Friday, May 5,
2006
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1494: Christopher Columbus sighted
Jamaica on his second trip to the Western Hemisphere. He named
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Celebrate National Drinking Water Week!
For more
than 30 years, the American Water Works Association has celebrated
Drinking Water Week with
its
members. In 1988, AWWA brought the event to the attention of our
government and formed a coalition along with the League of Women Voters,
the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, and the US EPA.
Rep. Robert Roe and Sen. Dennis DeConcini subsequently sponsored a
resolution to name the first full week of May as National Drinking Water
Week.
Today's News
Public Works
Spending Plan
Legislature approves public works spending plan
(Riverside P/E, 5/5) " State
lawmakers early Friday approved a series of bills that would place a
record public works spending plan before voters in November, reviving
a proposal that had broad public support but failed to pass the
Legislature earlier this year. "
State Senate passes $36 billion bond package (Contra Costa Times, 5/5) " Just
after midnight, the state Senate approved a historic, $36 billion
public-works plan that would renovate schools, add new highway lanes,
shore up aging levees -- and grant Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a
victory as he campaigns for re-election. "
Bond deal not quite there Pressured
to reach a deal before lengthy budget talks later this month, leading
lawmakers worked late Thursday to resurrect a plan to include a $35
billion bond package for roads, schools and levees on the November
ballot.
Waste Discharge Requirement
Water Supply
A lot riding on resolving $10 million in water aid (SD Union Tribune, 5/5) " The
water may be flowing, but a promised $10 million is not. More than two
years after the first stream of water made its journey to the San
Diego region from the Imperial Valley, not a dime of a special $10
million economic aid package has been released. "
High court could hear Siskiyou County water case (Redding Record Searchlight,
5/5) "The
California Supreme Court could decide next month whether to hear a
case that claims a Siskiyou County Superior Court judge may have
improperly voided a water contract for a proposed $120 million
Arrowhead spring water bottling plant here. "
Carlsbad loves desalination (Voice of San Diego, 5/5) "Talk
about a love fest. Carlsbad's planning commission couldn't say enough
nice things about the proposed desalination plant they approved
unanimously Wednesday night -- the first formal approval of using
ocean the a source of drinking water source in San Diego County. "
Planners approve Carlsbad desal project
(North County Times, 5/4) " Calling
it a brilliant and long-sought proposal, Carlsbad's planning
commissioners put their stamp of approval Wednesday on plans to build
a seaside desalination facility capable of producing 50 million
gallons of drinking water a day. "
Tap vs. bottle
(Monterey County Weekly, 5/4) " One
morning in late April eight people sat down to a table in the
upstairs dining room at Stokes Restaurant in downtown Monterey.
Before each place stood a phalanx of wineglasses and a score sheet.
Arthur von Wiesenberger, a distinguished-looking man with blue eyes
and smooth manner, introduced himself and gave the panelists some
pointers on what to look for over the next hour. "
Levees and Dams
Bethel Island levee leak prompts swift action
(Contra Costa Times, 5/5) " Faced
with the danger of a levee giving way, Bethel Island officials this
week took emergency action to dam the leak. "
Amendment reducing levee funding withdrawn
(San Francisco Chronicle, 5/4) " California's
battered levees withstood at least one onslaught Wednesday, beating
back a challenge from a single-minded Oklahoma senator fighting what
he sees as runaway spending in an emergency appropriations bill that
has grown way beyond its initial focus on the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan and recovery from Hurricane Katrina. "
Opposition to levee plan is retracted
(Sacramento Bee, 5/4) " An
Oklahoma Republican senator, facing certain defeat on an amendment to
strip levee-repair money along the Sacramento River from an emergency
spending bill, abruptly withdrew his measure Wednesday as California's
two Democratic senators announced that another $13 million for levee
work had been added to the swelling $108.5 billion measure. "
Federal deal speeds critical levee fixes
(Marysville Appeal-Democrat, 5/4) " California's
levees will be repaired with a little help from the feds, Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday. "
Levee visitors see site of showcase project
(Chico Enterprise-Record, 5/4) " With
the somewhat-milky Sacramento River glistening in the background, a
delegation of project planning students, program managers and
engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers got a peek at the J
levee on Wednesday. "
Dam leakage leads to flow (Bakersfield Californian, 5/4) " Sheriff's
Cmdr. Francis Moore is hoping there isn't an uptick in drownings.
Northeast Bakersfield resident Monty Byrom is worried about rising
river water creeping into his backyard. City water guru Florn Core is
watching storage ponds fill up. "
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