The News Review:

- Southern California water agency to cut supplies by 10%
- ‘March for water’ planned for Tuesday
- California protest aimed at water supplies
- Portuguese water dogs popularity on rise in NJ
- (This story is part of a Reuters series on infrastructure)
- Dierks battles to restore water

Southern California water agency to cut supplies by 10%
Los Angeles Times
Total storage in the Colorado River basin is also slightly better than last year. But a persistent drought in the basin has left the river’s reservoirs at 54% of overall capacity. Lake Mead which supplies Southern California is 46% full although it will get more water from upstream Lake Powell as the season progresses. Last year the Metropolitan Water District cut supplies to agricultural customers and it has suspended regional groundwater replenishment. All told agency officials said they will deliver roughly 20% less water than three years ago. The reduced deliveries have meant less sales revenue for the agency which is also facing rising costs. As a result the agency will hike its prices by nearly 20% in September — in addition to the penalty rates.

‘March for water’ planned for Tuesday
Central Valley Business Times
centralvalleybusinesstimes. The march is expected to include “thousands of Latino farm workers farmers small business people elected officials and politicians and other civic leaders” the group says on its website. The coalition based in Sacramento has supported calls by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for additional reservoirs and a peripheral canal to ship fresh water around the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta. It says the march is to dramatize what it sees as economic disaster for many businesses and communities especially on the west side of the Valley brought on by curtailment of water supplies.

California protest aimed at water supplies
United Press International
“We’re not going to stop until we open those pumps at San Luis Reservoir” Costa said. Environmental protection rules have limited water supplies for the region as part of attempts to protect declining populations among Delta smelt and other wildlife species. For Costa the fact those water cutbacks have resulted in struggling humans is a “human tragedy. “To have people in food lines because there’s no water for them to grow the crops it’s more than an irony it’s a human tragedy” Costa said. The Times said the four-day trek by the demonstrators will conclude Friday when California Gov.

Portuguese water dogs popularity on rise in NJ
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Like the pillbox hats of Jackie Kennedy the breed of the bama family’s new “first puppy” Bo is poised to take off as a must-have in American households. New Jersey breeders report interest in the Porties as they’re warmly nicknamed has surged.
Related from Luckydoglaundromutt: Some do’s and don’ts for Bo…or any Portuguese Water Dog

(This story is part of a Reuters series on infrastructure)
guardian.co.uk
“ver a couple of years that will be a real investabletheme” Maczka said. CAN’T LIVE WITHUT Since water is so critical demand does not trail offmarkedly during recessions especially for utilities andsuppliers of equipment needed for operations. Water stockstherefore have held up better in the current downturn thanmany others. The water-focused exchange-traded fund PowerShares WaterResources Portfolio. P> has dropped about 19 percent inthe last six months compared with a decline of 24 percent inthe Standard & Poor’s Industrials index. “Water is one of if not the absolute last thing you takeaway so the income is quite stable” said Kimberly Tara chiefexecutive of Boston-based FourWinds Capital Management whichinvests in water through its Aqua Resources Fund Ltd.

Dierks battles to restore water
Nashville Leader
Although the town is currently under a boil water order for safety low water pressure has been maintained via a rigged water connection to Nashville Rural Water Association fire hydrants. Two hydrants are currently connected to the Dierks system by fire hose and a third connection will likely be made according to Dierks Mayor Terry Mounts. Dierks citizens have been asked to curtail water use until water supply has been restored. Temporary water treatment plants from the Arkansas National Guard were to arrive and be set up Tuesday according to the mayor. Two or three treatment devices were to be installed enabling the city to renew treatment of raw water from Dierks Lake and pumping it into the city’s existing system. Mayor Mounts said that the temporary system would hold the city until a new water treatment plant could be built. Free bottles of drinking water are available at the ambulance building across the street from city hall.