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March 7, 2005

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National/International News

—  Great Lakes News

• Rep. seeks federal study of erosion link to lakes' water loss
  (Detroit Free Press, 03/03) "Whether St. Clair River erosion has permanently lowered Great Lakes water levels is the question that could be answered by a $2.5-million federal study proposed Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township."
  
  
• Toronto mayor calls on cities to clean up Lakes
  (Globe and Mail, 03/03) "Major cities such as Toronto can 'make a unique and valuable contribution' to cleaning up the Great Lakes, Mayor David Miller told a congressional breakfast gathering of key players from both sides of the Canada-U.S. border yesterday."
  
  
• Great Lakes confab presses pollution issue
  (NWI Times, 03/03) "The Great Lakes Commission urged Congress on Wednesday to keep environmental concerns on the front burner during its 109th session while outlining the group's ecological and economic priorities for the coming year."
  

—  Water Supply

• Las Vegas bets on water
  (Washington Post, 02/27) Column. "In this city of histrionic architecture, the building that matters most may be the bland, low-slung headquarters of the Southern Nevada Water Authority."
  
  
• Las Vegas water pipeline could cost $2 billion, officials say
  (Las Vegas Sun, 03/01) "A plan to pipe water to Las Vegas from rural Nevada could cost more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate released by the Southern Nevada Water Authority."
  
   
• B.C. community wins best water award
  (CBC, 03/01) "The town of Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast is celebrating a prestigious award handed out for the world's best municipal drinking water."
  
  
• $319-million Arkansas irrigation project moves forward
  (Arkansas News Bureau, 03/04) "The Legislative Joint Budget Committee questioned the state's $105 million-plus share of the $319 million Grand Prairie Irrigation project on Thursday, and a construction contract for an early phase of the project along the White River is expected to be awarded today."
  

—  Water Quality

• Court clears settlement in DuPont case
  (Washington Post, 03/01) "A judge on Monday approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit alleging a chemical used in making the nonstick substance Teflon contaminated water supplies near DuPont Co.'s Washington Works plant."
  
  
• Sen. Hagel introduces Community Drinking Water Assistance Act
  (Southwest Nebraska News, 03/01) "It is now estimated that implementing new arsenic standards for public drinking water will cost affected Nebraska communities collectively $120 million over the next ten years."
  
  
• Report on perchlorate distorts relevance of scientific findings
  (Council on Water Quality, 03/01) News Release. "A report released on Feb. 23 from Texas Tech University on perchlorate in breast milk created the false impression that nursing mothers and their infants were at immediate risk and that sensitive populations hadn't been considered by the nation's leading experts on the subject."
  
  
• DuPont agrees to fund C8 treatment, health study
  (AWWA WaterWeek, 03/02) "Under terms of a court-approved settlement agreement between DuPont and a class of some 80,000 people living near DuPont's manufacturing facility in Parkersburg, W. Va., DuPont will provide an estimated $10 million to add water treatment technology to remove the chemical C8 from private wells and from public supplies provided by six water districts."
  
  
• Nebraska city will pay fines for water, sewer violations
  (McCook Daily Gazette, 03/03) "The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska, and the Attorney General for the State of Nebraska today announced a Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act settlement with the city of McCook, Nebraska."
  
  
• Portland will push for EPA exemption
  (Oregonian, 03/04) "By summer's end, new federal regulations could force Portland and its suburban water customers to spend at least $60 million to kill cryptosporidium, a nasty and occasionally lethal parasite that resists chlorine and medical treatment."
  

—  Water Resources

• Klamath farmers, fish at crossroads
  (Sacramento Bee, 02/27) "Through sickness and health, drought and abundance, Klamath basin farmers have been wedded to dirt-cheap power for nearly nine decades."
  
  
• New York appeals court: farm manure rules not protecting water
  (New York Newsday, 02/28) "A federal appeals court on Monday agreed with environmentalists that new federal clean-water rules were not protecting the nation's waters from the manure pollution of large farms."
  
  
• Recontamination feared for Housatonic River getting cleanup
  (Boston Globe, 03/03) "A stretch of the polluted Housatonic River that is being scrubbed clean with the help of more than $45 million in taxpayer money is in danger of becoming recontaminated."
  
  
• Cleanup to begin at B.C. mine near Olympic site
  (Reuters, 03/03) "British Columbia launched a $22 million project on Thursday to clean the water flowing from a former mine that is one of North America's worst sources of heavy metal pollution."
  

