Carolinas in Legal Fight Over River
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By MEG KINNARD  COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop North Carolina from draining millions of gallons from a river that provides drinking water and electricity to both states.
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By Sammy Fretwell and John O'Connor, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 2--A lawsuit challenging a $150 million Lake Marion bridge project has prompted state road builders to indefinitely delay pursuit of an environmental permit they need to build the bridge.
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By Terry, Juliet A  An Ohio County judge has dismissed the lawsuits filed by as many as 1,180 southern West Virginians for damage in the Coal River area dating back to July 8, 2001.  Likening their lawsuits to a fishing expedition, Circuit Judge Arthur M.
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By JOHN REID BLACKWELL  A state official tried to ease local residents' concerns about a controversial chemical found in water around DuPont's Spruance plant in Chesterfield County.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 4--Union County is running out of both water and sewer capacity in fast-growing western parts of the county.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 17--An environmental group is asking a court to throw out a state decision that aided Newport News' plans to develop a $235 million reservoir in King William County.
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By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 21--The legal battle over ballast water from oceangoing ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups started a lawsuit against shippers under the national Clean Water Act.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 13--Several Arkansas River communities will be part of a statewide river cleanup Saturday sponsored by Trout Unlimited.
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By Sharif Durhams, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 16--Crews are trying to recover the body of a man they believe drowned after a boat collision early this morning in Montgomery County.
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By Matt Garfield, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C. May 25--What can you do? Rock Hill, Fort Mill and York County joined a growing list of Carolinas communities on Thursday asking customers to reduce water use.
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By Mary Divine, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Jun. 6--The Sierra Club went to court Tuesday to stop a proposed bridge across the St. Croix River, arguing the project is an improper retooling by the Bush administration of a plan rejected by the National Park Service in the 1990s.
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By Frank Norton, The News &amp; Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 26--Johnston County is telling towns, utilities and residents to cut back on water use this weekend after a volunteer fire department used about 10 percent of the county's reserves overnight.
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By Dahleen Glanton, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 19--ATLANTA -- North and South Carolina are fighting over a river.  In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniel's  whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers.
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By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Feb. 21--The remains of a bridge that once spanned the James River northeast of Bath are scheduled to be removed from the river today.
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By Gregory Richards, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 8--NORFOLK -- It's 185 feet long and weighs about 700 tons.   Yet the vessel, named the Flint River, was high over the Elizabeth  River's brown waters Wednesday morning.
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By David Scharfenberg, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.  May 26--Opponents of the Cape Wind proposal filed a lawsuit in Barnstable  Superior Court yesterday seeking to overturn a key decision in favor of the  project by the state's top environmental official.
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The Colorado Supreme Court decided Monday not to intervene in a federal lawsuit that claims an agreement between state and federal authorities leaves too little water in the Gunnison River to support fish and other wildlife.