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Montgomery
Pike
Randolph
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Tuscaloosa
Walker

Solid Waste Disposal Authority of the City of Huntsville

Alabama

  — Water Supply

• Madison's water supply 'safe,' mayor says
  (Huntsville Times, 10/24) "Mayor Sandy Kirkindall said the city's water supply still looks good even though trace amounts of gasoline have been detected in its largest well as a result of a leak in an underground fuel storage tank Oct. 12."

  — Water Quality

• Bioenvironmental Engineering addresses base water concerns
  (Maxwell-Gunter Dispatch, 10/24) "Water on base is safe to drink, according to base Bioenvironmental Engineering office. Tom Rucker, environmental health technician, said the water on both Maxwell and Gunter is tested monthly for harmful bacteria."

• City's murky drinking water will pass
  (Fort Payne Times-Journal, 10/19) "There’s a reason the drinking water in Fort Payne looks murky and has an odd odor — a perfectly natural one — according to water department officials."

• Center Point park's spring water found clean as ever
  (Birmingham News, 10/18) "It probably wouldn't be a good idea to drink the water that gushes from the ground at Center Point's spring park on Polly Reed Road. But Mayor Tom Henderson said tests show today's water is probably about as good as what area residents drank from the spring just a few generations ago."

— Water Resources

• Alabama Power to draw down Lake Thurlow
  (Montgomery Advertiser, 10/24) "Alabama Power announced today that starting Oct. 30 it will begin drawing down Lake Thurlow near Tallassee by about five feet to perform minor repairs at Thurlow Dam."

• Stormwater runoff is more than just rain
  (Mobile Register, 10/19) "Did you ever think about what happens when it rains? Water drops hit the ground and, depending on where they land, either soak into the ground or run off into lakes, rivers and bays. But have you ever considered what is traveling with that stormwater as it runs off the ground?"

— Local/Agency News

• Small seeks levy to fund sewer line
  (Mobile Register, 10/24) "A $1.7 million to $2 million sewer line extension proposed along U.S. 90 could allow high-rise office buildings to line the south side of Interstate 10 in Daphne, Mayor Fred Small said."

• Selma board commends 30 years of service
  (Selma Times-Journal, 10/22) "William 'Billy' Hicks is taking it easy these days. Hicks, now retired and recuperating from a stroke and surgery, received honors this week from the Selma Water Works and Sewer Board."

— Everything Else

• Cooler, wetter fall in South Alabama?
  (Associated Press, 10/24) "A weak El Nino in the Pacific Ocean could mean a cooler, wetter fall in Florida and portions of Georgia and Alabama, helping to recharge rivers and groundwater supplies that were depleted earlier this year during months of dry weather, a Georgia weather expert says."

Brevard County

Broward County Integrated Waste Management

Broward County Public Works Dept.

Central Florida Regional Planning Council

Deerfield Beach Dept. of Public Works

Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

DEP Water Reuse

Division of Water Resource Management

Environmental Regulation Commission

Florida Environmental Network

Fort Lauderdale Public Services

Hillsborough County Public Works

Hillsborough County Solid  Waste Management

Hillsborough County Water Dept.

Kissimmee City

Miami Beach Public Works

Miami - Dade Solid Waste Management

Miami - Dade Water and Sewer Department

North Miami Beach Public Works

North West Florida Water Management District

Orange County Public Works

Orange County Utilities

Orlando Public Works

Orlando Utilities Commission

Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority

Palm Beach County Water Utilities Dept.

Pinellas County  Utilities

SFWMD

St. Johns River Water Management District

S. Florida Regional Planning Council

South West Florida WMD

South West Florida Regional Planning Council

State of Florida

Suwanee River WMD

Tampa Bay Water

Tampa Dept. of Public Works

Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council

USGS Water Resources of Tampa

Florida

  — Water Supply

• 'Think Two' catchy, but not enough to save water
  (Florida Times-Union, 10/23) "This summer marked the first test of the 'Think Two' water conservation campaign, which used a hummable jingle that saturated the airwaves with advice about how to conserve water by limiting lawn sprinklers to twice a week. Think again."

