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June 27, 2005

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National/International News

—  Water Supply

• Australian pipeline saves water
  (Victoria Herald Sun, 06/25) "YEARS of wrangling over the $501 million Wimmera-Mallee water pipeline will end today when the project finally gets the funding green light."
  
  
• Supreme Court rules farmers can't sue for damages
  (Tri-Valley Herald, 06/24) "Farmers receiving subsidized water from Uncle Sam cannot sue for damages when the government decides some of that water needs to stay in the rivers and streams, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday."
  
  
• Arizona's draw of Colorado River water declines
  (Arizona Republic, 06/24) "Arizona will use less than its full share of the Colorado River this year after winter storms filled lakes and reservoirs and reduced overall water demand."
  
  
• Taxpayers in Asheville, N.C., spared cost of water bill lobbyists
  (Asheville Citizen-Times, 06/23) "City taxpayers won’t pick up the bill after all for a lobbyist to represent Asheville in the General Assembly debate over two bills affecting the region’s water system."
  

—  MTBE

• MTBE contamination cleanup costs soar
  (AWWA News Release, 06/21) "Two new studies, commissioned by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), examined the cost to remove methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination from public drinking water systems across the United States."
  

—  Perchlorate

• Army ready to clean up perchlorate under Camp Edwards, Mass.
  (Cape Cod Times, 06/25) "The Army may soon begin cleaning perchlorate flowing through the region's sole-source aquifer under Camp Edwards, despite the fact no safety standard has been set."
  
  
• Study: Perchlorate contamination
  (San Bernardino Sun, 06/23) "A rocket-fuel ingredient contaminates hundreds of sites across the country, but neither the extent of perchlorate contamination nor the effectiveness of cleanup efforts is being tracked, according to a study."
  
  
• USEPA, DOD oppose perchlorate tracking system
  (AWWA WaterWeek, 06/22) "Both USEPA and the Department of Defense (DOD) oppose a recommendation from the General Accountability Office (GAO) that USEPA establish a formal system for tracking the detection of perchlorate contamination and cleanup activities, GAO notes in a new report to Congress."
  

—  Water Resources

• Drug-laden waterways raise safety concerns
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/24) "Academics, state officials and environmental advocates are starting to question whether massive amounts of discarded pharmaceuticals, which are often flushed down the drain, pose a threat to the nation's aquatic life and possibly to people."
  
  
• Texas study: Parking lots carry massive pollution threat
  (Austin American-Statesman, 06/23) "A new study released Wednesday by Austin officials and the U.S. Geological Survey blames a common chemical for significantly more pollution, particularly in waterways, than was previously believed."
  
  
• Study shows housing developments putting watersheds at risk
  (NewsEaglePoint.com, 06/21) "A U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service study shows our nation's private forests continuing to become fragmented by housing development over the next 25 years--putting many forested watersheds at risk."
  
  
• USGS scientists document widespread increases in streamflow
  (Science Daily, 06/21) "U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have identified nationwide trends toward increasing streamflow in many areas of the nation since 1940 based on data collected from long-term USGS streamgages."
  
  
• Groups sue EPA over level of Iowa water pollution
  (Des Moines Register, 06/21) "Several environmental groups Monday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, contending the agency is allowing pollution in Iowa streams that threatens to kill aquatic plants and insects, and sicken livestock."
  
  
• Recovery after oil disaster in Tver Region to take over decade
  (RIA Novosti, 06/20) "The water of a small river Vazuza that flows into the Volga and further into a reservoir supplying the 10-million Moscow with potable water is now mixed with over 200 tonnes of fuel oil in the wake of the June 15 derailment of a cargo train in Tver Region, within 200 miles from the capital."
  
  
• Jordan River, once deep and wide, now clogged by sewage
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/19) "The Dead Sea covers about 250 square miles in a deep valley bordered by Israel, Jordan and the West Bank."
  

—  Wastewater

• Wastewater contaminates creeks around Colorado Springs
  (Colorado Springs Gazette, 06/22) "Residents are being advised to avoid the waters of Sand Creek and Fountain Creek after heavy storms caused thousands of gallons of untreated wastewater to flow into the creeks."
  
