The News Review:

- Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms
- Polluted China water plant resumes supply
- Drought-Stricken Bay Area May Get Tighter Water Rules
- In Amreli poor network hampers water supply

Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms
The Associated Press -
1 agriculture state predicted it would cause consumers to pay more for their fruits and vegetables which would have to be grown using expensive well water. “Water is our life — it’s our jobs and it’s our food” said Ryan Jacobsen executive director of the farm bureau in Fresno County. “Without a reliable water supply Fresno County’s No. 1 employer — agriculture — is at great risk. “The drought would cause an estimated $1. 15 billion dollar loss in agriculture-related wages and eliminate as many as 40000 jobs in farm-related industries in the San Joaquin Valley alone where most of the nation’s produce and nut crops are grown said Lester Snow director of the Department of Water Resources. Jeff Peracchi a pomegranate and grape grower in Huron said he was laying off employees because without water there wouldn’t be much fruit to pick.

Polluted China water plant resumes supply
Xinhua China -
Monday according to local authorities in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The West City Water Plant of Yancheng City halted water supplies Friday morning after the water was found to be contaminated. At least 200000 residents were deprived of tap water said a spokesman for the Yancheng city government.
Related from Vistra-corp: Uncertainty remains about water plant

Drought-Stricken Bay Area May Get Tighter Water Rules
Tampa Tribune FL -
The river can only provide about half the water Tampa needs each day meaning the city must lean on its reservoir which already is diminished to a level usually seen in May and buy water from Tampa Bay Water. River flow is expected to drop as the dry season peaks in April and May. A 15-billion gallon reservoir Tampa Bay Water normally relies on to provide about a quarter of the region’s supply will probably run dry next month. Rainfall recorded at 18 locations around Pasco Hillsborough and Pinellas is running below normal. Gauges monitored by the water management district show this month’s rainfall so far in Pinellas and Pasco is only 29 percent of normal. In Hillsborough it’s 26 percent. So far this year Hillsborough has received 85 percent of typical rainfall Pinellas has 75 percent and Pasco has 68 percent.

In Amreli poor network hampers water supply
Times of India India -
The reason is inadequate waterstorage capacity and poor water distribution system. Capacityto store drinking water is insufficient for a population of two lakh. There hasbeen no effort to raise the capacity in the last five decades sources said. NatubhaiSojitra president of Congress-ruled Amreli Municipality says the stategovernment supplies only three million litres per day (MLD) of drinking water asagainst the actual demand of 12 MLD by the town.