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Ledger-Dispatch

Eye-opening tour

Tracy plant may offer sewage alternative for cities

Faced with an immediate need to investigate all the possibilities offered for sewage treatment, many officials from the City of Ione took an eye-opening ride to Tracy last week, where a new city — Mountain House — is under construction. (Amador Ledger-Dispatch)


SantaCruz.com

New protections

Feds tighten regulations under national marine system

Rules against drilling for oil, disturbing sea life and kelp forests and discharging wastewater combine to create a legal fortification that protects the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Last week, those laws took a step toward being strengthened, and were also patented to be replicated in waters around the country. (SantaCruz.com)


America2050

America 2050

An infrastructure vision for 21st century America

America 2050's regional infrastructure forum will take place Dec. 2 in Sacramento. "Investing in America's Competitiveness: An Infrastructure Strategy for the Nation and the Megaregion" will bring together 100 leaders from the business, civic, government and academic communities in Northern California. (America2050) READ THE REPORT [14 MB]

Latest Headlines

Marin leads Bay Area in use of solar energy (Marin Independent Journal)
EPA sued over chemicals in apple moth spraying (San Francisco Chronicle)
Big Bear Lake bass had elevated mercury levels (Associated Press)
Landfill project's legal ills are eased (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Water retailer finds a 'hole' new way to work (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
No mudslides, but evacuations ordered in Yorba Linda (Los Angeles Times)
- Rain prompts some mandatory evacuations (Orange County Register)
- Rain forces second Tea Fire evacuation (Lompoc Record)
- Residents paid for but didn't get Yorba Linda reservoir (Orange County Register)
- Schwarzenegger weighs in on flood preparation (Los Angeles Times)
25 tons of lead-tainted dirt spills at Guerneville dump (Santa Rosa Press-Democrat)
Farmers evaluate Klamath agreement to remove 4 dams (CFBF)
State trout-planting trucks are back in business (Los Angeles Times)
- Suit halts trout planting in some lakes, streams (Chico Enterprise-Record)
Colusa trucking firm fined in fish kill (Sacramento Bee)
HAWAII: Kauai man honored by AWWA (Honolulu Advertiser)
Perris to begin process of buying water company (Riverside Press-Enterprise)
Bill to authorize water project may be up for vote in January (North County Times)
Inland agencies receive state grants in water conservation (Riverside Press-Enterprise)
School contractor will pay $170,000 in dirty water settlement (Gilroy Dispatch)
Field & Stream gives Schwarzenegger 'Outdoor Villain of the Year' award (Indymedia)
Western to join Chino Desalter Authority (Western MWD)
St. Helena planners refuse to OK flood project deal (St. Helena Star)
Sudden oak death spreads to East Bay hills (San Francisco Chronicle)
EQIP helps farmers, ranchers conserve land, air and water (CFBF)
Mormon Island dam project to be discussed next week (Sacramento Bee)
Laird appointed to state waste management board (Monterey County Herald)
PCWA board member Ben Mavy to be sworn in Dec. 8 (Rocklin & Roseville Today)
Water quality project at Poche Beach (San Clemente Times)
Saugus wells flowing again (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
Alternative chemicals for water treatment facilities (Center for American Progress)

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