  
• Sewage could solve Australia's drought
  (The Guardian, 06/20) "A severe drought is drying up drinking water across Australia, threatening to shut down big population centres but also creating the conditions for a revolution in water use."
  
  
• Researchers study waste as electricity
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/19) "Intestinal bacteria feasting on wastewater could power homes one day if experimental technology developed by a group of Washington University engineers works out."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• EPA says no to mine tailings on farm fields
  (Kansas City Star, 06/21) "The Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to budge in a dispute over whether farmers in eastern Missouri's Old Lead Belt region can use mine tailings on their fields."
  
  
• Pilot project finds oil spill resists steam-cleaning
  (San Jose Mercury News, 06/21) "A disappointing experiment in using steam to blast loose underground oil pollution at the Guadalupe Beach oil field has left state water authorities unsure how to clean up one of the nation's worst oil spills."
  

—  Air Quality

• Appeals court sides with EPA on power plants
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/24) "A federal appeals courts on Friday rejected claims by thirteen states that the Bush administration's decision to let older power plants spew more pollution into the air undermines public health in violation of the Clean Air Act."
  
  
• Coal power plant project on Lake Michigan is firing up controversy
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/23) "Environmentalists and the state of Illinois are lining up against a proposal to construct a mammoth coal-burning power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan, warning it will pollute the air and water across the Midwest and set off a "coal rush" to build more such projects around the country."
  

—  Blogs

• Supreme Court rules against California farmers in water use case
  (Politics of Water) "Individual farmers may not sue the federal government to enforce water contracts entered into by their irrigation districts, a unanimous Supreme Court said Thursday in a ruling that limits landowners' ability to seek compensation for reduced flows."
  

—  Everything Else

• Israeli start-ups work on environmental technology
  (Reuters, 06/20) "Israeli entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, who traditionally have focused on software, electronics and medical devices, now see a growing opportunity to make money from technology to clean up the environment."
  
  
• Desalination pioneer Diem Vuong retiring
  (Riverside Press-Telegram, 06/19) "Since 1999, Vuong has been the mastermind behind the Water Department's effort to turn ocean water into drinking water."
  

Illinois

—  Water Supply

• Troy officials urge water conservation
  (Belleville News Democrat, 06/24) "It's not an emergency, but Troy officials want residents to get stingy with their water until a hard rain ends the current drought." 
  
  

• Drought conditions threaten Illinois crops
  (ABC7 Chicago, 06/24) "Several weeks with no rain has brought drought-like conditions to much of our area and the Midwest."
  
  

• Elburn water rates rise to meet radium standard
  (Aurora Beacon News, 06/22) "The Elburn Village Board this week approved a water rate increase to finance new water-treatment facilities as part of a federal mandate to remove trace levels of radium from drinking water supplies."
  
  

• East Dundee weighs its water woes
  (Elgin Courier News, 06/22) "Light at the end of the tunnel? Perhaps a more appropriate metaphor would be water at the bottom of the well."
  
  

• Conditions force Rockton water restrictions
  (Rockford Register Star, 06/22) "For the first time since 2002, the village of Rockton and the North Park Water District have issued an odd-even day watering ban effective immediately."
  
  

• Gov. signs law reconstituting Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
  (IGNN News Release, 06/21) "The RLCD was established in the 1960s to oversee the 18,000-acre Rend Lake reservoir that was created to provide a dependable source of water to 160,000 people in 60 surrounding communities of Franklin and Jefferson counties in Southern Illinois."
  
  

• East Moline says water conservation alerts a thing of the past
  (WQAD News, 06/21) "There's no question we need some rain. It's been six months since we've seen above normal precipitation and the affects are starting to show."
  
  

• Joliet officials tighten water restrictions
  (Joliet Herald News, 06/21) "The ongoing dry weather prompted city officials on Monday to tighten restrictions on lawn watering. The original restrictions, which were enacted June 10, allowed residents to water their lawns every other day at any time during the day."
  
  

• Prairie City under boil order
  (Macomb Daily Journal, 06/21) "A fire that destroyed three buildings and damaged a fourth in downtown Prairie City Sunday has forced residents of the village to boil their water after their entire supply from their water tower was used to extinguish the blaze."
  