• High Springs soon will have water reclamation facility
  (High Springs Herald, 10/19) "High Springs soon will have a new method in place for protecting the city’s water supply. A water reclamation facility, which will convert wastewater into reclaimed water that can be used for irrigation tasks, is in the works as the city’s next major project."

— Water Quality

• UCF cited for violating drinking water standard
  (WFTV Orlando, 10/20) "Don't drink the water. That's what some students at the University of Central Florida are saying. The Department of Environmental Protection said the school is in violation of a drinking water standard."

— Water Resources

• Views differ on what's best to keep St. Johns healthy
  (Palatka Daily News, 10/23) "The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says its findings are based on good science. Environmental groups say the state is bowing to big-money interests. The long-term health of the St. Johns River and its marine life may hang in the balance."

• Englewood is in a hotspot — but not for storms
  (Charlotte Sun-Herald, 10/23) "A study of areas in the United States at greatest risk from hurricanes shows that several South Florida communities could be the next New Orleans. But Englewood isn't one of them."

• FSU researchers snag $5 million grant to study ecosystems
  (Tallahassee Democrat, 10/20) "How guppies grow up in freshwater streams in Trinidad may tell the world something about how evolution is being affected by environmental change."

— Wastewater

• More FEMA money to move sewer plant isn't a done deal
  (Pensacola News Journal, 10/22) "The clock is ticking and the odds are long, but local officials are clinging to the hope FEMA will green light a $115 million grant that would top off funding of a new sewage treatment plant."

— Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Arsenic levels get herbicide pulled
  (Naples Daily News, 10/22) "A weed killer that lived up to its name but contaminated countless golf courses and parks with arsenic is being pulled off the market."

— Lake Okeechobee

• Planners focus on Okeechobee dike failure
  (Florida Today, 10/23) "Florida and federal emergency planners meet in South Florida this afternoon to announce new plans to deal with any disaster that could arise from the failure of the Herbert Hoover Dike."

— The Everglades

• WEDU documentary chronicles Everglades restoration
  (Bradenton Herald, 10/22) "Water's Journey—Everglades is a two-part, two-hour national PBS documentary that examines the complex nature of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem from the heart of Florida's theme parks all the way out to the reefs off the Florida Keys."

• Engineers' fix for Everglades restoration is in the pipeline
  (Miami Herald, 10/21) "The Everglades needs more water. Lake Okeechobee often has too much of it. But the water lapping at the big lake's leaky dike has become so polluted from surrounding farms, ranches and development that letting it flow straight into the Everglades would hurt more than help."

Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities

Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Dept.

Atlanta Public Works Dept.

Atlanta Dept. of Water

Cobb County Water Systems

Cobb County Solid Waste Division

Cobb County Stormwater Division

Columbus Water Works

Dalton Public Works Dept.

Dalton Public Utilities

Dept. of Natural Resources

Dekalb County Public Works Dept.

Douglas County

Fulton County

GEFA - (GA Environmental Facilities Authority)

GSWCC - (GA Soil and Water Conservation Commission)

Gwinnett County

Georgia Association
of Water Professionals

Paulding County Water Dept.

Rockdale County

Rockdale County Dept. of Water Resources

Rome Public Utilities

State of Ga.

Georgia

  — Water Supply

• Industrial authority discusses 'master plan' for future
  (Main Street News, 10/19) "Industrial authority members are looking for ways to develop future water resources. 'We’re eventually going to have a pretty big demand on the county’s water system,”'IDA director Marvin White told the board. White said the county could have an estimated population of 85,000 by the year 2055."

