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25% Water Rate Increase for Arizona Water Company Customers (TriValleyCentral)

(June 2, 2009, TriValleyCentral)
The company, which in Pinal County serves Casa Grande, Coolidge, Arizona City, Stanfield and other areas, has asked the Arizona Corporation Commission for approval to raise its general rates for a base revenue growth of about 35 percent.
The request was filed last year and a hearing is scheduled for Aug. 31 [...]

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It Takes 50 Gallons of Water to Drive 1 Mile on Ethanol! (AutoBlogGreen)

(May 5, 2009, AutoBlogGreen)
The nail in the coffin of corn-based ethanol might be made of water. The magazine Environmental Science & Technology has published an article that pegs the amount of water needed to make enough corn ethanol to move a vehicle one mile at 50 gallons. That’s pretty high.
ES&T calculated the amount of water [...]

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