  

• State files lawsuit over Cherry Village water lines
  (Rockford Register Star, 06/21) "Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against the village and three local contractors over installation of water lines at Golf Hill subdivision." 
  

—  Water Resources

• Hidden dangers lurk in retention ponds
  (Chicago Daily Herald, 06/22) "Nature didn’t give us enough lakes. So we suburbanites built our own. The retention ponds dotting our landscape control flooding while quenching our desire for a place to fish, exercise and relax."
  
  
• Crest Hill will continue to pump water
  (Joliet Herald News, 06/22) "The city council on Monday passed a motion to continue the city's practice of pumping storm water during heavy rains to prevent basement flooding."
  
  
• McHenry residents to be included in land, water planning
  (Chicago Tribune, 06/20) "McHenry County residents can participate this week in a planning effort to preserve water resources, prevent flooding and control growth in the southwest part of the county."
  

—  Wastewater

• Kane backs Gilberts' sewer expansion
  (Elgin Courier News, 06/22) "With Gilberts and Pingree Grove heading for a showdown before the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, a Kane County Board committee Tuesday recommended Gilberts' proposal to amend the area in which it can grow."
  
  
• Full Braidwood Council OKs sewer bid
  (Joliet Herald News, 06/18) "With newly appointed Finance Commissioner Eric Garrelts participating, the Braidwood City Council was at full complement for Tuesday's meeting."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Man charged with dumping ice cream byproduct near Illiopolis wells
  (Decatur Herald & Review, 06/24) "A Blue Mound man faces charges from the Illinois Attorney General's Office for allegedly dumping truckloads of ice cream waste in 2003 near Illiopolis water wells."
  
  
• Hazardous waste landfill in Peoria worth millions
  (Peoria Journal Star, 06/18) "Stopping the expansion of PDC's hazardous waste landfill at Pottstown would have national implications, environmental activist Lois Gibbs told a Peoria audience Thursday."
  

Indiana

—  Water Supply

• Indianapolis residents asked to limit water use
  (Indianapolis Star, 06/23) "Baking hot temperatures near 90 degrees this week pushed water use up, and Indianapolis Water today asked its customers to conserve where possible in the face of a weekend forecast without rain."
   

—  Wastewater

• Waverly residents should be "flush" with excitement
  (Decatur Times, 06/22) "Residents here are one step closer to being able to flush their toilets at home with less worry, after a federal grant to build a wastewater treatment system cleared a big hurdle."
  
  
• Sewage contaminates stream near Valpo
  (NWI Times, 06/22) "A malfunction at a sewage treatment plant south of Valparaiso caused 283,000 gallons of raw to semi-raw sewage to flow into a stream between Saturday and Monday, when the problem was fixed, an IDEM spokeswoman said Tuesday."
  
  
• National Homes-area sewer upgrade on hold
  (Monticello Herald Journal, 06/21) "Grant funding for upgrading sewers in the National Homes area on the south side of Monticello will have to wait for the time being according to an update given to the Monticello City Council Monday night by Beth Powlen, a representative of consulting engineers M.D. Wessler and Associates."
  
  
• Churubusco holds sewer project hearing
  (Columbia Post & Mail, 06/21) "The Churubusco Town Council held a special hearing prior to its Wednesday meeting concerning funding for a proposed sewer plant improvement project."
  
  
• Technicians bring temporary tanks to Wabash Environmental
  (Terre Haute Tribune Star, 06/18) "Technicians from the Environmental Protection Agency arrived in Terre Haute on Thursday morning with temporary water storage containers that will help give officials time to make decisions about the future of Wabash Environmental Technologies."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• VX destruction on hold for training
  (Indianapolis Star, 06/22) "Workers at the Newport Chemical Agency Disposal Facility will not resume destroying a stockpile of deadly VX nerve agent until they complete training on what was learned after a spill earlier this month."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Porter Township: Landfill fight not over
  (Terre Haute Tribune Star, 06/21) "Developers have not yet given up on plans to open a 354-acre landfill in Porter Township."
  

