WVU Water Research Institute Receives National Grant
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By Anonymous  Researchers at West Virginia University's West Virginia Water Research Institute have received a grant to develop a water quality trading program aimed at reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
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By Jim Sparks, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Jan. 31--North Carolina's land trusts will use a $150,000 grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to put a strategy in place for expanding conservation and water-protection efforts in the state over the next two years.
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Researchers studying colorectal cancer at the University of South Carolina have been awarded a $10.7 million grant, school officials said Wednesday.
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The Department of Water Resources, Division of Planning and Local  Assistance, has released its 2007 Proposal Solicitation Package seeking  projects to share $10 million in CALFED grants.
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By DENNIS BUECKERT  OTTAWA (CP) - Canada and the United States are launching a $17.5-million study to determine why water levels in the upper Great Lakes have declined to near-record lows.
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By Sara Perkins, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas  Feb. 24--RIO GRANDE CITY -- Almost $3 million in grants and loans should  go a long way toward improving water service for 500 households north of the  city -- but not all the way.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 7--Funding to continue study of a proposed $330 million drinking water conduit to cities east of Pueblo will be sought through several channels in Congress.
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By TONI-LYNN ROBBINS; OF THE NEWS STAFF  HERMON - The town has received a community planning grant to research extending public water and sewer into the village area.
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By Anonymous  CAMDEN Camden County College has received a five-year $477,879 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Scholars Program to benefit minorities and low-income students.
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By Kristin Davis, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 27--Science students at Manteo Middle School helped turn two rather unattractive detention ponds into rain gardens last fall.
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MOUNTING pressure on the world's water supplies has the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand collaborating on a research project to address the problem.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 5--BENTON CITY -- A lot of money is riding on a Kennewick Irrigation District proposal to bring more water to Red Mountain.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 7-- -- West Kentucky Community & Technical College President Barbara Veazey is seeking private donations to add a $2 million engineering-research wing for the school's planned Emerging Technology Center.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 19--Local economic development leaders head to the nation's capital Wednesday with a wish list topped by an ambitious sewer project designed to support -- and enhance -- long-term residential and industrial growth in western McCracken County.
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By TOM BREEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Although most take it for granted, West Virginia has one distinct advantage in the growing race for alternate sources of energy: water. Without an abundant supply, coal-to-liquids power plants are hard to run.
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Scientists say the northern snakehead fish seems to be expanding in the Potomac River, which runs along West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.
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WASHINGTON - The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Maine $239,020 for environmental research, according to U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins.