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In his letter to President-elect Barack Obama, Gov. Schwarzenegger asked for $8.5 billion in water and sewer projects. AP  
AP  

Infrastructure funding

State could use $44 billion from stimulus, governor says

California has $44 billion in infrastructure projects throughout the state that could be aided by a federal economic stimulus package, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote yesterday in a letter to president-elect Barack Obama. The projects would generate nearly 800,000 jobs. (Pasadena Star-New)
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• Governor's letter to President-elect Obama
• Obama lobbied on Delta project
• Feinstein, Boxer want to add money to San Joaquin River
Frank Gehrke of California's Department of Water Resources, find the snowpack near Echo Summit is about 80% of normal water levels. RICH PEDRONCELLI/Associated Press  
USA Today  

Pack's punch

California's snowpack levels breed new water worries

Skiers are enjoying the early winter snows on California's mountains, but down closer to sea level are big worries that the snowfall and its spring runoff won't be enough to relieve two years of drought. (USA Today)

The EPA yesterday ended 20 years of waivers and ordered the city to upgrade its sewage plants, including this one on Sand Island. HONOLULU ADVERTISER  
Advertiser  

Time's up

EPA won't renew Honolulu's sewage exemption

After nearly two decades of giving Honolulu's contaminated sewage a pass, the U.S. EPA ordered the city yesterday to upgrade its treatment facilities. City officials say the improvements could cost $1.2 billion. (Honolulu Advertiser)
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• EPA's sewage ruling may cost city $1.2 billion
• Pfleuger pleads not guilty in Kauai dam collapse that killed 7

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he always declares that
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— George Bernard Shaw

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JAMES DARBIN
Marina Coast Water District

A good 50 years
MCWD recently tore down this 250,000-gallon elevated welded steel tank, built in 1958 on the former Fort Ord Army Base. This tank has been replaced by  a hydro-pneumatic station, part of an $8.5 million project that includes removal of a 1 MG concrete reservoir and replacement with a 2 MG welded steel tank.
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A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.

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