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Lots in a planned subdivision on Quail Gardens Drive have been carved into symmetrical pads. The Encinitas City Council on Wednesday will consider changes to the city's grading ordinance that smaller projects easier. ADAM KAYE/North County Times  
Times  

Failing grade

Permit change proposal riles environmentalists

Proposed changes to Encinitas's grading ordinance would simplify the permitting process for projects that move only a small amount of dirt. And some activists say that's a big mistake. (North County Times)

The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District’s anaerobic digestion tanks will process grease from restaurants. DENNIS McCOY/Sacramento Business Journal  
Journal  

What's cookin'

Utilities to test method of turning grease to energy

Sacramento restaurants will grease the wheels of renewable energy production through a pilot project by local electric and sewer utilities. SMUD and SRCSD plan to test a process of turning kitchen grease into methane, also called biogas. The grease will go into the sanitation district's anaerobic digestion tanks, where bacteria cook down solids in the wastewater. (Sacramento Business Journal)

H2O Conserve is a project of ICCR, GRACE, Food & Water Watch, and the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future. H2O CONSERVE  
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Do you know how much water you really use?

Despite the pressure on water sources, most Americans still don't realize that they have a role to play in protecting and conserving our water resources. But a new website is coming online to show us that it's time to do something about our 1,000-plus gallon-a-day habit. (Reuters)  THE SITE

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Quote of the Day
“The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.”
— H.T. Leslie

Photos of the Week
CHUCK WINSOR, P.E.
Orange County Sanitation District

Prado Dam release
Friday will be the third anniversary of the Prado Dam releasing the highest flow (10,000 CFS) in its more than 60-year history. Because of OCSD’s involvement with protecting the SARI line, Chuck was on-site at the Santa Ana River on Jan. 11, 2005, and took this series of photos that show a dramatic example of a true hydraulic jump.
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Born on this Day
Larry Storch, 85; Soupy Sales, 82; Charles Osgood, 75; Shirley Bassey, 71; Bob Eubanks, 70; Yvette Mimieux, 66; Stephen Hawking, 66; David Bowie, 61; Bruce Sutter, 55; Jason Giambi, 37.

On this Day in 1982
American Telephone & Telegraph settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.

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