(March 8, 2009, David Curran, The San Francisco Chronicle)
I experienced the Bay Area droughts of the 1970s. I vaguely recall taking navy showers and reciting, “If it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down.” And I remember the dry times of the late 1980s when I was always in short sleeves and [...]
(March 2, 2009, USA Today)
Gov. Charlie Crist wants Florida’s water bottlers to start paying for the water they pump from aquifers in the state, The Miami Herald reports.
Outside the rural north Florida town of Lee, “every day, Nestle Waters of North America sucks up an estimated 500,000 gallons from Madison Blue Springs,” the paper says. [...]
(Feb. 16, 2009, MyFoxAtlanta)
ATLANTA – Angry water customers filled a state house room to air their complaints about extremely high water bills in the city of Atlanta. And Georgia lawmakers say they may take action to cap water rates in certain circumstances.
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(Jan. 30, 2009, WaterTech Online)
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell on January 26 announced the investment of $94 million in 22 clean water projects in 20 counties.
The PENNVEST board of directors approved $75 million in low-interest loans and $19 million in grants at its quarterly meeting.
The awards range from a $125,000 loan to replace deteriorated drinking [...]
(Jan. 3, 2009, The Mercury News)
A panel of the governor’s top advisers is recommending California move swiftly on a massive construction project to pipe water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. In a report issued Friday, the Delta Vision Committee said California should begin building a canal to divert water from the Sacramento River as soon [...]
(Dec. 17, 2008, Associated Press)
A panel of the governor’s top advisers on Tuesday backed sweeping changes to California’s water system, including the building of dams and a canal to pipe water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
The Delta Vision Committee endorsed a plan that asks California lawmakers to revisit the canal idea that voters rejected long [...]
