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According to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Bay Area has a sewage spill rate that's more than double the statewide average. KGO SAN FRANCISCO  
KGO  

Leaks by the bay

S.F.'s aging sewer system in desperate need of repair

The San Francisco Bay Area's massive sewer system is in great disrepair, accounting for nearly 2,000 sewage overflows in 2007. Most of the spillage comes from aging pipes that are often caked with grease, and marred with cracks and gaping holes. It's part of an infrastructure that in some places is 50 to 100 years old. (KGO San Francisco)
At Ink Wells waterfall on San Geronimo Creek in the Lagunitas watershed, a coho salmon leaps en route to its spawning ground. ERIC LUSE/San Francisco Chronicle  
Chronicle  

Species at risk

Most state native game fish face extinction, study says

Most of California's native salmon, steelhead and trout species face extinction by the end of the century unless the state acts quickly to provide adequate freshwater and habitat, according to a study released Wednesday by the state's leading salmon expert. (San Francisco Chronicle)
ALSO:
• Salmon, Steelhead and Trout in California
• SOS: California's Native Fish Crisis

After a prolonged battle, the Regional Water Quality Control Board expected to consider banning septic tanks in the heart of Malibu _ a move some fear could be the first step in forever altering the rustic character of a place where mountains plunge to the sea, /RIC FRANCIS/Associated Press  
AP  

No way, dude

Prospect of sewers strikes horror in rustic Malibu

"Sewer" has always been a dirty word in this celebrity-studded community, which has avoided sprawl in part because it has refused to install the plumbing for it. But after a prolonged battle over bacterial pollution in nearby waters, the city may soon be forced to change. (Associated Press)

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“If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.”
— Earl Wilson

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Shasta scenes
Water News reader James Taylor took these shots of Mount Shasta and Lake Shasta during a road trip in mid-October. James has a special interest in California's water, and refers our readers to this Special Focus on the Delta put out by the Pacific Institute.
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Born on this Day
Robert Byrd, 91; Nadine Gordimer, 85; Estelle Parsons, 81; Dick Smothers, 70; Joe Biden, 66; Veronica Hamel, 65; Judy Woodruff, 62; Joe Walsh, 61; Bo Derek, 52; Sean Young, 49.

On this Day in 1945
Two dozen Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

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