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~Richard Whisnant, UNC-Chapel Hill; Bill Holman, Duke University

Wed Oct 21, 2009 (Raleigh, NC): Raleigh raises water rates, but delays tiered pricing

Tues Oct 13, 2009 (Columbia, SC): S.C. Attorney General pleased with U.S. Supreme Court oral argument

Thurs Oct 8, 2009 (Nat Geographic News): Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise, Pose Danger VIDEO: Sea "Mucus" Blobs

Wed Oct 7, 2009 (Sacramento, CA): Schwarzenegger threatens massive vetos if no new California water law

Wed Oct 7, 2009 (Charlotte, NC): Coal ash ponds contaminating groundwater

Wed Oct 7, 2009 (Washington, DC): EPA opens review of atrazine, common pesticide contaminant in drinking water

Mon Oct 5, 2009 (Washington, DC): U.S. Supreme Court delays hearing on intervention in S.C. v. N.C.due to illness in attorney's family

Thurs Oct 1, 2009 (NYT): 2007 drought in Southeast due to population increases, not unusual weather--Columbia study

Wed Sept 30, 2009 (Union of Concerned Scientists): Great Lakes levels to drop by up to 2' by 2100 due to temperature increase

Tues Sept 29, 2009 (Charlotte BJ): Duke Energy considering lake on Broad River trib to provide water for proposed new nuclear plant

Tues Sept 29, 2009 {NYT/Amargossa valley, NV): Water issues slow down solar energy facilities

Wed Sept 23, 2009 (Atlanta, Ga): Floodwaters receding in the southeast; at least nine lives lost to the floods

Wed Sept 23, 2009 (Asheville, NC): Floodwaters in western North Carolina

Thurs, Sept. 17, 2009 (Durham, NC): Judge allows Haw River Assembly to intervene in fight over Lake Jordan watershed boundary

Wed Sept 16, 2009 (Greensboro, NC): Greensboro must replace Lake Townsend dam due to concrete deterioration

Sun Sept 13, 2009 (Yuma, Az): Southwest drought forcing reconsideration of extreme alternatives

Fri Sept 11, 2009 (Pinehurst, NC): Pinehurst offers to buy industrial water plant in Wagram

Mon Sept 7, 2009 (San Geronimo, CA): California drought status

Mon Sept 7, 2009 (LA Times): Mexican water crisis grows severe

Wed Sept 2, 2009 (San Francisco Guardian): California water wars continue; coverage is simplistic

Sun. Aug. 23, 2009 (Washington Post): U.S. in water crisis, must rethink water policy

Sun. Aug. 23, 2009 (NYT): Debating how much weed killer is safe in your drinking water

Sat. Aug 22,2009 (Raleigh, NC): Seven NC counties (mid-Piedmont) in moderate drought

Fri Aug 21, 2009 (Charlotte BizJ): Duke Energy seeks final FERC license despite adverse 401 certification by State of South Carolina

Thurs Aug 20, 2009 (Mexico City): Mexico hit by lowest rainfall in decades

Mon Aug 17, 2009 (Phoenix, AZ): Arizona groundwater use unsustainable, and problems have appeared with the Arizona water bank

Sun Aug 16, 2009 (NYT): Atlanta thinks its neighbors are playing politics over water

Sun Aug 9, 2009 (Detroit, MI): Wastewater spraying contaminates nearby wells with heavy metals

Thurs Aug 6, 2009 (Raleigh): Falls Lake Cleanup bill passed by Senate, to go to conference

Thurs Aug 6, 2009 (NYT): Lessons in water efficiency from Georgia golf courses

Wed Aug 5, 2009 (Washington, DC): EPA to review perchlorate risk and consider a perchlorate drinking water standard

Wed Aug 5, 2009 (Sacramento, CA): Drinking rural well water with pesticide residues raises incidence of Parkinson's Disease

Tues Aug 4, 2009 (Raleigh, NC): Durham versus Raleigh on when to implement Falls Lake cleanup plan

Sat Aug 1, 2009 (Raleigh, NC): Triangle in a drought watch

Fri July 31, 2009 (ProPublica): Methane contamination in wells from natural gas drilling more common in Pennsylvania than previously acknowledged

Wed July 29, 2009 (Env't Science & Tech News): Grim forecast for water supplies from the Colorado River in the next ten years; >50% chance of major reservoirs drying up

Tues July 21, 2009 (Columbia, SC): McMaster op-ed on interstate water issues

Tues July 21, 2009 (Washinton, DC): Draft Obama Executive Order aims to curb floodplain development

Tues July 21, 2009 (Charlotte, NC): Duke Energy facing environmental challenges on several fronts, including water

Fri July 17, 2009 (Atlanta, Ga): Federal judge rules against Georgia in Lake Lanier litigation/tristate water wars

Mon July 20, 2009 (Madison, Fla): How Nestle got millions and millions of dollars from a $230 permit

Tues July 14, 2009 (Wash, DC-NYT/Greenwire): White House revising USACE water project planning guidelines to go beyond economic considerations

Sun, July 12, 2009 (Macon, Ga): Synthesis of federal research agencies predicts much hotter southeastern US by 2080 and more frequent and extreme droughts

Sun July 12, 2009 (Rocky Mt, NC): City tests new pipeline to stave off water disaster

Thurs July 9, 2009 (Charlotte, NC): S.C. denies water quality certification for Duke Energy's Catawba relicensing

Mon July 6, 2009 (Raleigh, NC): Alcoa contests NC 401 water quality certification over financial assurance requirement

Mon July 6, 2009 (Hendersonville, NC): Editorial concern over water pact involving Lake Adger

Thurs July 2, 2009 (Raleigh, NC): Raleigh council member quits as head of N.C. Water Rights (anti-Alcoa) group

Wed July 1, 2009 (Washington, DC): Federal government relents and releases 44 coal-ash sites that EPA considers "high hazard" - North Carolina has almost one quarter of them

Mon June 29, 2009 (Durango, Co): It's now legal to catch a raindrop in Colorado

Fri June 12, 2009 (Seattle, Wa): Greening of Bonneville Power; issues with hydropower and the environment

Fri June 5, 2009 (Charlotte, NC): Charlotte Business Journal discusses the water allocation legislation

Thurs June 11, 2009 (Columbia, SC): Two groups sue South Carolina over DHEC permits for dams on the Catawba-Watteree River

Mon June 1, 2009 (Raleigh,NC): Sen. Clodfelter takes on tough issues--tax reform and water policy

Wed May 27, 2009 (Charlotte, NC): Duke Energy balks at FERC recommendations for Catawba river system

Fri May 22, 2009 (Charlotte, NC): Gov. Perdue files anicus brief 'vigorously opposing' Alcoa license

• Current events
• Additional options
• State Water Infrastructure Commission (SWIC)
• Ripped from the headlines
• Background and ongoing work of the research
• States (Other Reform Efforts)
• Riparian rights
• Drought Response
• Water categories
• Instream flows

• Current events
• Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, the explosion of hundreds of deaths and injuries
• Southeastern States Explore Common Interests in Water Resource Work
• Ripped from the headlines
• Stormwater Public Outreach: Evaluation
• Stormwater Public Education and Outreach
• Water Infrastructure Events Calendar/Water Events Calendar/10-15-2009 -Event 1
• The financial crisis does not affect the input of Denmark
• NC Funder's Forum/Public/9-18-2009 -Event 1
• Water Infrastructure Events Calendar/Water Events Calendar/10-22-2009 -Event 1