The News Review:

- New way to save salmon in the delta
- Water wars judge stays patient with Atlanta’s future in his hands
- klahoma City metro area water costs outlined in report
- akland: Excess street water is from a spring
- Largest US Desalination Plant on San Diego’s Drawing Board
- Greenhouse effects: Surestop water switch

New way to save salmon in the delta
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –> The underwater show is the state’s latest attempt to save the fabled species from being sucked into giant pumps at the heart of the state water system. The $1 million project introduced Friday by the state Department of Water Resources also could aid the threatened delta smelt another species whose rapid decline has alarmed ecologists and policymakers and highlighted the state’s deteriorating water system. “We’re trying to figure out a better way to protect salmon. and keep them in the main stem of the San Joaquin River” Jerry Johns deputy director of the state agency told reporters Friday.

Water wars judge stays patient with Atlanta’s future in his hands
Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Perhaps more importantly the interests of the respective clients … are harmed by the voluminous paperwork and at times vitriolic argument submitted to the court. ”In the tri-state case Alabama and Florida contend that Lake Lanier has three primary purposes: hydropower generation river navigation and flood control. The metro area needs congressional approval to tap into Lake Lanier for all the water it needs lawyers for Alabama and Florida say. Water supply is only an “incidental” benefit — the metro area can take water that flows through Buford Dam’s hydroelectric turbines the two states contend. Two federal appeals court rulings support this position. Lawyers for Georgia and the Atlanta Regional Commission counter that 1946 legislation authorizing Buford Dam’s construction also made water supply a primary purpose for Lake Lanier. This issue has never been fully litigated and remains open and undecided Patricia Barmeyer an ARC lawyer told Magnuson.

klahoma City metro area water costs outlined in report
NewsK.com
The plan is to handle the region’s needs through at least 2060. ther entities considering the water plan are Chickasha Del City Edmond Midwest City Moore Seminole Shawnee and the Central klahoma Water Resource Authority composed of Calumet El Reno Mustang Yukon Piedmont karche Union City and Canadian County. The group began considering the Sardis Lake region last year. CDM considered four raw water supply options for the area and deemed the one that links the Kiamichi River through Moyer’s Crossing and to Atoka as the least expensive — $2.

akland: Excess street water is from a spring
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –>Here’s the deal: Last month Chronicle Watch reported on excess water at the corner of Santa Clara and akland avenues in akland. At the time akland’s Public Works agency said the problem might stem from an uneven curb and gutter which would prevent rainwater from flowing to the corner drain. tmpl –> Images.
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Largest US Desalination Plant on San Diego’s Drawing Board
Environment News Service
If the full board approves the project construction could not begin until environmental studies are conducted and a long list of state and federal permits and agreements are obtained a process that could take years. Committee members discussed the proposal but took no action. Desalination – removing salt from seawater – is seen by water experts as one tool in a catalog of options for ensuring an adequate water supply to growing areas. ther proposals include conservation efforts and recycling of sewage and other non-potable water supplies. Drought and reduced water deliveries from northern California are forcing water agencies throughout southern California to seek ways to conserve and augment supplies.

Greenhouse effects: Surestop water switch
Times nline
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