—  Wastewater

• Alaska not ready to run its wastewater permitting
  (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 03/01) "Before she left government service for the private sector, former Department of Environmental Conservation head Ernesta Ballard set in motion a process for the state, rather than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to issue wastewater discharge permits."
  
  
• Sewage bill would protect public from waterborne disease
  (U.S. Newswire, 03/03) News Release. "Conservationists praised Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Clay Shaw (R-Fla.) this morning as they introduced the Save Our Waters from Sewage Act. Advocates say the bill would protect the public from waterborne diseases by prohibiting publicly-owned treatment works from dumping partially treated sewage, and informing the public if such releases do occur."
  
  
• Lawmakers balk at wastewater rules
  (Grand Rapids Press, 03/04) "The dumping of partially treated wastewater into lakes and rivers should never happen, least of all with the blessings of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, says a Michigan congressman trying to stop the proposed change."
  

—  Mercury

• Superfund to pay for Cardozo school's mercury cleanup
  (Washington Times, 03/02) "The federal government will pay the $150,000 cost of cleaning Cardozo High School after students intentionally contaminated the building with mercury, government officials said yesterday."
  
  
• IQ loss linked to mercury deemed costly
  (Canada.com, 03/04) "Lower IQ levels linked to mercury exposure in the womb costs the United States $8.7 billion a year in lost earnings potential, according to a study released Monday by researchers at a New York hospital."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Cleanup of N.Y. landfill Superfund site complete, EPA says
  (Waste News, 03/04) "Cleanup work at the Syosset landfill Superfund site in Oyster Bay, N.Y., is complete, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said."
  

—  Everything Else

• Film promotes late senator's crusade against water shortage
  (Kansas City Star, 02/28) "Former Sen. Paul Simon's death in late 2003 cut short his last crusade, to persuade the public that the planet is facing a 'catastrophic crisis' of water shortage and contamination."
  
  
• 'Running Dry' paints bleak picture of world's water supply
  (Axcess News, 02/28) "The screen fades to black, and brilliant white capital letters appear: 'Worldwide, a child dies every 15 seconds from water related diseases.'"
  
  
• AWWA publishes new manual titled: Computer Modeling of Water Distribution Systems (M32)
  (AWWA, 03/02) "Just off press, this updated manual from the 1989 version (formerly called Distribution Network Analysis for Water Utilities, 2e), presents the basics of computerized programs and processes for control and maintenance of a water distribution system."
  
  
• Bush selects EPA leader
  (MSNBC, 03/04) "President Bush on Friday nominated Steve Johnson, the acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, as his choice to continue in the post. A 24-year EPA employee, Johnson would become the first professional scientist to head the agency if confirmed by the Senate."
  

Illinois

—  Water Supply

• Bloomington asked to study ongoing water issue
  (Bloomington Pantagraph, 02/28) "The funny taste and stinky smell of Bloomington's water is the subject of a study proposed by the city's water department."
  
  

• Is Rockford's water safe to drink?
  (Rockford Register Star, 02/28) "If you're one of 55,000 residents who received an official-looking, cream-colored notice with lots of tiny type from the city this month and the only word you noticed was 'radium,' don't panic."
  
  

• Canton council OKs infrastructure upgrade, expansion
  (Peoria Journal-Star, 03/02) "Future growth was an issue Tuesday as the City Council voted unanimously to upgrade and expand the city's infrastructure and to approve the sale of city-owned land for an upscale independent living center for senior citizens."
  
  

• Banner may link up with water project
  (Peoria Journal Star, 03/03) "Village President Ken Fuller is hoping Canton's $35 million water improvement project will have a trickle-down effect on his small village."
  
  

• Price tag assessed for Illinois-American Water Co.
  (Peoria Journal Star, 03/04) "After years of fighting for the right to buy the water company, Peoria finally will know today what it costs."
  

—  Water Resources

• Illinois Dept. of Health issues fish advisory
  (ABC7, 03/02) "Excessive amounts of mercury can cause neurological damage, especially in children and developing fetuses. The statewide warning applies to predator fish such as bass, walleye, catfish, northern pike, and other popular sportfish."
  
  
• Celebration of the Sangamon River Watershed scheduled March 9
  (Decatur Tribune, 03/02) "A Celebration of the Sangamon River Watershed and its People will be held Wednesday, Mar. 9 at Richland Community College's Shilling Center. This event is presented by the Agricultural Watershed Institute (AWI) and co-sponsored by he Decatur Audubon Society, City of Decatur, and Community Environmental Council of Macon County."
  

