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Up to 300 feet of steel pipeline that transports water to Folsom was flattened after a vacuum was created during a pipe-draining procedure. PHILIP WOOD/Folsom Telegraph  
Telegraph  

Water restored

Repairs took longer than expected in Folsom pipe break

The waterline from Folsom Lake to the city has been restored to Folsom’s water treatment plant, officials said this morning. The pipeline that supplies the city's drinking water collapsed Thursday morning, and water for city use had been coming from the city’s reserve tanks. (Folsom Telegraph)
ALSO:
• Pending tests, Folsom pipeline repairs are finished
• Repair work continues on Folsom water pipe

The underground leak is the largest of its kind in California for which cleanup hasn't started. UNION-TRIBUNE  
Union-Tribune  

Delayed again

Regulators under fire over chemical plume cleanup

This week, the region's top water-pollution regulators were supposed to consider levying one of their biggest fines ever: $2.3 million for a plume of potentially deadly chemicals that stretches for more than a mile in El Cajon. But they deferred the hearing — the latest in a series of postponements dating back 20 years. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The new method senses minute changes in chemistry related to bacterial health and yields results immediately, which could make it possible to detect when bacteria are about to stop processing waste and correct the problem before toxins are released into waterways. ANDREW HANCOCK/Purdue News Service  
Science Daily  

Copper tops

New method monitors bacteria in wastewater treatment

Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is vital to the proper functioning of a key enzyme in the bacteria. (Science Daily)

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Water education wish lists
A group of 14 Riverside County teachers is ringing in the New Year by making a “dream wish list” of water education projects a reality. Each teacher will receive a Lois B. Krieger Grant from Western Municipal Water District to assist in creating water education projects for their classrooms. Made possible by the Water Education Advisory Council of Western Riverside County, the grants were awarded Jan. 27 during WMWD’s annual awards ceremony. Click here for details.
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