  — Water Resources

• Volunteers clean up The Hooch
  (WTVM Columbus, 10/22) "Thousands came out Saturday morning to help clean up the Chattahoochee River across the state of Georgia.  Nearly 145,000 pounds of trash and garbage was removed from the river last year."

• Most at meeting back Vogtle expansion
  (Savannah Morning News, 10/20) "In the first of a series of public hearings, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday began gathering input about whether the Vogtle nuclear power plant near Waynesboro should be allowed to expand."

• Bloomingdale concerns over proposed drainage canal
  (Savannah Morning News, 10/20) "The Bloomingdale City Council swept through most of its agenda items Thursday night, and then the topic of a proposed drainage canal came up. The people on hand had plenty to say."

— Wastewater

• Citizens rally against plant in Fairburn
  (Newnan Times-Herald, 10/20) "What some residents say is a horrible smell that began to torment them in South Fulton, North Fayette, and on the eastern tip of Coweta on Memorial Day has still not gone away completely — and concerned residents will be rallying Saturday to demand that a nearby waste treatment plant be closed."

• Homeowners seek help with problematic septic system
  (Henry Daily Herald, 10/19) "A homeowner’s association in Stockbridge is paying the price for a malfunctioning septic tank system, and wants the county to help."

• Crews discover major wastewater spill into Gainesville creek
  (Access North Georgia, 10/18) "Crews from the Gainesville Public Utilities Department discovered what the Georgia EPD calls a major spill of wastewater Tuesday morning into Limestone Creek."
  | CITY BLAMES SEWAGE SPILL ON CONSTRUCTION

— Local/Agency News

• GAWP helps combine efforts to form mutual aid program
  (GAWP Online, 10/24) "The Georgia Water and Wastewater Agency Response Network (GaWARN) will support and promote statewide emergency preparedness, disaster response, and mutual aid assistance for Georgia’s  public and private water and wastewater utilities."

Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Utilities

Charlotte Solid Waste Management

Charlotte Storm Water Services

City of Asheville

City of Greensboro

Greensboro Stormwater Management

City of Monroe

Division of Water Resources

Heaters Utilities, Inc.

Mecklenburg County Storm Water Services

NC Dept. of Environmental and Natural Resources

State of North Carolina

City of Winston-Salem

North Carolina

  — Water Quality

• 6% of Durham homes at or above lead level
  (Durham Herald-Sun, 10/23) "Roughly 6 percent of Durham homes tested for lead contamination in tap water were at or above a level that requires action, but that is within the range of the federal Environmental Protection Agency's accepted compliance regulations, according to the city."

• Triangle looks to keep drinking water clean
  (News 14 Carolina, 10/23) "Community and government leaders came together Monday to announce plans to keep the Triangle's drinking water reservoirs clean. It's called the Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative Conservation Plan."

— Water Resources

• Blame it on the beavers
  (Charlotte Observer, 10/22) "The south fork of Crooked Creek running along Unionville-Indian Trail Road could now be more aptly named Beaver Lakes. Thanks to several large beaver dams, one estimated about 30 feet wide, sections of Crooked Creek have backed up so severely that the creek has overflowed its banks and settled into large, stagnant pools that can flood area roads after steady rains."

— Wastewater

• Help sought for septic system users
  (Jacksonville Daily News, 10/24) "Diana Rashash says there should be more available resources for Onslow County septic system users — especially for those living in rural parts of the county."

• Swansboro commissioners address schools' sewer needs
  (Jacksonville Daily News, 10/18) "Swansboro’s Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to allow three schools to use more of their sewer allocation and to increase the allocation at another."

— Hazardous/Solid Waste

• Study links race, landfill locations
  (Associated Press, 10/24) "N.C. communities with significant minority populations are more than twice as likely to be located near landfills than are overwhelmingly white areas, according to a study presented Monday to a legislative committee."

• Task force to review rules on toxic waste
  (Associated Press, 10/18) "A task force will examine regulations for hazardous waste storage centers and recommend changes to tighten those rules, Gov. Mike Easley said Tuesday."

