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May 9, 2005

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National/International News

—  Great Lakes News

• Scientists probe Lake Erie's dead zones
  (CBC, 05/03) "Low oxygen levels could threaten the health of the ecosystem in Lake Erie, say scientists who have launched a two-year study."
  
  
• Lake water levels continue to rise
  (Muskegon Chronicle, 05/05) "Water levels in Lake Michigan are currently six inches above last year at this time, and a foot higher than in April 2003, according to data compiled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
  

—  Water Supply

• Montana's water problems spilling over into other states
  (Great Falls Tribune, 05/02) "The Missouri River, the nation's longest, is struggling in the dry clutches of a multiyear drought. For six years, the river's three giant reservoirs on the Northern Plains have dropped slowly and alarmingly, curbing recreation, hydropower generation and commercial navigation downstream."
  
  
• Norton: Water to Lake Mead won't be reduced
  (Las Vegas Sun, 05/03) "Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced that the federal government will not reduce the amount of water to be released from Lake Powell to Lake Mead through the remainder of this "water year," which ends Sept. 30."
  
  
• Mass. town's water crisis earns state review
  (Boston Globe, 05/05) "For years, no one knew or worried about a small piece of underground electrical wiring that serviced Billerica's water filtration plant on Boston Road."
  
  
• Ontario eyes North Dakota water proposal
  (Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, 05/05) "The Ontario government has joined a growing list of groups opposed to a North Dakota proposal to siphon off water from Lake of the Woods."
  
  
• Environmental groups voice opposition to Devils Lake outlet
  (Grand Forks Herald, 05/06) "Several environmental groups have sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking her to stop North Dakota from pumping water out of Devils Lake into Canada."
  

—  Water Quality

• New Hampshire MTBE suit may be in jeopardy
  (Concord Monitor, 05/03) "The energy bill recently passed by the House could stall a New Hampshire lawsuit that seeks compensation from companies for cleaning up MTBE damage to groundwater, the state's attorney general said."
  
  
• Maxville, Ont., water tested after ethanol spill
  (CBC, 05/03) "People living in Maxville, Ont., are being told not to drink water from their wells after a train car leaked 60,000 litres of ethanol in the area."
  
  
• House panel approves $850 million for each SRF
  (AWWA WaterWeek, 05/04) "The House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee on May 4 marked up FY2006 spending legislation that includes $850 million each for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs)."
  

—  Water Resources

• Here's what ocean germs cost you
  (Chicago Tribune, 05/03) "Beachgoers who get sick after swimming off two popular Orange County beach areas rack up about $3 million annually in health-related expenses, according to a study announced Monday."
  
  
• Thousands of students in eight states to test water
  (Yahoo News, 05/03) Press Release. "Thousands of students across eight states and Canada are turning out to test the quality of their local watersheds this month as part of the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) program, Earth Force President Vince Meldrum announced today."
  
  
• EPA fines dredging company for ocean-dumping violations
  (Aggregate Research, 05/06) "Continuing its work to ensure the protection of local waterways, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has taken action against the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), a Not for Profit Public Benefit Corporation, for violating the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), commonly known as the Ocean Dumping Act."
  

—  Wastewater

• Denver's wastewater district recognized for 10 perfect years
  (Yahoo News, 05/02) "The Metro Wastewater Reclamation District has won its second consecutive Platinum Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA, formerly the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies) for its second five-year period without a single numerical violation of its discharge permit."
  
  
• Washington's fragile shellfish industry fears wastewater proposal
  (Seattle Times, 05/03) "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is drafting a new policy outlining when sewage plants can let waste that is only partially treated pour into streams, estuaries and bays."
  
  
• Accord is near on waste discharge in Georgia
  (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 05/03) "The battle over Lake Lanier may finally be over, clearing the way for Gwinnett County to start discharging treated wastewater into it as early as 2007."
  
  
• Pennsylvania DEP reviewing town's sewer records
  (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 05/05) "State environmental officials looking for tapes of council meetings in Penn Hills last week were checking whether Penn Hills kept all records pertaining to illegal sewer discharge for five years."
  
