary report showed that a “wet spot” was found indicating “a minor leaking issue” according to a fact sheet released by the authority.
Water supply emergency at Navajo Mountain
Salt Lake Tribune United States
The main water supply line from Beaver Springs leading into the remote Navajo Nation community has broken and the system has not been able to deliver water since Dec. 19 the county commission says. With the county’s declaration water shipments by truck have been authorized. Current water storage for the community is expected to run dry sometime on Christmas Day.
Main Water Break: Latest News
Washington Post United States
ET to discuss the latest news including the safety of the water supply road closures the condition of those trapped in the flooding and the long-range impact of the water main break. A transcript follows. ____________________Jim Neustadt: Hi. This is Jim Neustadt.
Easy water no more
Daytona Beach News-Journal FL
Will there be enough water to sustain 90 million people? Based on one estimate of all the current land use maps that’s how many residents the state could one day house more than four and a half times the current population. That “really intriguing question” is one Charles Gauthier ponders in his job overseeing community planning for the state Department of Community Affairs. “What will the water supply be for 90 million people?” he wonders. “Where will it come from?”No one seems certain what the water supply will be for the next 10 or 15 years much less 20 or 30 years out. “We need to be as smart as possible with how we use water and we need to build it in now” Gauthier said. “We don’t need to wait until we have problems and have already created a land use pattern that’s water intensive. “But leaving a pathway worn by years of political sidestepping around Florida’s limited supply of fresh water might be difficult.
The Water Advisor: Targeting St. Helenaâ¢s landscape irrigation
St. Helena Star CA
An earlier Executive rder encouraged local water districts and agencies to improve water efficiency and conservation and to conduct aggressive water conservation and outreach campaign. The state has offered to provide technical assistance for drought response to local water agencies and districts and for improving landscape and agricultural irrigation efficiencies leak detection and other appropriate measures. According to Daniel Chief perator Water Treatment for St. Helena Bell Canyon Reservoir St. Helena’s primary water supply source as of Dec. 8’ which is equivalent to 40.
J’ville water has no waste bacteria
Jacksonville Daily Progress TX
comLocal citizens can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that for the sixth consecutive year the state’s testing of Jacksonville’s water supply has revealed zero evidence of waste bacteria. The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality granted the 2007 Total Coliform Rule Award to the city of Jacksonville after another year of coliform samples came back negative. In order to qualify for the award a municipality must not have any coliform rule violations for 60 consecutive months. “Coliform is a type of bacteria that is an indicator of potential disease organisms in the water. A lot of your disease organisms associated with waste materials are coliform-type bacteria” said David Brock the city’s utilities director.
Kan. AG: Water decision only part of long process
Hays Daily News KS
“But Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said the decision could carry significant weight if the water fight does end up again before the Supreme Court. Anstaett had little else to say noting that the agreement governing arbitration “forbids statements to the press until the states agree to a joint statement. “Kansas contends Nebraska’s water use exceeded what was allowed for 2005 and 2006 by nearly 26 billion gallons or nearly enough to supply a city of 100000 for 10 years. Nebraska officials acknowledge some past overuse but contend they’ve taken steps to comply with the court decree. A 1943 compact allocated 49 percent of the river’s water to Nebraska 40 percent to Kansas and 11 percent to Colorado. In 1998 Kansas sued Nebraska alleging its neighbor to the north violated the compact by allowing thousands of wells to tap the river and its tributaries. North and south forks of the Republican flow from northeast Colorado into Nebraska converging just over the border.
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