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Public water supplies must contain no more than 10 parts of arsenic per billion. INLAND NEWS TODAY  
Inland News Today  

Comply or else

EPA orders 11 state agencies to cut arsenic in water

The federal government has ordered California water agencies to cut arsenic levels by 2010 or face hefty fines. The order, made public Tuesday by the EPA, comes as small water systems struggle to comply with tighter standards to control arsenic, a naturally occurring mineral known to cause cancer. (Fresno Bee)
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• 11 public water agencies affected by EPA order

Drea Traeumer of Em Consulting performs a dye test at a prescribed burn site on Dollar Hill in Tahoe City. SETH LIGHTCAP/Sierra Sun  
Sun  

Tahoe first

Erosion properties tested on pile burn footprints

A team of scientists meticulously monitored water flowing down a dusty rill Monday as they conducted the first in-depth experiments in the scorched remains of a recently burned pile of brush near Lake Tahoe. (Sierra Sun)

This video shows how a couple of youth spent their summer and the purpose of the bio-swell. DARREN CARRENO for the Independent  
Independent  

Sweet bio-swell

Youths' latest work improves Santa Barbara creek

Darren Carreño, 16, documented the work that he and his peers did last summer creating a bio-swell in one Santa Barbara neighborhood. Take a closer look at how they built this natural filter for runoff. (Santa Barbara Independent)

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