  
• Water reclamation holds big potential
  (Washington Times, 05/06) "The new water reclamation facility that began operating this week at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico presents just one example of how such efforts are increasing nationwide, though the technology's full potential remains untapped, experts told United Press International."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Old Firestone plant in Calif. gets off Superfund list
  (Monterey Herald, 05/04) "The old Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. factory south of Salinas has been removed from the federal Superfund list by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ending more than two decades of concerns about toxins at the site."
  
  
• U.S. aims to join 'dirty dozen' chemical ban
  (MSNBC, 05/06) "Delegates from 130 nations meeting here Friday were buoyed by word from the United States that it is looking to join an international treaty calling for the phase-out of a dozen of the world’s most hazardous pesticides and chemicals."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Zoo studies animal waste as energy source
  (Chicago Tribune, 05/03) "The Rosamond Gifford Zoo is looking to become the first zoo in the nation to be powered by its own animal waste -- particularly the prodigious piles produced by its pachyderms."
  
  
• DOE-sponsored project turns coal waste into building material
  (Science Daily, 05/05) "Working under a $7.2 million U.S. Department of Energy cooperative agreement, a Western Pennsylvania-based company recently converted 430 tons of coal combustion by-products (CCB) into valuable building material."
  

—  Everything Else

• AWWA offers 'reasons to fill this bottle with tap water'
  (US Newswire, 05/03) AWWA News Release. "In an age when many people pay $1.50 for 20 ounces of bottled water, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) this week is reminding people of the value of tap water by distributing bottles that provide 'Reasons to Fill This Bottle With Tap Water.'"
  

Illinois

—  Water Supply

• Reports that Bloomington, Normal want Peoria water exaggerated
  (Bloomington Pantagraph, 04/30) "Reports that Bloomington and Normal are serious about tapping into Peoria's water supply are greatly exaggerated, according to Twin City officials."
  
  

• EPA mandate could rock Grand Ridge
  (Streator Times-Press, 05/05) "A new federal drinking water rule has likely left water customers in Grand Ridge with a big bill."
  

—  Water Resources

• Obama call on Congress to pass locks, dams modernization bill
  (Chester Sun Times, 05/04) "Tuesday called on Congress to pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2005 (WRDA), which would modernize Illinois' lock and dam system."
  
  
• Ag Professionals hear Iroquois River watershed update
  (Iroquois County Times-Republic, 05/05) "Only four sites remain for the Iroquois River Watershed Group's flow obstruction removal project."
  
  
• 21-acre island to be built in Illinois River
  (Peoria Journal Star, 05/06) "A 21-acre island in the Illinois River north of the McClugage Bridge likely will be constructed a year from now."
  

—  Wastewater

• Du Quoin Council approves new wastewater treatment plant
  (Southern Illinoisan, 05/02) "After many years of waiting, Du Quoin will soon get a new wastewater treatment plant. The city council this week approved a contract with Followell Construction of Marion for $5.958 million for construction of the new plant."
  
  
• St. Joseph sewer plans proceed despite doubling of cost
  (Champaign News-Gazette, 05/02) "An ammonia discharge from the University of Illinois' Abbott Power Plant more than two years ago has doubled the cost of St. Joseph's sanitary sewer expansion project."
  
  
• Murphysboro mayor looks forward to wastewater facility
  (Southern Illinoisan, 05/03) "A couple of weeks ago, Murphysboro Mayor Ron Williams attended the grand opening of Carbondale's new wastewater treatment facility and he said his mouth was watering with anticipation for Murphysboro."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Cleanup completed at Pekin Landfill
  (Peoria Journal Star, 04/30) "A local company recently completed cleanup work on the abandoned Pekin Landfill."
  
  
• Annexation to avert West Chicago waste-transfer site
  (Chicago Tribune, 05/04) "West Chicago officials this week annexed land north of the DuPage Airport containing a construction-debris recycling facility, putting to rest old fears that the tract might become a garbage transfer station."
  

