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Liquid Assets is a public media and outreach initiative that seeks to inform the nation about the critical role that our water infrastructure plays in protecting public health and promoting economic prosperity. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY  
PSU  

Liquid Assets

Film tells the story of essential infrastructure systems

Liquid Assets, a 90-minute documentary, tells the story of essential infrastructure systems: water, wastewater and stormwater. Largely out of sight and out of mind, these aging systems have not been maintained, and some say this is the single largest public works endeavor in our nation’s history. (Penn State University)  REQUEST A SCREENING
The Tuolumne River is shown is this view down the face of the O'Shaughnessy Dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley. KURT ROGERS/The Chronicle  
Chronicle  

Water milestone

Big step for Hetch Hetchy system upgrade

The colossal plan to repair the decrepit water system that serves 2.5 million residents of San Francisco, the Peninsula and parts of the East Bay reached a key milestone Tuesday with the release of an environmental study that, if approved, will kick-start 17 regional water projects worth more than $2.5 billion. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Dried, cracked mud is seen near the Dinosaur Point boat launch on San Luis Reservoir, about 45 miles southeast of San Jose. MIKE DuFRENE/Contra Costa Times  
Times  

Dry forecast

State is vulnerable to water woes in 2009

California enters the 2009 water year today highly vulnerable to shortages and facing the possibility of widespread rationing after two dry years. Because key reservoirs are low, there's not much water in reserve if the coming winter is dry. And if the coming winter is wet, it will be difficult to move that water to where it is needed because of new legal restrictions on water deliveries meant to protect a crashing Delta ecosystem. (Contra Costa Times)
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• Drought expected to continue as new water year begins
• Merced irrigation season ends early again

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CORAL TAYLOR, P.E.
North Tahoe Public Utility District

In the tank
A contract worker with Utility Services Co. welds repair patches over corroded areas of North Tahoe PUD's Carnelian Woods #2 tank. The rehabilitation project aims to bring the 500,000-gallon storage tank up to safety codes. Rehabilitating the existing tank rather than replacing it was done to make the best use of existing district assets and funds.
A handful of leaks have been found and repaired, and more than 300 reconstructive patches have been welded over the corroded areas.
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James Whitmore, 87; Jimmy Carter, 84; Tom Bosley, 81; Julie Andrews, 73; Stella Stevens, 72; Rod Carew, 63; Randy Quaid, 58; Esai Morales, 46; Mark McGwire, 45; Cindy Margolis, 43.

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The Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California at Berkeley.

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