The News Review:

- Residents in Malibu Topanga and Marina areas must cut water use …
- Judge delays NY water bottle deposits until April
- Embattled Democratic Congressman Temporarily Gives Up Key Duty
- Agreements reached on Delaware River water supply wildlife
- High water rescue in Haltom City
- St. Helens residents urged to boil drinking water because of …
- State receives $122 million for water projects

Residents in Malibu Topanga and Marina areas must cut water use …
Los Angeles Times
County Department of Public Works. Customers will get more details in the mail. fficials cited the continued dry conditions and various legal issues that have reduce water supplies. n Monday the city of Los Angeles began mandatory water conservation restrictions aimed at reducing the city's water use by 15%. Residents are required to use their sprinklers only on Mondays and Thursdays and customers who don't cut their water use could face higher utility bills.

Judge delays NY water bottle deposits until April
The Associated Press
(AP) — A federal judge has blocked New York officials from collecting five-cent deposits on bottles of water until next April. The delay gives bottling companies which opposed the law renewed opportunity to lobby for changes. It may also cost the state an estimated $115 million in unclaimed deposits on bottles for water and other beverages that it was to start collecting this year.

Embattled Democratic Congressman Temporarily Gives Up Key Duty
FXNews
Pete Visclosky who leads a powerful House spending subcommittee has asked a fellow lawmaker to manage a key bill that funds the federal government. The Indiana Democrat’s announcement comes as a federal grand jury subpoenaed Visclosky’s campaign and congressional offices in connection with an investigation into the defunct lobbying group PMA. Visclosky chairs the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee one of 12 panels that divide the federal budget pie each year. Chairs of such subcommittees wield so much power that they are often called “cardinals” a nod to Rome to illustrate what imminence these lawmakers have over their section of federal spending. Ed Pastor D-Ariz will now handle the more than $30 billion in federal spending that Visclosky was on schedule to manage. Visclosky did not resign his chairmanship of the Energy and Water panel.

Agreements reached on Delaware River water supply wildlife
Wayne Independent
Hanger credited the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for recommending the changes to the Flexible Flow Management Program which governs New York City and Delaware Basin reservoir diversions and releases under the terms of a 1954 U. Supreme Court decree. “The Flexible Flow Management Program works because it takes an adaptable approach to reservoir operations” Hanger said.
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High water rescue in Haltom City
Houston Chronicle
Haltom City Fire Chief Wes Rhodes says the vehicle on Tuesday was swept onto the spillway by fast-moving water of Big Fossil Creek. TV coverage showed the front wheels of the pickup hanging along the upper edge of the spillway located near a golf course with water rushing down behind the vehicle. Hernando Botero who says he’s “not a good swimmer” was on his usual route delivering bags of fertilizer to the golf course when his truck was caught in the high water. Emergency crews helped him reach safety. A wrecker pulled the truck out after the high water subsided Tuesday afternoon.

St. Helens residents urged to boil drinking water because of …
regonLive.com
If lab results do show bacteria the city will sanitize the system and continue to test water samples until it is sure the water is safe to drink he said. Fecal coliform and E. coli bacteria from human and animal waste can enter water supplies when pipes are damaged. Both can cause a range of symptoms including headaches and nausea and are particularly dangerous to the elderly and children under 5. For more information contact St. Helens City Hall at 503-397-6272.

State receives $122 million for water projects
Baltimore Sun
The Carroll Park project will get the full amount while $6 million is slated for Patapsco. In total almost $93 million will be used for pollution reduction projects that include wastewater treatment and sewer upgrades and stormwater runoff controls. More than $26 million will go to improvements for drinking water treatment water storage and wells. “I want to thank President bama and Maryland’s federal delegation for working so hard to secure these recovery and reinvestment funds”. Martin ‘Malley said in prepared remarks. “Today thanks to the EPA our congressional delegation and President bama the state of Maryland has a ‘shot in the arm’ for clean water and the Chesapeake Bay.