—  Everything Else

• Water, sewer extension approved for Pella in Macomb
  (Macomb Journal, 05/03) "City council members Monday awarded a $323,000 construction contract to extend water and sewer service to the planned Pella Window factory on the eastern edge of the city."
  
  
• Addison water rate increase reduced to 5 cents
  (Chicago Tribune, 05/04) "Residents will see a smaller-than-expected increase in their water rates after the Village Board on Monday approved the change."
  

Indiana

—  Water Supply

• Valparaiso groundwater guardians a small, vital group
  (NWI Times, 05/02) "With the limited supply of groundwater, you'd think everybody would be a groundwater guardian. They're not."
  
  
• Wakarusa water mystery solved
  (Elkhart Truth, 05/04) "Clues trickling up from a town utility employee to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management solved the town's watery mystery."
  
  
• Madison to charge more for water line installation
  (Madison Courier, 05/04) "Installation rates for Madison’s water lines are going up considerably because the city was losing money under the current rates, the Board of Public Works & Safety decided yesterday."
   

—  Water Resources

• Grand Cal cleanup one piece of region's future quality of life
  (NWI Times, 05/05) "Although nothing has been officially decided, dreamers envision a nearly $60 million effort to restore the Grand Calumet River one day."
  

—  Stormwater

• Pollution prevention goes to the street in Hamilton County
  (Noblesville Daily Times, 05/04) "Little things add up n grass clippings, cooking oil, dirt from a construction site n and when residents in Hamilton County slip them into stormwater drains, those little things end up at the bottom of ponds intended solely for stormwater."
  

—  Wastewater

• Brooklyn, Bethany work to resolve dispute over sanitary sewer
  (Mooresville/Decatur Times, 04/30) "Whose responsibility is it to pay for Bethany Park’s portion of the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project?"
  
  
• Missed deadline delays Churubusco sewer project
  (Columbia City Post & Mail, 05/03) "The town of Churubusco missed an April 1 application deadline for money needed for a sewer plant improvement project."
  
  
• Bargersville could treat sewage for White River Twp. subdivisions
  (Johnson County Daily Journal, 05/03) "The town of Bargersville wants to treat sewage from seven White River Township subdivisions."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Nerve agent destruction begins this week
  (Indianapolis Star, 05/03) "Destruction of the deadly VX nerve agent will begin on Thursday at the Newport Chemical Depot in western Indiana, the U.S. Army said today."
  
  
• Lead-tainted Indianapolis neighborhood hoping for help
  (Indianapolis Star, 05/06) "The neighborhood is a crazy quilt of dead-end roads and small factories, with homes squeezed in between."
  

—  Dairy Waste

• Blackford County dairy gets draft permit
  (Muncie Star Press, 05/01) "Ducks flew out of water standing in fields as Pat McAtee drove up and down the country road where Gerwin and Marinke Oolman hope to build a large dairy farm."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Richmond landfill grows with TLC
  (Richmond Palladium-Item, 05/02) "In many ways, the Richmond Landfill is Rick McGuire's baby. He has run the landfill for 26 years, starting out as a 29-year-old manager when the facility, in its infancy, was 90 acres."
  
  
• Activists fight trash sorting site near Mt. Baldy
  (Chicago Sun-Times, 05/03) "Seems just about everybody -- residents, environmental groups and local governments -- is trashing a proposal to build a solid waste transfer station a mile from Mt. Baldy, a landmark of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore."
  

Michigan

—  Water Supply

• Detroit wins best-tasting water contest
  (Detroit Free Press, 05/03) "Detroit's water is the best in southeastern Michigan, winning first place in a regional taste-off competition held last month."
  
  
• Judge issues ruling on Marquette water lawsuit
  (WLUC-TV, 05/03) "The long and sometimes heated water dispute between Marquette and Marquette Township has been resolved."
  
