The News Review:

- Veolia UK water stake sale gets underway – source
- Cudahy fire battle stressing water supply
- Study: Humboldt city water supply at risk

Veolia UK water stake sale gets underway – source
Reuters
The French water and environmental services company isseeking to sell the stake which could be worth 500 millionpounds ($811 million) or more as part of its 3 billion euro($4. 19 billion) asset disposal plan for 2009-2011. The sale covers Veolia’s three water supply companies inSouth East England and some non-regulated water businesses butnot its wastewater operations. Veolia supplies more than 3. 5million customers in Britain. Interest has come from as many as two dozen parties theperson said including British and continental Europeaninfrastructure funds and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds(SWFs). Veolia was not immediately available to comment.

Cudahy fire battle stressing water supply
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A 12-inch pipe has been opened to siphon water from the city of Milwaukee. McCue said firefighters had poured 8. 5 million gallons of water on the fire since last night which is quickly draining the supply from the Cudahy municipal water works. Shifting winds and debris fueled numerous flare-ups throughout the day and extended the evacuation of businesses and residents within a one-mile radius indefinitely Milwaukee County Supervisor Patricia Jursik who represents the area said some of the black smoke pouring out of the blaze this afternoon is due to portions of the roof falling in and burning. McCue was uncertain about the status of the firefighting efforts because he could not confer with the fire chief who is busy at the scene. "I was hoping to have this meeting here to say it’s all clear but it’s not" McCue said at 3:30 p.

Study: Humboldt city water supply at risk
Fort Dodge Messenger
Army Corps of Engineers. Humboldt residents heard the report’s results Monday on the West Branch of the Des Moines River in the Humboldt and Rutland area. The meeting held at the xbow Building in xbow Park was attended by about 35 city and county officials and residents.
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