• Toxic worries linger in Apex
  (Independent Weekly, 10/18) "When Environmental Quality's hazmat facility burst into flames Oct. 5, Jimmy Sauls and his wife were two blocks away, watching TV in the Apex house they've called home for 22 years. Around 10 o'clock that Thursday night, Sauls was stepping outside for a cigarette when he heard a boom. At first he thought an electrical transformer had exploded, but then he smelled something strange."
  | HAZARDOUS WASTE RULES TO BE REVISED IN WAKE OF FIRE

— Local/Agency News

• Greene flushes Solid Waste board
  (Kinston Free Press, 10/20) "Greene County decided to dissolve its Solid Waste Advisory Committee due to low attendance and lack of focus."

• Fee reduction for teatment of waste from portable units
  (Smoky Mountain Sentinel, 10/19) "The Clay County Water and Sewer District approved a change in the portable toilet waste fee for the receiving station at Thursday's regular monthly meeting."

• County approves two water improvement projects
  (Dunn Daily Record, 10/18) "Harnett County approved two water improvement projects worth more than $4.6 million at Monday's board of commissioners meeting."

City of Charleston

City of Columbia

City of Greenville

City of Spartanburg

SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control

SC Dept. of Natural Resources

State of South Carolina

South Carolina

  — Water Supply

• District seeks more water
  (Myrtle Beach Sun News, 10/24) "Georgetown County's Rural Community Water District is applying for permits to boost its well-water withdrawal to meet expected growth."

  — Water Resources

• Residents angry over fish kills in Sea Pines
  (Hilton Head Island Packet, 10/24) "The Sea Pines stormwater lagoon system is a series of 125 small ponds used to help strain pollutants from storm runoff. But underneath the water is a Lowcountry ecosystem teeming with a variety of marine life, from shrimp to trophy red fish."

• Artificial wetland issue divides community
  (Myrtle Beach Sun News, 10/23) "Developers Burroughs & Chapin Co. Inc. are holding invitation-only meetings to build community support to create artificial wetland in Lower Richland. Columbia leaders have not agreed to the plan."
  | DEVELOPERS SEEK BACKERS FOR ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS

— Wastewater

• Strand authority to extend sewer services to Columbus County
  (Myrtle Beach Sun News, 10/24) "The Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority has reached a deal to provide a wastewater system for the southern part of Columbus County, N.C."

• Pamplico approves bond for wastewater treatment plant
  (Florence Morning News, 10/23) "Pamplico Town Council unanimously approved final reading of an ordinance to issue a bond anticipation note for $495,800 for construction of a new wastewater treatment plant."

— Landfill/Solid Waste

• Possibility of landfill causes stir
  (Charleston Post and Courier, 10/24) "Berkeley County Supervisor Jim Rozier backpedaled on whether he knew about a proposed private landfill in Jedburg, and a man in the crowd yelled 'Gotcha,' capturing the contentious mood at Berkeley County Council's meeting Monday."

— Local/Agency News

• Bio-diesel ideal for port, director says
  (Georgetown Times, 10/22) "With worldwide fuel demand on the rise, strained foreign relations, and talk of the possibility that natural gas maybe drilled off the coast of South Carolina in the future, many question how Georgetown County will be affected."

Cumberland River Compact

Davidson County Public Works Dept.

Davidson County Public Water Dept.

Knox County Dept. of Engineering and Public Works

Knoxville Office of Solid Waste

Memphis Public Works Division

Nashville Government

State of Tennessee

Shelby County Division of Public Works

TN Dept. of Environment and Conservation

Tennessee

  — Water Supply

• Drop by drop, pupils check water supply
  (Knoxville News Sentinel, 10/19) "Budding scientists checked up on the health of local lakes and a once-notorious creek Wednesday, putting water samples through a battery of tests."