  
• Sand Lake's water rates may double to pay for well
  (Grand Rapids Press, 05/05) "The village plans to issue up to $200,000 in bonds to drill a well, and water rates could double to pay for it."
  

—  Water Resources

• Lake study may undo Delhi Twp. drain project
  (Lansing State Journal, 05/01) "A $1 million drain project may have to be reversed to save a 40-acre lake, state environmental officials say."
  
  
• Crews cleaning up property along Tittabawassee River
  (Detroit Free Press, 05/04) "Dow Chemical Co. is steam-cleaning carpets, purging ventilation ducts and even wiping the dust from the tops of refrigerators as part of a state-mandated dioxin remediation plan along the Tittabawassee River."
  
  
• Cannon Twp. to move forward with phosphate fertilizer ban
  (Grand Rapids Press, 05/05) "After four months of reviewing data and talking with local water quality and lawn care experts, township officials plan to move forward with a ban on phosphate fertilizers around area lakes."
  
  
• Shoreline contamination cleanup to begin in Little Traverse Bay
  (Detroit Free Press, 05/06) "The cleanup of highly caustic water that has collected along the shoreline of Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay is expected to begin next week."
  
  
• Warriors for Rifle River earn research respect from the pros
  (Bay City Times, 05/06) "Don't call the Water Warriors' work kid stuff. These students from Ogemaw Heights High School have won respect for their professional-quality analyses of the upper Rifle River and its tributaries."
  
  
• Weak dams threaten Allegan County
  (Grand Rapids Press, 05/06) "Several dams on the Kalamazoo River in the county are at risk of failing, potentially leading to release of PCBs that are now being held in sediment by those dams, a state Department of Natural Resources official told county commissioners Thursday."
  

—  Wastewater

• Rouge River is on a slow track to recovery
  (Detroit Free Press, 05/03) "The river that flows through 466 square miles of three metro Detroit counties seldom meets state water-quality standards for swimming."
  
  
• Rouge River sewage source is a mystery
  (Detroit Free Press, 05/03) "Before she stepped into the Rouge River on a recent sunny afternoon, Wayne County environmental specialist Susan Thompson pulled on rubber chest waders and latex gloves."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Bay City mercury spill leaves parent concerned over son's exposure
  (Bay City Times, 05/06) "A spill of highly toxic liquid mercury and suspected PCBs has been cleaned up in Bay City, but a parent of one of three boys who found the spill wants answers."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Closed landfill in Saginaw Twp. possibly leaking
  (Saginaw News, 05/05) "Saginaw Township may have to spend half a million dollars or more on the closed Center Road landfill to stop the possibility of contaminated leachate flowing into the Tittabawassee River."
  

Minnesota

—  Water Supply

• Water monitoring test results for 2004
  (KARE 11, 05/03) "During 2004, Minnesota Department of Health conducted 19,123 tests for pesticides and industrial contaminants in community water systems. No systems exceeded drinking water standards for these contaminants."
  
  
• Report: State's drinking water is clean
  (St. Paul Pioneer Press, 05/04) "Minnesota's 966 community water systems are in good shape and had relatively few contamination problems last year, the Minnesota Department of Health reported Tuesday."
  
  
• North Oaks well problems limited
  (St. Paul Pioneer Press, 05/04) "New testing ordered after a man-made chemical known to cause cancer was found in two North Oaks wells has shown no further contamination, a state pollution control official said Tuesday."
  
  
• Red Rock Rural Water System gets $6.9 million
  (Minneapolis Star Tribune, 05/05) "A federal grant and loan for $6.9 million will help add 460 customers to the Red Rock Rural Water System, which sprawls across nine southwestern Minnesota counties, roughly between Fairmont and Marshall."
  
  
• Province eyes Lake of the Woods water proposal
  (Thunder Bay Chronicle, 05/05) "The Ontario government has joined a growing list of groups opposed to a North Dakota proposal to siphon off water from Lake of the Woods. Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay said Wednesday the province shares the concerns of Manitoba and Minnesota, and is opposed to any diversion of water by pipeline from Lake of the Woods to North Dakota."
  