—  Odor Control

• Scientists aim to tame hog farm stench
  (Sci-Tech Today, 06/20) "When a west wind blows, Linda and Perry Trader's southern Indiana home is bathed in the stench of a nearby hog farm -- a stink so foul they often retreat indoors, abandoning their backyard and swimming pool."
  

Michigan

—  Water Supply

• Saginaw water mains break
  (Saginaw News, 06/22) "Homeowners blocks from the Saginaw River acquired waterfront property early today when separate water-main breaks spilled millions of gallons into city streets."
  
  
• Water rules needed; legislature should act on regulations
  (Battle Creek Enquirer, 06/22) Editorial. "Back in 1985, the Great Lakes Charter was enacted to protect and conserve the Great Lakes' waters and connecting tributaries. Michigan signed the pact, along with every other state and Canadian province that has Great Lakes shoreline. In the two decades since, all of those states and provinces have gone on to establish their own comprehensive water use plans - except for Michigan."
  
  
• Thomas Township gets water deal
  (Saginaw News, 06/21) "After five months, Saginaw City Council members have placed an official stamp on their water supply deal with Thomas Township. They'll have to do it again next week."
  
  
• Nestle sues over restrictive water-use permit
  (Detroit Free Press, 06/20) "The state says it wants to ensure Nestle Waters Inc. uses Michigan's water responsibly. Nestle says it wants the same rights that every other water-using business has."
  

—  Water Resources

• Zeeland supports removal of damaged dam
  (Grand Rapids Press, 06/22) "The Township Board voted Tuesday to support the removal of the Timmer Dam."
  
  
• Water quality tested at beaches
  (Traverse City Record Eagle, 06/21) "Water sample testing is under way for beaches in the four-county area served by the Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency."
  
  
• New system warns of toxic blooms on Saginaw Bay
  (Bay City Times, 06/21) "Toxic algal blooms occur almost every year on the Saginaw Bay, scientists say. But up until now there hasn't been a system, or even routine monitoring, to warn the public and local health departments about the harmful blooms - green surface scum that can make people sick and kill fish and pets that come into contact with it."
  
  
• Environmentalists want Tittabawassee River dredging
  (Saginaw News, 06/20) "Dismayed by cleanup efforts they consider "window dressing," environmental groups are bringing to town a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official who they believe has the answer to dioxin remediation along the Tittabawassee River."
  
  
• Sand may be fouling Harrison Twp. beach
  (Detroit News, 06/19) "Metropolitan Beach has been stricken with high levels of E. coli bacteria four times in eight days and the reason may lie in the sand, not the water."
  
  
• Fish harvest in Lake Allegan aimed at reducing phosphorous
  (Kalamazoo Gazette, 06/18) "When he was a teenager living near Saginaw, Larry DeLong would spear carp he found in Titabawassee River flood plain ponds and give them to the farmers who used the bottom-feeding fish as fertilizer."
   

—  Wastewater

• Grass Lake considers sewer options after rejection
  (Jackson Citizen Patriot, 06/22) "Grass Lake village officials are taking a closer look at new sewer line options after the school board rejected a proposal to run lines across property near the high school last week."
  
  
• Parma moves ahead on sewer project
  (Jackson Citizen Patriot, 06/22) "An application for a $4.8 million loan for a proposed renovation and expansion of Parma's sewage treatment facility will be in the mail before June 30."
   

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• House Dems fail to get vote on bills to limit Canadian trash
  (Detroit Free Press, 06/23) "Democrats in the state House failed Thursday to get a vote on their legislation aimed at curbing the amount of out-of-state trash coming into Michigan."
  

—  Everything Else

• Scio, Ann Arbor share blame over unpaid sewer, water fees
  (Ann Arbor News, 06/18) "The city of Ann Arbor's failure to collect, and Scio Township's failure to pay, $1.32 million owed the city over 10 years for sewer and water tap-in fees marks a colossal jobs performance breach on the part of both governments that can't help but undermine the public trust."
  