—  Stormwater

• Ashmore stormwater supply business changes hands
  (Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, 03/01) "A long-time manufacturer of storm-water drainage supplies gained a new owner and name this year. Eastern Illinois Precast Inc. of Ashmore was purchased in mid-January by County Materials Corp. of Marathon, Wis., with the local facility now bearing the name of its corporate owner."
  

—  Wastewater

• Chrisman facing expense of new wastewater treatment plant
  (Paris Beacon News, 03/01) "Engineers removed any doubt Monday night regarding the fate of the Chrisman waste water treatment plant. Michael R. Cline, vice president of Hannum, Wagle & Cline, addressed the Chrisman City Council regarding a study recently completed by his firm."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Batteries removed from Tutty's Crossing site near Pecatonica River
  (Freeport Journal-Standard, 03/04) "A truck full of dirt peppered with corroded batteries found at a local park was removed Thursday so the city could keep solvent the park's status: "clean enough for industrial use" as a park site, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency."
  

—  Everything Else

• Military relief box to appear on North Aurora water bills
  (Chicago Daily Herald, 03/03) "The North Aurora village board Monday unanimously approved printing information about the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund on village water bills. However, the message may not appear until December."
  

Indiana

—  Water Supply

• Whiting faces water-plant decision
  (NWI Times, 02/26) "If it weren't for the continuing property tax crisis, the decision to build a new water filtration plant would be a no-brainer, says Mayor Joe Stahura."
  
  
• Evansville links bus station purchase to groundwater cleanup
  (Evansville Courier & Press, 03/02) "The Redevelopment Commission is taking steps to protect Evansville from the expense of further environmental testing and cleanup at the Downtown Greyhound bus station, the only property on the so-called Kenny Kent block not yet acquired by the city."
   

—  Stormwater

• Flood study helps advance Fort Wayne's plans
  (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 02/27) "When Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard announced plans Feb. 16 to forge ahead with flood-prevention efforts along the St. Marys River and Fairfield Ditch, he was careful to say nothing had been decided."
  
  
• Managing stormwater pollution
  (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 02/28) Editorial. "Adoption of a proposed stormwater management ordinance in Allen County is an important step in protecting the water quality of local waterways."
  

—  Wastewater

• New Haven moves on sewer separation project
  (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 03/02) "The New Haven Board of Public Works gave the go-ahead Tuesday for the city to begin its most expensive public works project ever."
  
  
• Steuben Lakes sewer project worth the wait
  (KPC News, 03/03) "As much as many of us would have liked, the Steuben Lakes Regional Waste District sewer project has been delayed. To some, this probably comes as no surprise. To others, it might be disheartening."
   

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• IEPA hopes to sample Ford Heights landfill
  (NWI Times, 03/01) "Officials with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said Monday they hope to begin testing a controversial Ford Heights landfill for contaminants, possibly by the end of the month."
  
  
• Indiana farm receiving Chicago waste agrees to close temporarily
  (Chicago Tribune, 03/04) "The Indiana farm that receives truckloads of waste from Chicago's controversial blue-bag recycling program has agreed to temporarily close under pressure from environmental regulators."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• DuPont claims success in VX wastewater cleansing
  (News Journal, 03/04) "DuPont Co. said Tuesday it has been successful in capturing or eliminating 95 percent to 99 percent of two potentially harmful compounds in a chemical weapon disposal byproduct the company wants to treat in its New Jersey plant and discharge into the Delaware River."
  

—  Air Quality

• Purdue engineer to lead farm air pollution study
  (Indianapolis Star, 03/03) "A Purdue University agricultural engineer will lead a national study of air pollution emitted from huge livestock and poultry farms -- the first step toward possibly establishing emissions standards for such farms."
  

—  Everything Else

• Lowell hires firm for sewer, water main project
  (NWI Times, 03/01) "The town is moving forward with sanitary sewer and water main projects that officials say will not only open up the town's southeast end to development, but also improve water quality for existing customers."
  
  
• Danville sewer rates increase 78 percent
  (Indianapolis Star, 03/03) "Officials in Danville are blaming a computer malfunction for a sewer rate increase that didn't go into effect last year as planned. While that was good news for sewer customers in the past 12 months, they're paying for it now."
  

Michigan

—  Water Supply

• Saline treatment plant filters iron from tap water
  (Ann Arbor News, 02/28) "Saline's hallmark hard water has been tamed substantially as the city's new water treatment plant has started pumping iron-free water for the first time in city history."
  
