The News Review:
- Federal water supply may be cut off from California
- Another Setback for NAWS?
- Utah’s climate a challenges to water supplies
- Perry: State needs to fund water plan
- They’re drinking it up in New York
- Water Regulators Reject Tougher Rules For Tampa Bay Area
Federal water supply may be cut off from California
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Another Setback for NAWS?
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The state of Missouri is suing federal officials to stop the plan which would divert Missouri River water to northwestern North Dakota. Department of the Interior signed off on a $17.
Utah’s climate a challenges to water supplies
Deseret News UT -
“We’re used to it being full the first week in June. If it becomes fullin April that is a concern” he said. Managing those shifts of when Utah’s snowpack melts is compounded bypopulation growth which puts more strain on water resources. “Will (water supply) be a growth limiter when it comes to planning?”Flint said. “If the inherent amount of water becomes less over time wewill enter that debate a lot more quickly than we thought. Should suppliesto agricultural users be cut before municipal users? Do we short our lawnsfor farms? Do we not take showers so our crops can grow? There are allsorts of debates coming from this.
Perry: State needs to fund water plan
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Allocating $260 million into an infrastructure account would utilize principal and interest to help accelerate the acquisition and construction of 16 reservoir sites across the state designated by the state plan. At least of two those reservoirs would help provide water to North Texas residents. Speeding up the acquisition and construction of these sites would provide cost-effective and reliable surface water supplies for municipal and industrial users steam electric power generation and other purposes. “The issues that surround our need for water demand frank conversations visionary planning and tough choices” Gov. The 2007 Texas State Water Plan projects that water demand will increase 18 percent over the next 50 years from 18. 3 million acre-feet per year in 2010 to 21.
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They’re drinking it up in New York
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In the five months since he started the company he has proved his hunch: People are willing to pay for New York City tap water and not just in monthly utility bills. “It doesn’t require energy or pumping” Zucker said “and it’s so pure and clean. It is after all one of the nation’s healthiest water supplies — so fresh that in 2007 the Environmental Protection Agency said it did not need filtration. New York pizza and bagel makers have long credited local water as a special baking ingredient. It goes down soft without hints of tart-tasting minerals or chlorine like other public water systems. The water comes from a system of 19 reservoirs and three lakes in upstate New York — some flowing to the city from as far as 125 miles away. Most of the supply is protected and filtered by the natural processes of upstate ecosystems.
Water Regulators Reject Tougher Rules For Tampa Bay Area
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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. The reservoir normally lasts until summer rains begin in mid-June but cracks forced the utility to only partly fill it hamstringing its ability to last through the dry season. Added to the woes summer rains were stingy and flows in the Hillsborough and Alafia rivers dwindled earlier than usual forcing Tampa Bay Water to tap the reservoir months early. Swiftmud’s board will consider further conservation measures when it meets in March.