Minnesota

—  Water Supply

• Albany considers using park land for water needs
  (St. Cloud Times, 06/24) "The federal Safe Drinking Water Act that takes effect in January has raised costs for a handful of Minnesota communities. But Albany residents may find compliance costs more than money."
  
  
• Water system issues still on Stacy agenda
  (East Central Minnesota Post Review, 06/22) "In spite of temperature fluctuations within City Hall, matters on the table before the Stacy City Council were handled coolly and in a thorough manner last week."
  
  
• Future Red River Valley water costs under study
  (Fargo Forum, 06/22) "The yearly cost of ensuring future water supplies to users in the Red River Valley is steep: between $84.4 million and $106.3 million, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday."
  

—  Water Resources

• Residents concerned for wetlands in southwest Burnsville
  (Burnsville Sun Current, 06/23) "Residents of southwest Burnsville like the special nature of that part of the city with an abundance of wetlands and trees on steep grades."
  
  
• Largest-ever CREP enrollment underway
  (Crookston Daily Times, 06/22) "Producers in three regions of Minnesota whose land meets certain eligibility requirements can sign up for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP II) at their local USDA Service Center offices."
  
  
• Duluth water garden advocates make case
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/21) "Proponents for a cleansing water garden pleaded with Duluth city councilors Monday night to keep the nascent project's future in Bayfront Festival Park."
  

—  Wastewater

• Rains, equipment failure cause Two Harbors sewage bypass
  (Lake County News-Chronicle, 06/24) "Despite the new equalization basin, Two Harbors experienced a by-pass from the sewage treatment plant into Lake Superior last week."
  
  
• Orr gets grant, loan for sewer line replacement
  (Tower Timberjay, 06/24) "The city of Orr has been awarded $420,000 to replace an old sanitary sewer line. The funds come in the form of a $240,000 low-interest loan and a $180,000 grant from Rural Development, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
  

—  Stormwater

• Crookston officials monitor federal flood protection bill
  (Crookston Daily Times, 06/20) "Crookston Mayor Don Osborne has been waiting for a phone call from Sen. Norm Coleman's office urging him to come to Washington, D.C. to push for federal funding for local flood prevention efforts."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Hoyt Lakes nugget plant face-off continues
  (Cook County News-Herald, 06/23) "Clyde Hanson of Lutsen said he doesn’t take seriously threats to take the first Mesabi Nugget plant and the jobs that go with it to Indiana if Minnesota doesn’t fast-track and approve a permit for the proposed Hoyt Lakes plant."
  
  
• Trade in your lead this summer
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/19) "The Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance again this year is sponsoring fishing tackle exchanges that start this week in the Northland."
  

Ohio

—  Water Supply

• Delaware County water storage at critical level
  (Ohio News Network, 06/24) "Water storage in Delaware County has reached a critically low level, and Del-Co Water has issued a mandatory watering ban for customers in Delaware, Morrow and eastern Marion Counties."
  
  
• Dry spell not drought
  (Akron Beacon Journal, 06/22) "Even though it is way too early in the summer to even think the dreaded 'D word' -- drought -- this month's dry weather can be seen on the lawns of Northeast Ohio."
  
  
• South Lebanon apartments want Warren Co. water
  (Cincinnati Enquirer, 06/22) "Village officials here want Warren County to provide water service needed for a 172-apartment complex being built for low- to moderate-income residents."
  

—  Water Resources

• Workshop teaches volunteers about monitoring water quality
  (Mount Vernon News, 06/23) "The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Natural Areas and Preserves conducted a free Stream Quality Monitoring Workshop on Wednesday evening at the river access area at Riverside Park."
  
  
• River Sweep turnout disappointing
  (Marietta Times, 06/20) "For 16 years volunteers from six states (Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois) have partnered together for the annual River Sweep along the banks of the Ohio River."
  
  
• Court says EPA can override state clean-water rules
  (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 06/18) "An EPA order forcing Ohio to adopt clean-water tests guarding Lake Erie from toxic sewage has been upheld by a federal appeals court, which said the agency was empowered to override state rules that allow unacceptable levels of pollution."
  