  
• Ionia receives national award for drinking-water system
  (Detroit Free Press, 03/02) "The city's drinking-water system has made a big splash with the American Water Works Association, which recently judged the system to be the best of any North American city with a population of less than 50,000 people."
  
  
• Blackman Twp. prison water deal: Good for everyone
  (Jackson Citizen Patriot, 03/03) "It has taken years to work out, but the state prison complex in Blackman Township finally can look forward to receiving city water. Last week the Jackson City Council approved the water deal. Blackman Township had already approved the terms."
  
  
• Grand Haven Twp. might tap Grand Rapids water
  (Muskegon Chronicle, 03/03) "Some of the water normally destined for Grand Rapids could be tapped by Grand Haven Township this summer to avoid sprinkling bans and other water restriction uses."
  

—  Water Resources

• Saginaw Bay's Tobico flood gate will be ready come spring
  (Bay City Times, 02/28) "A new system to improve water flow through the Saginaw Bay's Tobico Marsh and guard against flooding of nearby homes will be operational in time for the spring thaw, officials said."
  
  
• Groups rally against Frankenlust Twp. dredging spoils site
  (Bay City Times, 03/02) "Residents opposed to plans to pile contaminated Saginaw River dredgings at a site in Frankenlust Township continued to press government officials at public hearing Tuesday."
  
  
• Bills allow yardwork near water
  (Port Huron Times Herald, 03/02) "Two local legislators hope a pair of bills will mean less paperwork for local homeowners. State Sen. Jud Gilbert, R-Algonac, and Rep. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Township, are working together to get bills passed that would allow home- owners along waterways to do routine maintenance in their yards and gardens without getting a permit."
  
  
• Allendale Twp. planners approve wetlands
  (Grand Rapids Press, 03/03) "The Planning Commission approved a special-use permit for a 92nd Avenue subdivision that will include a boardwalk and wetlands."
  
  
• Developer will fix runoff in Leighton Twp., official says
  (Grand Rapids Press, 03/03) "A family wants the Township Board's help in dealing with water from a residential development under construction."
  

—  Stormwater

• Downriver residents get $13 million for flooding
  (Detroit News, 02/28) "Wayne County and eight suburban cities will pay $12.75 million to settle flooding claims by as many as 9,000 Downriver homeowners whose basements were filled with raw sewage during a massive 2000 storm."
  

—  Wastewater

• Livingston County officials to study sewer line hookups
  (Detroit News, 02/28) "County officials are scheduled to discuss several water supply, sewage and drainage issues at a 7:30 p.m. meeting today. The meeting by the infrastructure and development subcommittee of the Livingston County Board of Commissioners will go over what needs to be done to move smaller sanitary sewer systems into nearby larger ones."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Canadian official says shipment will stop in 2010
  (Bay City Times, 03/01) "Toronto is a large exporter of municipal trash to Michigan landfills, but the state still can learn a thing or two about conservation from its Canadian neighbor, a Toronto official told tri-county leaders."
  
  
• Sanilac throws out Canadian trash plan
  (Port Huron Times Herald, 03/03) "The Sanilac County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday recommended keeping Canadian trash out of the county."
  

—  Everything Else

• Repair bill angers Macomb sewer customers
  (Detroit News, 02/27) "Malek and other Macomb County residents will have to pay $17 a year for the next 30 years to help pay for the $35 million repair bill for the collapsed interceptor sewer."
  
  
• Detroit considers water credits for some
  (Detroit Free Press, 03/02) "On her fixed income of $570 a month, Detroiter Joetta Hawkins can barely pay the mortgage on the house she's owned for 27 years. Add monthly water bills that can top $70 and Hawkins, who is on disability, says she has 'issues up and over her head.'"
  

Minnesota

—  Water Supply

• Buhl Water Company is expanding
  (Duluth News Tribune, 03/02) "Orders are flooding in for the water from Buhl, and the company's owner plans to make it the Evian of the Midwest."
  
  
• Isanti looks to lower radium in water
  (Minneapolis Star Tribune, 03/03) "Due to recent violations the city of Isanti has been hit with in regards to radium in its water supply, the Isanti City Council took action during its meeting Tuesday, March 1 to work on resolving the problem."
  

—  Water Resources

• Pennington County studies options for drainage problems
  (Thief River Falls Times, 03/01) "Pennington County Engineer Mike Flaagen outlined two options for resolving County Ditch (CD) 1’s drainage problems at last week’s Pennington County Board of Commissioners meeting."
  