  — Water Resources

• New sign designates Citico watershed
  (WDEF Chattanooga, 10/20) "A small group gathered by the Citico Creek on 3rd Street to unveil a new sign marking the creek's watershed. The sign features a drawing designed by an area middle school student."

• Beavers construct 'high quality' wetland on old golf course
  (The Tennessean, 10/18) "An early report by a state scientist reveals Franklin has a 'high quality' wetland along a creek near the former Country Club of Franklin property courtesy of the families of beavers who live in that creek."

— Wastewater

• Catoosa County sewage stench has neighbors outraged
  (WRCB Chattanooga, 10/24) "Some North Georgia neighbors are outraged over a disgusting sewage stench. Neighbors off Cloud Springs Road in Catoosa County say raw sewage is bubbling up into their yards and somebody needs to take action."

• Fiber-optic lines affect sewer placement
  (Shelbyville Times-Gazette, 10/23) "Installation of fiber-optic lines on the east side of Horton Highway through town aggravated property owners so much that it's influenced a recommendation on where a sewer might be installed."

• Chattanooga sewer system to be tested
  (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 10/20) "Chattanoogans may notice smoke rising from yards, alleys or manholes each Wednesday for a while, city officials said."

— Landfill/Toxic Waste

• Trash talkin'
  (Memphis Flyer, 10/24) "Shelby County generates 2.5 million tons of solid waste a year. Where does it go? How much of it do we recycle? Can we do better? A journey through the dirty South."

• Toxic cleanup a long haul
  (The Tennessean, 10/19) EDITORIAL: "Hope rests on fragile promises in the Eno Road area near the old Dickson County landfill."

• Activists demand cleanup of Dickson pollution
  (The Tennessean, 10/19) "Environmental activists called on city and state officials Wednesday to clean up the 'obvious case of environmental injustice' they believe led to pollution in the rural, mostly black neighborhood near the closed Dickson County landfill."

• 14 Dickson sites may be toxic
  (The Tennessean, 10/18) "Possible contamination from a chemical that can cause nerve, liver and lung damage has been pinpointed in at least 14 sites around the old Dickson County landfill, according to a recent study by a county consultant."

— Local/Agency News

• Scott County mulls best option for water treatment
  (Kingsport Times News, 10/24) "Aging water treatment plants in Scott County have county officials studying the practicality of a regional plant, and — more recently — the option of buying water from Kingsport."

• Lafayette extends lease contract with TennPlasco
  (Macon County Times, 10/18) "The City of Lafayette will extend the lease agreement contract they have with TennPlasco for six months."

Louisiana

State of Louisiana

City of Baton Rouge

City of Monroe

City of New Orleans

City of Shreveport

Dept. of Agriculture and Forestry

Dept. of Environmental Quality

Dept. of Natural Resources

EPA's Louisiana Drinking Water Site

USGS

Mississippi

State of  Mississippi

City of Biloxi

City of Gulfport

City of Hattiesburg

City of Oxford

City of Tunica

Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce

Dept. of Environmental Quality

EPA's Mississippi  Drinking Water Site

Gulf/Coastal/Appalachian States

— KENTUCKY

• Panel delays decision on service area
  (Lexington Herald-Leader, 10/24) "The Urban County Planning Commission, with two members missing and many questions unanswered, last night decided to slow down the process for making a decision of where or whether Lexington should expand its Urban Service Area."

• Council tables Manshart sewer again
  (Russellville News-Democrat & Leader, 10/20) "The Russellville City Council and Mayor Shirlee Yassney are biting at the bit to begin the sewering project of Manshart Subdivision. Unfortunately, their good intentions must be affordable, and currently the project lacks some $250,000 to complete."

• New Albany council rejects sewer request
  (Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/20) "The New Albany City Council unanimously rejected another request for money for the city's troubled sewer system last night, after members argued they had just passed a major funding package in August."

