New Water Policy May Curb Homes on Fringes: Pumping's Impact Could Be Weighed Heavily in Rezonings
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 13--New houses on the outskirts of Tucson are drawing down the water table, drying up streams and causing subsidence.
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For years, Dorothy English, 92, has wanted to subdivide and perhaps sell off the 19 acres she owns in the scenic hills 20 minutes from downtown Portland. But some of the strictest zoning restrictions in America prevented her from doing so. Now, she and thousands of Oregon property owners like her could well get their way when a new voter-passed state law takes effect on Thursday.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 24--Reservoir construction, pipelines and water imports in the Arkansas Valley have changed flows in ways not yet fully understood.
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A new approach to managing floods could result in some areas being flooded in Wales.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Jun. 1--Most Americans have never had to cope for long periods without access to running water. But for many of the residents of Blackmon Road, running water and adequate plumbing had been unattainable luxuries -- until last week.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Mar. 1--A Rockford Bay neighborhood group wants Idaho to stop issuing new water withdrawals from Lake Coeur d'Alene until a study is done to see how Kootenai County's rapid growth is affecting the picturesque icon.
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By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 2--There's not enough water on Squalicum Mountain to serve a substantial number of homes, and drilling more wells for new houses may rob existing houses of water, a Whatcom County geologist told county officials.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  Feb. 25--Curtailing new connections into the Northeast Interceptor might  not be enough to stop wastewater flows from increasing through the troubled  sewer line.
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The government has announced new regulation that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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In recent years cartloads of sometimes nonsensical directives have come out of Europe controlling and manipulating the way we live our lives. However there are exceptions and one of these is the recent Water Framework Directive.
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Understanding why land sinks may help to prevent rising water levels along the Gulf Coast.
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Human activity such as driving and powering air conditioners is responsible for up to 60 percent of changes contributing to dwindling water supplies in the arid and growing West, a new study finds.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct 3 (IPS) - A novel solution has been proposed to block the  building of a controversial dam that sits over a fissure and that  environmentalists say will harm plant and animal life.
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Planners have been inundated with a flood of applications for new housing developments.
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By Roy Appleton, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 23--The shrinking of its main reservoir, the swelling demand for its water and the need for drastic conservation measures have put some heat on the North Texas Municipal Water District.
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By the numbers: a snapshot of development's impact on water usage in the basin.
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By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 10--BLOOMINGTON -- The city may be looking for short-term solutions that may increase Bloomington's water supply and improve its quality.