The News Review:
- LCRA draft report on Austin-area water needs
- Western Reservoirs Could Be Dry By 2050
- Water board supports change in supply rules
- JPL Caltech City of Los Angeles to Team on Energy/Water Initiatives
- PA Governor Rendell Announces $355 Million Investment in Water …
LCRA draft report on Austin-area water needs
Dallas Morning News
Public comment on the review done for the Lower Colorado River Authority will be sought in the fall. The Austin American-Statesman reported Tuesday on the Draft Water Supply Resource Plan. The document found even with rapid population growth and industrial expansion demand for LCRA water is not expected to outstrip the utility’s supplies until 2080. Jennifer Walker a water resources specialist for the Sierra Club served on an LCRA water conservation task force. She says the value of looking far into the future “all depends on how you plan on using that water supply.
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Western Reservoirs Could Be Dry By 2050
U.S. News & World Report
The magnitude of the risk will ultimately depend on the extent of climate drying and on the types of water management and conservation strategies established. “Water conservation and relatively small pre-planned delivery shortages tied to declining reservoir levels can play a big part in reducing our risk” said study co-author Ken Nowak a graduate student at CU-Boulder. “The important thing is not to get lulled into a sense of safety or security with the near-term resiliency of the Colorado River basin water supply. If we do we’re in for a rude awakening” he added. The study which will be detailed in an upcoming issue of the journal Water Resources Research was conducted with support from the Western Water Assessment a joint venture of CU-Boulder and the National ceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NAA) as well as CADSWES and the Bureau of Reclamation.
Water board supports change in supply rules
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers
Earlier this year the governor issued a statewide moratorium on rule making and change in all agencies but GUAC’s support of the proposed assured water supply credit extinguishment rule strengthens the case and might help to lift the freeze. “Today was a milestone” Singleton said. The Arizona Department of Water Resources could hold a public hearing regarding the proposed changes as early as mid-September Singleton told the council. In other business Barbara Massey-Nino executive director of the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority told the group that the water board discussed its budget earlier this month. PCWAA receives some funding from its municipal members as well as from the state Department of Water Resources. Due to budget constraints however ADWR withheld annual funding to PCWAA last year and although the Pinal AMA area director has recommended the board for funding this year it is uncertain if the money will be withheld for another year. Massey-Nino told the committee that one PCWAA member had suggested that the authority address water quality issues pertaining to surface and groundwater that gets into the aquifer.
JPL Caltech City of Los Angeles to Team on Energy/Water Initiatives
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
“The agreement we are signing today represents a groundbreaking partnership for developing innovative energy and water solutions to the environmental challenges facing our city and our planet” said Los Angeles DWP General Manager David Nahai. “Through it we aim to develop real-world solutions based on unparalleled scientific expertise. The region’s arid climate and large population mean that any shortage in water supply can have acute effects which can be further exacerbated by climate change. ne project already being investigated under the collaboration could have immediate applications to Southern California’s current critical water shortage. Much of the DWP’s water supply comes from the Eastern Sierra Nevada from Mono Lake and the wens Valley via the California Aqueduct. The department’s vast land holdings include wens Lake an ancient dry lakebed whose blowing dust can impact air quality for wens Valley residents. To help reduce dust on wens Lake the department and its team of contractors is installing one of the world’s largest shallow flooding systems which is a computer-controlled network of sprinklers that currently covers more than 14 square miles of the ancient lakebed.
PA Governor Rendell Announces $355 Million Investment in Water …
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
EDITR’S NTE: A list of project summaries by county follows. PENNVEST GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PRJECTS: Adams County — Gettysburg Municipal Authority received a $20000 grant to install 100 rain barrels at homes whose downspouts are connected to the sanitary sewer system which gets overloaded during wet weather. Allegheny County — Friends of Pittsburgh Urban Forest received a $274393 grant to plant trees and other vegetation and increase water permeable surfaces on and around five City of Pittsburgh parking lots to reduce storm water runoff. — Horticultural Society of Western Pennsylvania received a $1. 6 million grant to construct three irrigation ponds to collect store and recycle 2. 5 million gallons of storm water runoff that will be used to irrigate the Botanic Gardens of Western Pennsylvania’s gardens reducing demand on the local drinking water supplier. — Western Pennsylvania Conservancy received a $2.