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Having Enough Water to Drink: Tampa Bay Surface Water Reservoir Supply GONE; Groundwater and Desalinated Water Only Water Tampa Bay can Rely On (MSNBC)

(March 13, 2009, MSNBC)
With local lakes and rivers at critically low levels, the region’s water provider has virtually shut down the surface water supply to the Tampa Bay region.
“The reservoir’s level is so low we are unable to provide water, consistently, to the water treatment plant and we are unable to pull water from the [...]

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City of Houston Summer Water Requirement: 500M Gallons Per Day! (Tribune)

(Jan. 19, 2009, The Tribune)

– The lake is maintained by the Costal Water Authority –
Montgomery County Commissioner Precinct 4 Ed Rinehart reported, “The growth in East Montgomery County has slowed, but with new projects such as Earth Quest, which is expected to break ground this year, we are expecting population growth in East Montgomery [...]

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RED ALERT: Florida Water Utility with Only Week’s Supply Left (HeraldTribune)

(Jan. 19, 2009, Herald Tribune)
With little more than a week’s worth of drinking water left in its storage wells, the Peace River water utility will begin pumping ground water from the Floridan aquifer to supply its 250,000 customers.

Also, tougher lawn watering restrictions and a renewed emphasis on conservation are expected for Southwest Florida when the [...]

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Conservation Pays All Parties: Albuquerque Residents Consumed 6 Gallons of Water Less Per Day in 2008; 8500 High Flow Toilet Upgrades Paid $1M in Rebates! (NewMexicoBusinessJournal)

(Jan. 13, 2009, New Mexico Business Journal)

Albuquerque residents are conserving water even more than ever it seems.
Customers of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority used six gallons fewer per person per day in 2008 than in 2007. That brings the metropolitan area’s water usage per person down to 161 gallons, which is the lowest on [...]

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