—  Water Resources

• Crews step up Lake Superior beach testing efforts
  (Duluth News Tribune, 05/01) "Crews will wade into Lake Superior and the Twin Ports harbor starting Monday and probably will find high bacteria levels. For the third consecutive summer, some beaches almost certainly will be posted unsafe for humans."
  
  
• House panel drops water cleanup fee
  (St. Paul Pioneer Press, 05/04) "With no visible support, a controversial option to pay for a broad-based cleanup of Minnesota lakes and rivers was dumped Tuesday by a House committee weighing a list of funding alternatives."
  
  
• Clean water bill gets hung up on funding
  (Duluth News Tribune, 05/05) "A bill that aims to filter $80 million a year into state and local programs for protecting and restoring water quality in Minnesota is struggling to stay afloat, even though top proponents hope the measure can move forward."
  

—  Wastewater

• Thief River Falls Council considers $3.31M sludge treatment project
  (Thief River Falls Times, 05/03) "Thief River Falls City Council members heard about an estimated $3.31 million sludge treatment project at an April 26 public hearing."
  
  
• Nielsville gets wastewater funds
  (Crookston Daily Times, 05/04) "Steve Wenzel, state director of Rural Development in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), visited Nielsville Friday to present a $152,000 check to the city of Nielsville for a city-wide wastewater collection and treatment system."
  
  
• Wilson residents seek review of sewer plan
  (Winona Daily News, 05/05) "A group of Wilson Township residents has petitioned the state Environmental Quality Board to require the city of Winona to do an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for its Pleasant Valley sewer extension, slated to begin in June."
  
  
• More capacity at Princeton wastewater plant than thought
  (Princeton Union-Eagle, 05/05) "First the calculation was that the Princeton wastewater treatment plant could take on only about 250 more homes. That was a year ago."
  

Ohio

—  Water Supply

• Gambier discusses water
  (Mount Vernon News, 05/03) "The school levy vote and the possibility of the village building its own water filtration plant and drilling its own wells were a few of many topics discussed and reported on at Gambier’s Village Council meeting on Monday."
  
  
• Harrison residents wake to water main break
  (WHIO-TV, 05/04) "People in Harrison Township woke up to a water main break that occurred around 10 p.m. Tuesday. The break happened on Webster Street between Wagoner Ford and Needmore roads."
  
  
• Council offers Toledo water to Lucas County
  (Toledo Blade, 05/04) "More than 150 homeowners in western Lucas County could soon have the opportunity to tap into city water lines, following Toledo City Council action last night."
  
  
• Wooster residents want to sink pipe plan
  (Akron Beacon Journal, 05/05) "The steady growth in Wadsworth and projections that the city won't have enough water in the near future to serve that growing population sent city leaders searching for a new and stable supply."
  
  
• Belmont County advances water service extension plans
  (Martins Ferry Times Leader, 05/05) "Belmont County officials are moving forward with plans to extend water service to rural areas in the southern and western portions of the county."
  

—  Water Resources

• Research boat to get Toledo's red-carpet treatment
  (Toledo Blade, 05/02) "Weather permitting, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 32-foot research vessel is to be lowered by crane into the Ottawa River this morning to help scientists spend up to a month grabbing samples of some of Ohio's most filthy, smelly, and oily muck."
  
  
• River Sweep involves six states
  (Martins Ferry Times Leader, 05/02) "Volunteers are needed for River Sweep 2005, scheduled for Saturday, June 18, along the shoreline of the Ohio, Allegheny, Monongahela, Beaver, Kanawha and Kentucky rivers and other tributaries."
  
  
• Volunteers have Miami-Erie Canal flowing in right direction
  (Delphos Herald, 05/04) "Stagnant. For many years, the greatest complaint about the Miami-Erie Canal in Delphos has been that water doesn’t flow and becomes stale. Community efforts into developing the potential of the canal were also at a standstill. The tide is changing."
  
