The News Review:

- Putting water testing on the fast track
- For GWD’s New General Counsel Water’s In Her Blood
- Pajaro Valley water agency wins first round in pumping fee lawsuit
- Committee seeks to divert water

Putting water testing on the fast track
Boston Globe United States 
The most prevalent chemicals are pharmaceuticals and the compounds that are formed when the drugs interact with each other as well as naturally occurring chemicals. The study USGS officials said was not meant to raise alarm but to identify prevalent chemicals in certain areas of the country and help regulators fine-tune monitoring rules. Reckhow is studying the water supplies of 15 public utilities including the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Despite state-of-the art processing most water-treatment facilities don’t eliminate all of the pharmaceuticals entering the public drinking supply. Reckhow’s work will help utilities understand how to more efficiently remove drug traces from drinking water as well as see what compounds are formed when chemicals interact and what impact they may have on humans. The compounds have also been shown to cause problems with fish and other marine life Reckhow said. “The amounts are small but during a lifetime of exposure people are coming into contact with hundreds of pharmaceuticals” he said.

For GWD’s New General Counsel Water’s In Her Blood
Noozhawk CA 
Northern California Farina said isn’t happy about having to send its water south. But without water Southern California’s economy would collapse affecting the entire state. Locally officials are still waiting to see what the. Steelhead trout in the Santa Ynez River which flows to Cachuma are listed as a threatened species that may require limits to how much water ultimately can be diverted.

Pajaro Valley water agency wins first round in pumping fee lawsuit
San Jose Mercury News  USA 
The Pajaro-Sunny Mesa Community Services District is challenging the legality of the so-called augmentation fee and asked Judge Paul Burdick for a summary judgment or ruling without a trial. But Burdick said the case must go to trial because the facts are in dispute. The trial expected to last three days is set to start Jan. “I’m glad to have one in the win column” said Dennis smer chairman of the water management agency board.
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Committee seeks to divert water
TheReporter.com CA 
They must be in charge of preservation not just moving the water. It’s a recipe for confrontation. “Wolk said several issues need to be considered when discussing the delta including water supply species protection agriculture production habitat restoration and the communities that depend on the delta. “I’m disappointed that the local voice is not being heard. This is about the health of the heart and soul of the water system. It’s not just about a canal” she said. “This will be the subject of the next two to three years.