  
• Groups say clean water bill is 'murky'
  (Fargo Forum, 03/02) "Groups representing Greater Minnesota told lawmakers Tuesday that a clean water bill before the Legislature contains murky details."
  
  
• Washington County water quality improves
  (St. Paul Pioneer Press, 03/03) "Some Washington County lakes have a little more sparkle this year, according to a report card on water quality issued this week by the Washington Conservation District."
  
  
• White Lake priorities outlined
  (Albert Lea Tribune, 03/03) "After several public meetings, management plans for the White Lake (Lake Chapeau) lakeshed will soon be underway."
  
  
• New report: Livestock farms good for water quality, habitat
  (Walker Pilot Independent, 03/03) "A retired waterfowl biologist from the Great Plains says it is never a good sign when cattle trucks start leaving the prairie."
  
  
• State committee rejects DNR's proposed waterway regulations
  (Duluth News Tribune, 03/04) "Rules proposed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on construction work and other activities near waterways have been rejected by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee."
  

—  Wastewater

• Annandale and Maple Lake: cleaner water, faster
  (St. Paul Pioneer Press, 03/01) "The cities of Annandale and Maple Lake thought they were doing all the right things. Looking to attract development and knowing they needed to upgrade their wastewater treatment plants, the two central Minnesota cities collaborated."
  
  
• WLSSD buys backup generators to prevent overflows
  (Duluth News Tribune, 03/01) "The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District on Monday night moved a step closer to reducing major sewage overflows when the board allocated nearly $4.4 million to buy four electrical generators for sewage pumping."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Plastic bottles: Watering down the environment
  (WCCO News, 03/04) "Getting your eight glasses of water every day could be leading to an environmental problem. In order to get the water, many people buy bottled water. It’s refreshing, but the bottles are causing problems in the dumps. They take up too much room."
  

—  Everything Else

• State water tax causes Dakota County concerns
  (Burnsville This Week, 03/04) "Next year’s Dakota County property tax increase could double if a legislative water tax proposal Gov. Tim Pawlenty has pledged to sign is passed."
  

Ohio

—  Water Supply

• Boil-water advisory issued for part of Ottawa
  (Toledo Blade, 02/28) "The village’s water department has issued a boil advisory for residents of the area bounded by East Third and East Fourth streets and Hickory and Pratt streets."
  
  
• Water protection on Athens Council agenda
  (Athens Post Online, 03/01) "The long-discussed amendments to the Wellhead Protection Plan will finally make their way onto the Athens City Council agenda, council members agreed at last night's city services committee meeting. Council will vote whether to enact the water-protection ordinance into law after it goes through three readings."
  
  
• Waverly needs help with repairs to city's lagoon
  (Chillicothe Gazette, 03/02) "The city had poured $100,000 into improving a lagoon that helps treat the city's drinking water. But after the flooding in early January, the lagoon is gone, said Mayor Bill Kelly."
  
  
• Martinsville water plant operator falsified reports
  (WCPO, 03/04) "A local water plant operator has pleaded guilty to making false statements about the amount of chlorine in the water supply."
  
  
• How big a risk are elevated pollutants in Sunday Creek water?
  (Athens News, 03/04) "A letter recently sent to Athens County residents in the Sunday Creek Valley Water District stated that the water they are drinking may cause cancer or a variety of other health problems."
  

—  Water Resources

• EPA warns Ohio anglers to monitor consumption of fish
  (Tiffin Advertiser Tribune, 03/03) "EPA guidelines change from year to year and have many factors that dictate how people prepare and eat fish. One statewide recommendation suggests people should not to eat more than one meal of fish per week."
  

—  Wastewater

• Jefferson board of trustees asks for sewer grant
  (Chillicothe Gazette, 03/02) "The Jefferson Township Board of Trustees asked Ross County Commissioners Monday to apply for grants on its behalf to help its sanitary sewer project."
  
  
• Sycamore sewer plant expansion expected to bring cleaner river
  (Loveland Herald, 03/02) "The Environmental Protection Agency is expecting a cleaner river to be the result of expanding the Sycamore Creek wastewater treatment plant."
  
  
• Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District takes stand
  (PR Newswire, 03/03) News Release. "In compliance with the Clean Water Act, The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) today adopted a 30-year schedule to design and construct its Combined Sewer Overflow Control Program, which aims to limit pollution caused by combined sewer overflows during heavy rainfall."
  
