Ripped from the headlines
From Water Wiki
Fri Nov 20, 2009 (Atlanta, Ga): Clock ticking on Georgia's water plan and Atlanta shutoff
Tues Nov 10, 2009 (Tampa, Fla): Power and production problems at the Tampa Bay desal plant
Tues Nov. 10, 2009 (Los Angeles, CA): California legislature reaches water deal; $11 billion bond package to go to voters
Sun Nov. 1, 2009 (Farmville, NC): Water supply project builds ties in Greene County
Wed Oct 21, 2009 (Boone, NC): Watauga Riverkeeper documents problematic diversion of water from Watauga River (video)
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
