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November 9, 2011

Sun Chronicle (Massachusetts)

Pipeline project puts future of city company in doubt
By Rick Foster

W. Walsh suffered heavy losses in California. The future of a city construction firm and 40 jobs is in doubt because of heavy losses related to a controversial pipeline project in California.

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Boston Business Journal

Calif. legal spat could hit Attleboro firm hard

W. Walsh Co., an Attleboro construction company that employs 40 people in the city, could be fighting for its survival all due to a legal dispute

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BusinessReviewsUSA.com

Oceanside Water: Innovative Rates and Services
By Sharise Cruz

The Oceanside Water Utilities Department incorporates unique revenue and energy techniques to provide low cost, safe water services.

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East County Magazine

Editorial: Bold Next Steps For Climate Change
By Congressman Bob Filner

How much toxic sediment should polluters be forced to clean up at the bottom of San Diego Bay? And just who are those polluters?

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NewsVine.com

Are Americans Ready to Start Drinking Their (Treated) Toilet Water?

As the American Southwest reels from one of the worst droughts on record, some parched communities are opting for a once-unthinkable conservation measure: extracting drinking water from urine and other liquid waste.

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Monterey County The Herald

Good alternatives exist for new water
By Janet Brennan, Dale Hekuis and George Riley

When the Peninsula's mayors recently hosted a forum on water supply alternatives, five proponents presented proposals in a wide-ranging display of concepts and numbers.

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Manufacturing.Net

Fresh Water from Salt: The Environment Of Desalination
By Karl Stephan

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of visiting Doha, Qatar, in connection with an engineering ethics workshop at Texas A&M University Qatar.

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KPBS

Groups Demand Cleanup Of San Diego Bay
Environmental Groups Say Toxic Contaminated Sediment Endangers People, Wildlife
By Ed Joyce

To hear the audio related to this story click here....San Diego environmental groups are demanding the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board take action on a cleanup plan for San Diego Bay.

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IndyBay.com

Groups Sue Feds to Stop Selenium Poisoning of Bay-Delta
By Dan Bacher

The cozy relationship between the polluters and regulators has sanctioned the discharge of pollutants from these toxic soils to the San Joaquin River, San Francisco Bay and Delta and some of the polluted water—no one knows how much—is routinely discharged into the California Aqueduct, which carries drinking water to over 15 million people living in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California.

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The Fresno Bee

Suit filed over drainage into San Joaquin River
By Mark Grossi

Fishing and conservation groups sued the federal government Wednesday, hoping to stop the west Valley flow of tainted irrigation drainage into the San Joaquin River.

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Central Valley Business Times

Irrigator pooh-pooh’s selenium pollution lawsuit

A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against the U.S. EPA by environmental groups is a waste of taxpayers’ money, says the head of the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, one of the major suppliers of irrigation water to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.

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Mercury News

Suit seeks to stop alleged pollution by CA farmers
By Gosia Wozniacka

California fishing and conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court, accusing farmers of illegally discharging polluted groundwater into tributaries of the San Joaquin River.

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OregonLive.com

Klamath Basin water bill is landmark, but will it pass Congress?

Farmers, ranchers, tribes and environmentalists are burying a history of physical threats, harsh words and competing demands to unite behind landmark legislation that would settle a century-long battle over the most precious commodity in the Klamath Basin – water.

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Dudek News

California Wastewater Agencies Rehabbing Ocean Outfalls Face Coastal Permit Issues
Coastal Commission, stakeholder groups involved when aging outfall pipes are addressed

Wastewater districts considering upgrading or rehabilitating facilities with ocean outfalls need to consider how the California Coastal Commission (CCC) will interpret requirements of the California Coastal Act (Coastal Act) and certified local coastal programs (LCPs) in the review and permitting stages.

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