  
• Morristown wastewater connection approved
  (Martins Ferry Times Leader, 03/03) "The Belmont County Commissioners approved the next step in the village of Morristown's ongoing plan to construct its own wastewater treatment facility on Wednesday."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Seneca dump taking more out-of-state trash
  (Toledo Blade, 03/03) "State and local officials say they're monitoring a Seneca County landfill that has recorded a sharp increase in deliveries of out-of-state trash over the past year."
   

—  Air Quality

• Meeting to launch anti-burn efforts in Portage County
  (Akron Beacon Journal, 03/01) "Opponents of the U.S. Army's plan to burn wooden buildings contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) will hold a community meeting tonight."
  

Wisconsin

—  Water Supply

• Waukesha finds new well site to southwest
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 02/28) "A new source of radium-free drinking water may enter the city's supply this year as officials from the water utility investigate a promising well site southwest of town, utility manager Dan Duchniak said Monday."
  
  
• Waukesha mayor making fifth D.C. trip to seek funds for water woes
  (Waukesha Freeman, 03/02) "Mayor Carol Lombardi will be in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday lobbying federal leaders for more money to subsidize the city’s radium compliance efforts, the cost of which continues to climb."
  
  
• Water Authority advertisement seeks bids on pipeline project
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 03/03) "Legal notices advertised Tuesday seeking bids to construct the first local portions of a water pipeline distribution system are a tangible sign of progress for the Central Brown County Water Authority."
  
  
• Editorial: That giant draining sound
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03/03) "Before authorities start seriously considering whether and how much water should be pumped out of the Great Lakes basin for thirsty communities such as Waukesha, they should first determine whether and how much water is being wasted thanks to a federal dredging project in the St. Clair River near Detroit."
  
  
• Rice Lake's water supply earns international award
  (Rice Lake Chronotype, 03/04) "Rice Lake’s water did it again. Straight from the tap and whisked to the International Water Tasting Competition in West Virginia, the city’s water tied for third place in the municipal water category."
  

—  Water Resources

• Polluted Bradford, McKinley beach debate continues
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 02/28) "The commission that oversees the sewerage district wants the state Department of Natural Resources to force Milwaukee County to clean up the pollution that is causing most of the Bradford and McKinley beach closures."
  
  
• Genesee dam demolition creates faster, colder stream for trout
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03/01) "This week's demolition of a 160-year-old dam on Genesee Creek will allow trout to inhabit a waterway that flows colder and faster and cuts through a nature sanctuary, as it did before farms and homes altered the landscape of central Waukesha County."
  
  
• Liquid manure threatens Sugar River
  (Capital Times, 03/01) "A major fish kill in the West Branch of the Sugar River here might force the river back on to a federal list of degraded waters after years of restoration by environmental groups."
  
  
• DNR rules held up, definitions sought
  (Wisconsin Radio Network, 03/03) "Wildlife groups call foul as the Assembly Natural Resources committee blocks implementation of rules protecting habitat and water quality."
  
  
• Special tax will help clean lake
  (Baraboo News Republic, 03/03) "Organizers behind an effort to clean up Mirror Lake are plugging away to get enough signatures to create a Lake Protection District."
  

—  Wastewater

• Monroe: Second sewage plant study gets go-ahead
  (Monroe Times, 03/01) "The Monroe Board of Public Works Monday decided to ask the City Council to hire Applied Technologies to conduct a second wastewater sewer plant study."
  
  
• Kettle Moraine School District doesn't include septic solution
  (Lake County Reporter, 03/03) "The district is ready to finish the last tasks of the high school expansion and renovation project, but the plans won't include a permanent solution to the school's wastewater problem."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Public information sessions scheduled for Ashland Superfund site
  (Ashland Daily Press, 03/01) "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has said that seasonal field work for the ongoing investigation of contamination at the Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront Superfund site in Ashland will begin the week of Feb. 28."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Landfill to fatten Racine County's coffers
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 03/03) "They may not know it, but Racine County residents have a significant financial stake in the proposed expansion of the Metro landfill in Franklin."
  

—  Manure Waste

• Door County residents voice concerns about mega-farm
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 03/04) "In a crowd of about 50 people, twelve spoke on the record. Nine said they were opposed to the permit or raised serious concerns about it — odor, truck traffic, manure-spreading and worries about groundwater contamination."
  

—  Everything Else

• State events honor father of ecology
  (Appleton Post-Crescent, 03/04) "The father of the modern-day science of ecology will be the focus of attention at community events across Wisconsin this weekend."