The News Review:
- Clifton Park water warning lingers
- Debate over fluoride in drinking water is on again
- New toilets save 9 million gallons of water
- Anne Arundel residents urged to comment on county’s land-use plan
- Valley Farmers To Plant Less Crops This Year
- Time for regional jurisdictions to join water talks
- Farmers feel squeeze which could worsen
Clifton Park water warning lingers
Albany Times Union NY
There is no evidence the town’s water supply was contaminated by the rupture at Moe Road and Sugarbush Drive said Water Authority Administrator Donald Austin but state Health Department regulations require the authority to have two full days of clean bacteria tests before lifting the warning. Austin said the 17-foot-long crack in the 12-inch diameter main was reported just before 6:30 a. and affected almost every authority customer more than 12000 homes and businesses across town. Not affected and not subject to the boil water advisory are customers of the Rexford and Sambrook Edge water districts which get their water from elsewhere Austin said.
Debate over fluoride in drinking water is on again
Plattsburgh Press Republican NY
Robert Heins a local dentist and Clinton County legislator said the ADA has supported the use of fluoride unwaveringly for 50 years. "It's really unfortunate that this debate has come up again but we can debunk all the arguments against fluoride" he said. The amount of fluoride used in the city's drinking water supply is minimal. William Todd the city's water plant manager for 40 years said they use one part per 1 million gallons of water. "We've been using fluoride since I've been here and we haven't had any problems with it" Todd said. Todd adds the compound to the system through a machine at the water plant on Route 3. It comes in a powder form and is mixed with water to form a fluoride solution.
New toilets save 9 million gallons of water
Access North Georgia GA
Commissioners on Tuesday voted to extend the rebate program and provided up to $300000 to cover its cost. A Gwinnett water customer who replaces two 3. 5-gallons-per-flush toilets with specified new models that use 1. 28 gallons can get up to $200 in rebates from the County.
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Anne Arundel residents urged to comment on county’s land-use plan
Baltimore Sun United States
In addition to land-use policies and guidelines the plan addresses land preservation resource protection and infrastructure. Since the last update to the plan in 1997 the state’s General Assembly has enacted legislation that created new requirements for the plan according to the county. All local governments much now include a Water Resources Plan element to give an assessment of the impact of land-use plans on water resources including wastewater supply capacity and tributaries. Counties with certified agricultural land preservation programs including Anne Arundel are now required to designate in their plans “priority preservation areas” to streamline state and local funds used for agricultural preservation. Last year the county took comments from the public to get an idea of what different communities envisioned for the county. The plan’s draft also includes a section that discusses the “overarching priorities” of the “community visions:” balanced growth and sustainability community preservation and enhancement environmental stewardship and quality of public services. Some residents have already expressed concern over possible changes the plan could bring.
Valley Farmers To Plant Less Crops This Year
KMPH Fox 26 CA
Neyland Fresno Ca. -In a few days valley tomato farmers will begin planting but this year they may have to slash how much they plant because they won't have enough water. “The water outlook for this year is very dismal in fact we don't think we'll be able to deliver any type of surface water to our growers at all this year so we told them they would need to be planning a zero allocation” said Sarah Woolf with the Westlands Water District. California is going into its third year of drought. Not enough snowpack in the mountains and tight restrictions on pumping water out of the Delta add up to fallow fields. “That is literally plant closure and it will have a devastating effect on the valley's economy and the state's economy” said Representative Jim Costa (D) Fresno.
Time for regional jurisdictions to join water talks
Arizona Daily Star AZ
" But the findings of this 10-month study by a citizens committee are fairly straightforward according to the committee chairman James T. Barry: "We’re in pretty good shape. " That’s the surprising good news from the committee which was charged last February by the Tucson City Council and the Pima County Board of Supervisors with making a comprehensive water study. The citizens group had the support of a platoon of city and county staff.
Farmers feel squeeze which could worsen
San Diego Union Tribune CA
Last year those growers received just 20 percent of their allocation during the summer forcing them to abandon fields and shed nearly 1500 jobs. The district normally receives 700000 acre-feet of water from the Bureau of Reclamation. Separately state water deliveries to other farm and urban customers are shrinking. The Department of Water Resources has already told the Metropolitan Water District and its other customers that deliveries out of Lake roville could plunge to 15 percent of normal or less. ?We’re barely holding on to 15 percent? said Lester Snow director of the Department of Water Resources. The State Water Project serves more than 25 million Californians and irrigates 750000 acres of farmland. Water shortages are so acute that pressure is growing on Gov.