—  Wastewater

• Ohio River sewage plant move posed
  (Cincinnati Enquirer, 06/21) "Officials with Sanitation District No.1 have a new proposal for a planned wastewater-discharge site, one that will solve old problems but, from the opinions given at a Monday public information hearing, might cause some new ones."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Columbus landfill to turn gases from trash into fuel, electricity
  (Akron Beacon Journal, 06/22) "The food, paper and other trash rotting in the county landfill will soon be used to supply electricity to buildings and fuel to trucks."
  

—  Air Quality

• State may allow 15 more lbs. of mercury in air
  (Toledo Blade, 06/23) "That's the new annual mercury limit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency revealed yesterday that it likely would impose on the FDS Coke Plant, if the agency goes through with its plan to back off the controversial 36-pound annual limit it put in the permit issued last summer."
  

—  Everything Else

• Bath Twp. earns national environmental honor
  (Akron Beacon Journal, 06/24) "The authors of a new book say that you should color Bath Township very green."
  

Wisconsin

—  Water Supply

• Suburbs' pipeline could be flowing by late '06
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 06/24) "Construction of a Lake Michigan drinking-water pipeline from Manitowoc is expected to start in July with water expected to be flowing to Brown County suburbs by December 2006."
  
  
• More time sought after outcry over Fond du Lac water project
  (Fond du Lac Reporter, 06/23) "In response to objections voiced by some community residents over the installation of water treatment facilities either in or near two local parks, Fond du Lac Public Works Director Mark Lentz said Wednesday he plans to ask the state Department of Natural Resources for more time to consider other locations."
  
  
• Commission accepting comments on proposed water facilities
  (Fond du Lac Reporter, 06/23) "The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) is seeking comments on the City of Fond du Lac’s proposed water facilities designed to bring the community’s drinking water into compliance with federally mandated limits on radium."
  
  
• Freedom water system approved
  (Appleton Post-Crescent, 06/22) "After a three-month dry spell, Freedom’s sanitary district has received word that the state Public Service Commission recently voted in favor of a town municipal water system."
  
  
• Opposition to Lake Winnebago pump station may be too late
  (Fond du Lac Reporter, 06/21) "About 200 people who gathered at a meeting Monday night to voice concerns about a new Lake Winnebago water intake system got some unexpected support from City Council President Lindee Kimball, but it may be too late."
  
  
• Spring was southeastern Wisconsin's fourth driest
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/20) "Lawns are turning prematurely brown. Sprinklers have kicked into high gear. And water-dependent mosquitoes are nowhere to be found."
  
  
• All eyes on ruling over East Troy water rights
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/19) "A much-anticipated court ruling in a water dispute between the quiet community of East Troy and its neighboring Lake Beulah has captured the attention of nearly a half-dozen other communities in this part of the state that are at odds over water rights."
  
  
• Opinion swells on both sides of Waukesha water pact
  (Waukesha Freeman, 06/18) "The increased possibility that Waukesha and other Waukesha County municipalities might be allowed to access Lake Michigan water is receiving a wave of positive reaction locally."
  

—  Water Resources

• Pigeon Lake study addresses water quality
  (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, 06/24) "About 80 people interested in the health of Pigeon Lake, located just southeast of St. Nazianz, gathered inside the Liberty Town Hall on a steamy Thursday evening to discuss the findings of an environmental study of the lake last year."
  
  
• Bill on Fox River PCB cleanup set for vote
  (Appleton Post-Crescent, 06/23) "The Assembly today will vote on a controversial bill intended to expedite cleanup of PCBs in the Fox River."
  
  
• Making a splash about Eagle Lake water quality
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/18) "A manicured lawn is fine for the suburbs, but lakefront property owners are better off 'going natural' - at least at the shoreline, lake experts say, because native plants along the lake bank are essential to discourage erosion and encourage wildlife."
  

—  Manure Waste

• Hearing to be held on revised manure runoff regulations
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 06/24) "The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has voted to hold a public hearing in early to mid-August on regulations that would impose more controls over how manure from dairy cattle and other livestock is managed and spread over land on the state’s largest farms."
  
  
• DNR wants tighter manure use rules
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/22) "As Wisconsin's dairy farms grow larger, state officials want to beef up regulations to control manure runoff."