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Thirsting for change

Schwarzenegger to Obama cabinet: Water … please!

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has demanded that President Obama's cabinet rethink federal policy that would divert water from parched farms and cities to threatened fish, his administration said Wednesday. (Reuters)

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Chronicle

Shaky start

Company suspends controversial geothermal project

A Sausalito startup testing a new kind of geothermal energy production that critics feared could trigger significant earthquakes in Lake County has suspended its $17 million project after running into unexpected problems drilling its first well. (San Francisco Chronicle)


Independent

COMBing water

Water authorities say South Coast needs another pipe

Santa Barbara water officials say the questionable reliability of having only one pipe from the Tecolote Tunnel to Goleta’s Corona del Mar treatment plant creates a bottleneck. Their plan is to create a second pipe, but the project is having trouble getting off the ground. (Santa Barbara Independent)

Latest Headlines

Lodi wastewater sale to net $1M (Stockton Record)
Test of La Mesa system causes 3 water main breaks (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Boaters can help protect state's waterways (Contra Costa Times)
EDITORIAL: Northrop Grumman steps up (Pasadena Star-News)
Wildomar pipeline plans payoff promised (Riverside Press-Enterprise)
Cal Am gets support on water (Monterey County Herald)
Relicensing of McCloud dam evokes strong reactions (Mount Shasta Herald)
State sues Bonzi landfill (Modesto Bee) BONZI TIMELINE
Water main break lowers Pasadena water pressure (Pasadena Star-News)
Perchlorate levels continue to fall in South County (Morgan Hill Times)
Lack of water putting a hurt on Mariposa agriculture (Merced Sun-Star)
HAWAII: Maui council ponders use of 'polluted' wells for backup (Maui News)
Testing the waters: Algae cleanup solutions attempted (Lake County Record-Bee)
Indio to pay $420,684 to water district (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
Shasta River irrigation project: good news on the Klamath (Mount Shasta Herald)
SLO Creek Day needs cleanup volunteers (CreekDay.org)
EDITORIAL: Local projects need more stimulating (Sonora Union Democrat)
Angels Camp council tanks sewage study (Sonora Union Democrat)
El Solyo Water District celebrates ranch's history (Patterson Irrigator)
Proposed septic ban poses hefty fines (Malibu Times)
Ownership still undecided for Yermo water system (Desert Dispatch)

T H E D E L T A

Schwarzenegger pushes feds over water policies (San Francisco Chronicle)
Governor's letter to Interior, Commerce officials (Capitol Alert)
EDITORIAL: It's time for action on the Sacramento Delta (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
Union politics, Latino clout entwined in water battle (Capitol Weekly)
Aanestad, Nielsen serve on water panel (Chico Enterprise-Record)
Aanestad concerned about northern counties (Union of Grass Valley)
EDITORIAL: Governor, GOP hamstringing a worthy proposal (Chico News & Review)
Water panel starts key legislative talks (Fresno Bee)
Voters say water a problem, but they won't pay to fix it (KMJ Fresno)
MWD pushes water conservation at La Verne meeting (Contra Costa Times)
COLUMN: Legislature on the verge of major achievements (Los Angeles Times)
Public workshops on Bay Delta Conservation Plan (CA.gov)

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Quote of the Day

“Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.”
— Doris Mortman

Photo of the Week

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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