Battery Park Mops Up / Residents Appreciate Help but Say Richmond Needs to Find Solution to Drainage Problem
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By JULIAN WALKER  Red Cross volunteers, work crews and city employees were in Battery Park yesterday helping those dealing with storm and sewer water that was waist-high in spots.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Mar. 11--The first sign of impending disaster would be a piercing hiss as thousands of pounds of chlorine gas rushed through a hole in one of the 4,000-gallon storage tanks at the Tarrant County Water Supply Project plant in Euless.
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By LOVELL-SMITH Mary  Canterbury's rural firefighters are calling on residents to clean up their gardens after the cool, wet spring, which, says spokesman Tony Teeling, has resulted in excessive vegetation growth and significantly increasing fire risk.
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By Joy L. Woodson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 21--For almost a year, Northeast Richland homeowner Michael Harvey and owners of a Shumaker Homes development have been at odds over property lines and something no one can live without -- water.
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To the editor:    In response to the Wednesday story, "Commission OKs water rate increase":  No, your pants aren't on fire, it's just our elected county officials blowing smoke as they squeeze us to ensure developers' continued profits.
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By Juan Munoz, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Jun. 22--In hopes of a better drainage system in and around the Southmost area, Cameron County Precinct 1 Commissioner, Sofia C. Benavides has set up a second meeting with residents to discuss the issue.
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Neighbors of a South Valley trailer park are fed up with what they say are worrisome activities going on at the park.   They have met with state and county officials and told them loud music, speeding, fighting and annoying activity is ruining their neighborhood.
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By Brooke Bryant, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Dec. 15--Orinda is urging the East Bay Municipal Utility District to reconsider plans to overhaul its regional water system.
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By Blackwell Thomas  SPRINGFIELD - A plan to change how septic tanks are inspected in Illinois has some rural lawmakers raising a stink.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 9--HANCOCK COUNTY -- Rebuilding delayed due to faulty septic tanks   Thousands of property owners hoping to rebuild their homes here will soon find they are stuck between a rock and a smelly place.
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 11--GRASS VALLEY-A failure in the city's sewage system Sunday caused about 1,200 gallons of effluent to overflow from a manhole into Little Wolf Creek.
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By Clark, Shirley E; Pitt, Robert  ABSTRACT:  To offset the detrimental effects of urbanization on groundwater recharge, stormwater managers are focusing on infiltrating much of the runoff from a site that was generated because of development.
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By Shawntaye Hopkins, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  May 29--There are signs of improvement in Lexington mobile home parks: sealed skirting, repaired porches and mounds of trash that have been replaced by litter and light debris.
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7432 or langhornet@courierpress.com  Covered in mud and their nostrils assaulted by foul odors, about 30 volunteers worked Saturday to clean up a longtime dump site near Pigeon Creek.
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By Sammy Fretwell, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Dec. 10--Charleston utility owner Reece Williams IV is fighting efforts to make him reimburse taxpayers for fixing substandard water and sewer systems he once operated in the Columbia area.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 4--OAK RIDGE -- The cleanup apparently is working.
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By Sona Patel, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 7--Acknowledging signs of progress toward building a sewer in Los Osos, state water quality regulators have agreed to stop ordering thousands of property owners to quit using their septic tanks if a sewer is not built soon.