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March 14, 2010

North County Times

LAKE ELSINORE: Performance stresses water conservation
By: Amy Bentley

Students at Butterfield Elementary School in Lake Elsinore danced, cheered, did the limbo and laughed as they learned about water conservation during a special theatrical assembly held on campus last week.

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North County Times

BEST BET: Carlsbad nature center celebrates World Water Day
By: Stephen Rubin

CARLSBAD ---- Southern California is finally experiencing a bona fide rainy season again, but don't expect organizers of the World Water Day Festival to endorse allowing the hose to run while washing your car.

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Los Angeles Times

Column: Deceptive arguments are being made in California's water wars
By: Michael Hiltzik

Who needs absinthe, vodka or even a six-pack of beer? Judging from the quality of our debate on natural resource policy, all it takes to addle the political mind in California is water.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Opinion: The war on salmon
By: Cynthia Koehler and Barry Nelson

California is at war with its native salmon. Historically, hundreds of thousands - some estimate millions - of salmon migrated through the San Francisco Bay to Central Valley streams to spawn. The era of big dams changed things dramatically, but even 30 years ago California had enough salmon to support major fishing fleets.

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New York Times

Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly
By: Charles Duhigg

One recent morning, George S. Hawkins, a long-haired environmentalist who now leads one of the largest and most prominent water and sewer systems, trudged to a street corner here where water was gushing into the air.

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