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September 9, 2003
Quote Of
The Day
"Middle age is when your broad mind
and narrow waist begin to change places."
E. Joseph Crossman
Today is the birthday of Joe Thiesman, Tom Wopat,
Michael Keaton, Hugh Grant, Kristy McNichol, Adam Sandler, and
Henry Thomas.
On this day in 1926, The National Broadcasting Company
(NBC) was created by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).
Check out ASCE's
2003 Infrastructure Report Card. You won't drive
to work today! And don't miss the
latest California
Infrastructure Brief this morning. Plenty of news,
too. Enjoy!
Today's
News
Water Deal
Other Water Supply News
Water Quality
Stormwater News
Rivers and Watersheds
- A
drummer who became a champion of free-flowing rivers
(Sacramento
Bee, 09/08) Opinion: "There
is a quiet, behind-the-scenes effort underway to restore
natural stream flows in many of California's waterways. If
conservationists have their way, some dams will crumble. But
in many other watersheds, although dams will remain, streams
will flow stronger and freer, spilling through existing dams
to mimic the action of natural, free-flowing rivers."
- Waterfalls'
restoration is planned
(LA Times, 09/08) "Too
bad Thaddeus Lowe is not around to cast a little light on
Rubio Canyon's problems. After all, his 6-million-candlepower
searchlight was believed to be one of the world's brightest a
century ago when it was perched on a mountaintop above the
rugged Altadena gorge."
- San
Clemente Dam may be taken out
(Monterey Herald, 09/09)
"Whether
the San Clemente Dam stays up or is torn down, something will
have to be done about the Carmel River."
Ocean News
Runoff News
Sewer News
Toxic Cleanup
Local/Agency News
- Capital
investments that make sense
(SD Union
Tribune, 09/03) Letter to the Editor by Gentle Readers
August Caires and Patrick Rymer: "Congratulations
to Padre Dam Municipal Water District customers, who can look
forward to even better service from their water district. This
month, Padre Dam's Board of Directors took action to invest in
much needed facilities that will benefit our customers for
decades to come."
- Gov.
appoints member to Regional Water Quality Control Board
(Governor's Office News
Release, 09/08) "Governor
Gray Davis today announced the appointment Lucille Palmer-Byrd
as a member of the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board, Central Valley Region."
- Gov.
appoints members to the California Water Commission.
(Governor's Office News
Release, 09/08) "Governor
Gray Davis today announced the appointments of Ashok Bhatt and
Katherine Wilson Moret as members of the California Water
Commission."
- Small
water districts get to hire members under bill
(Modesto Bee,
09/08) "A
few years ago, a levee that protected farmland on a delta
island was eroding and needed some work. When the lowest bid
for the repairs came in at $400,000, a farmer there said he'd
just use his bulldozer to push the dirt -- for $150,000 less.
So the reclamation district hired the farmer."
- The
lonely dissenters: Districts target leaders who question
(Sacramento Bee, 09/08)
Opinion: "Al
Vargas and Mary Harris don't know each other, but they are
political soulmates. They lead remarkably similar political
lives in their different corners of the local water world."
- Gabriel
Valley directors lower tax rate to homeowners
(Gabriel
Valley Municipal Water News Release, 09/08) "For
the third time in five years the Board of Directors of the San
Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District unanimously voted to
reduce its property tax rate assessment to homeowners in its
service area."
- Santa
Monica Baykeeper announces new Executive Director
(Santa
Monica Baykeeper News Release, 09/08) "The
Santa Monica Baykeeper announced today the appointment of
Tracy Egoscue as its new Executive Director and Baykeeper. Ms.
Egoscue has most recently served as a Deputy Attorney General
in the Natural Resources Section at the California Department
of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. She will assume
her new position at the Baykeeper effective Monday, September
15, 2003."
- Fontana
utility defends rate hike
(Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,
09/09) "A
70 percent increase in the price of water in Fontana is fair
and necessary to ensure that when Fontanans turn the tap,
clean water will flow, the San Gabriel Valley Water Company
asserts in rebuttal testimony filed Friday."
Everything Else
- AWWA
publishes new book titled: Water
Sources, Textbook, 3e
(AWWA 09/09) "The
first of the 5 texts in AWWA's popular training series,
Principles and Practices of Water Supply Operations (WSO), to
be updated, this 3rd edition introduces operator trainees to
the basic information related to the raw sources of drinking
water supply. The text assumes no prior knowledge and starts
with basic hydrology. Subsequent chapters go deeper
into sources for community drinking water supply;
operating wells, surface water, storage, groundwater, volume,
aquifers, water rights, regulations and more. Filled with
clarifying photos and illustrations. (Previous edition
ISBN: 0-89867-778-5)."
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