• Future of sewer plant hinges on permit ruling
  (Community PRess, 10/19) "The Kentucky Division of Water should make a decision within six to eight weeks on whether to grant or deny a wastewater discharge permit for the Eastern Regional Wastewater Treatment plant."

• Pikeville failed to meet treatment technique of TOC
  (Medical Leader, 10/19) "Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers you have the right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct the situation."

• Neighborhoods will be included in sewer negotiations
  (Lexington Herald-Leader, 10/17) "Lexington's neighborhoods will have a seat at the table when city officials sit down with the Environmental Protection Agency to discuss aging sewers and stormwater problems."

— LOUISIANA

• Gulf drilling sales halted for environmental tests
  (Associated Press, 10/24) "The federal government has agreed to halt oil and natural gas lease sales off Louisiana's coast until it completes a new study of how drilling degrades the state's coastline."

• Parish Council can’t agree on drainage law
  (Baton Rouge Advocate, 10/21) "Those who follow the activities of Ascension Parish government know that various elements of it have been working on a drainage ordinance for more than 18 months."

• Sewage treatment details foil moratorium effort
  (Baton Rouge Advocate, 10/20) "The St. James Parish Council shot down on a 4-3 vote Wednesday an effort to impose a moratorium on new subdivisions lacking community sewage treatment plants."

• Fight for safe, clean drinking water continues
  (Shreveport Times, 10/19) "Water problems that have plagued the East Texas community of Bethany for more than three years are no closer to being solved."

• Drainage board may end contract
  (Baton Rouge Advocate, 10/19) "A majority of the East Ascension Drainage Board members, unhappy with Parish President Ronnie Hughes’ management and criticism, are considering canceling the board’s contract with parish government."

— MISSISSIPPI

• Sierra Club asks public to attend meeting on PFOA
  (Mississippi Press, 10/22) "Sierra Club Gulf Coast chapter members went door-to-door Saturday along Frederic Street, starting by the Pascagoula wastewater treatment plant, asking residents to come to Thursday's Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality meeting on perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA."

• Home sewage systems pose health threats
  (Jackson Clarion-Ledger, 10/22) "Home wastewater systems are pumping sewage into ditches and ponds that drain into the Ross Barnett Reservoir. Clogged spray heads dribble partially treated wastewater into yards where children play."

• Wetland filling-in regs may weaken
  (Biloxi Sun Herald, 10/20) "Environmentalists are scrambling to oppose a proposed weakening in the Army Corps of Engineers' regulations that govern the filling of Mississippi's 'low-quality' wetlands."

• Debris dumped near water treatment plant
  (Natchez Democrat, 10/19) "Debris from the recent city demolition of two buildings near the convention center was found along St. Catherine Creek at the city water treatment plant Thursday."

• Water harvest machine touted
  (Biloxi Sun Herald, 10/18) "Being surrounded by floodwaters with nothing fresh to drink can be the ultimate frustration for storm victims. But a Florida company, marketing an innovative water harvesting machine, thinks it can help in the critical days that follow a disaster."

— VIRGINIA

• Increasingly, grease mucks up sewers
  (Staunton News Leader, 10/23) "It's slimy, it's mushy, and it's downright stinky, but worst of all, many of the area's sewer outlet pipes and pump stations are covered in grease. And as business and residential units multiply, so does the grime."

• Role of farmlands cited in bay cleanup efforts
  (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/21) "Farmers are the key to the Chesapeake Bay's future, said speakers at a University of Richmond conference yesterday that focused on preservation efforts."

• Study aims to clean up county streams
  (Rappahannock News, 10/19) "Some of Rappahannock County's streams are overloaded with bacteria, and a new study is trying to find out just how much pollution the county's waters can take if they are to be fit for recreational activities."

• Taking trash out of Loudoun
  (Loudoun Times-Mirror, 10/17) "Ace Waste is asking the county for permission to pick up all the construction debris in the county. The collector and processor has submitted an application to build a solid waste transfer station."