  
• Miami River: Protecting a treasure
  (Cincinnati Enquirer, 05/04) "Greater Cincinnati residents have long thought of the Little Miami River as something - one of the few somethings, perhaps - that we've done right by on environmental grounds."
  
  
• Volunteers aim for clean sweep along Cuyahoga River
  (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 05/06) "Organizers of the annual Cuyahoga RiverSweep expect to hit a milestone Saturday: They will pick up the 20,000th illegally dumped tire." 
  

—  Wastewater

• Commission finalizes deal for Mowrystown wastewater plant
  (Hillsboro Times-Gazette, 05/05) "The purchase of property for the construction of the Mowrystown Wastewater Treatment Plant was finalized this week."
  

—  Everything Else

• Three women frustrated trying to contain Delta's plant costs
  (Toledo Blade, 05/05) "The three Delta women who wanted to put a referendum on the village's water rate increase on the November ballot and halt construction on its new water treatment plant in the meantime had feared their effort might lose in court."
  
  
• Ohio water head is subject of probe
  (Lorain Morning Journal, 05/06) "The general manager of the Northern Ohio Rural Water organization is under investigation for allegations of misappropriation of funds."
  

Wisconsin

—  Water Supply

• Water ideas worth a look
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04/30) Editorial. "Officials in Waukesha County are starting to back up their plea for more water with something more than empty rhetoric. And what they're saying deserves some serious attention."
  
  
• Waukesha prepared to wear Milwaukee brand in water deal
  (OnMilwaukee.com, 05/03) Opinion. "The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce says it is ready to float a deal to trade Milwaukee water for regional cooperation, recognizing that it could be a sink-or-swim matter for both counties, if not all of southeastern Wisconsin."
  
  
• O'Neill: Allouez 'committed to Manitowoc'
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 05/04) "Even before hearing an update on the Central Brown County Water Authority's pipeline to Manitowoc for Lake Michigan water, Allouez village president Patricia O'Neill told a Village Board meeting 'we are committed to Manitowoc.'"
  
  
• Clean water info to be distributed in Green Bay
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 05/05) "Volunteers will be delivering information on water contamination to more than 2,000 homes in the Green Bay area on Saturday."
  
  
• Two Rivers: Go with the flow
  (Manitowoc Herald Times, 05/05) "About a year after the Two Rivers new water filtration plant went online, plant personnel say it is running beyond expectations."
  
  
• Brown County pipeline runs into history
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 05/06) "Mark Lyman says the Manitowoc County property his family owns along the rock-bottomed Devils River in Cooperstown is not only historically significant but some of the prettiest scenery in the state."
  

—  Water Resources

• Wauwatosa students test Menomonee River water
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/02) "The classroom was cold and wet for students in Bill Lund's Advanced Earth Science class. That's because for this particular lesson, the Wauwatosa West High School students found themselves in waders and standing in the Menomonee River."
  
  
• Contaminants drive up cost of Lakeside Harbor dredging
  (Fond du Lac Reporter, 05/04) "A high metal content found in sediment samples from the Lakeside Park harbor will raise the cost of a dredging project planned this summer and could delay the work until next spring."
  
  
• Researchers looking for volunteers to monitor Oshkosh lakes
  (Oshkosh Northwester, 05/06) "Aquatic researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh are looking for a few good volunteers to help monitor the cleanliness of local lakes."
  

—  Wastewater

• Fond du Lac firm fined $365,000 in wastewater case
  (Milwaukee Business Journal, 05/03) "A Fond du Lac wastewater treatment firm and its company officers have been ordered to pay more than $365,000 in fines for discharging pollutants into the city's wastewater treatment plant and other violations."
  

—  Everything Else

• Ron Williams recognized as Operator of the Year
  (Tomah Journal, 05/02) "If anyone doubts that Ron Williams is a skilled operator, he now has certified recognition. Williams recently received the Operator of the Year Award for Dist. 3 at the Wisconsin Rural Water Association conference held at Green Bay."