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Pha Xiong,right, and his brother Vue Xiong fish off the dock at Colorado Lagoon. STEPHEN CARR/Contra Costa Times  
Times  

Wetland makeover

Colorado Lagoon cleanup project starts in Long Beach

Even as the sun broke through early clouds and the temperature spiked Tuesday morning at a Colorado Lagoon groundbreaking ceremony, the water still wasn't inviting. That should change, however, as work officially began on a $3.2 million project to improve water quality and lower pollution in the 13-acre urban wetland. (Contra Costa Times)
Manteca wastewater treatment plant operator Benjamin Abulencia, left, and Public Works Director Mark Houghton walk past the structure where methane gas that is now being burned off could one day generate electricity to significantly reduce power costs to run the treatment facility. HIME ROMERO/Manteca Bulletin  
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Triple play

Manteca goes after stimulus for sun, water, sewer gas

Manteca is teaming up with the City of Ripon and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District in a bid to improve the chances of landing money to help offset the cost of three separate energy projects designed to reduce air pollution, increase green power production, and reduce the cost of electricity for municipal and private purposes. (Manteca Bulletin)

“We sized our system according to how much water we’d need to grow enough trees, fruits and vegetables for two people,” Block says. LOS ANGELES TIMES  
Times  

Rain man

Monte Sereno homeowner plans to save every drop

Jerry Block's house in Monte Sereno, just west of San Jose, looks ordinary enough, but peek in his backyard and you'll see an elaborate water-harvesting system that will collect as much as 20,000 gallons per year. (Los Angeles Times)

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Inside the UV reactor at the O.C. Groundwater Replenishment System
GINA DePINTO
Orange County Water District

Replenishing the UV lamps
Joe Flint, a maintenance technician at the Orange County Water District, installs new ultraviolet lamps (Trojan UV) at Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System. The UV system holds nine trains of reactors with a total of 4,000 high-intensity 250 watt UV lamps. The system uses microfiltration, reverse osmosis and UV with hydrogen peroxide to purify highly treated wastewater. The water is injected into a seawater barrier and piped to spreading basins to replenish the groundwater basin that serves more than 2.3 million people.
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Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace prevented the integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers.

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