Triangle Wrings More Water From a Limited Supply: Using Reclaimed Water, Aka Highly Treated Sewage, on Lawns Can Help Conserve Drinking Water. Several Projects Are in the Works
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By Todd Silberman, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 11--No matter how parched the Triangle gets this summer, no matter how tough the rules on watering, the lawns in Cary's Wessex neighborhood will be a lush green.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Mar. 8--Take water from a river. Use a bunch of expensive equipment and chemicals to make it safe to drink.   Then pour it down the toilet.
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By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 18--When the neighbors of a proposed sewage treatment plant for Port  Wentworth got wind of its location, they got concerned.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  Feb. 20--A new plan to fix the troubled Northeast Interceptor sewer line  would provide more options should problems arise and would not add to the cost  or delay the project, county and city leaders said Monday.
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The chemicals go down the drain, but in the environment they remain. Researchers have found that a complex brew of everyday compounds &#151; from products as ubiquitous as shampoo, bug spray and even that morning cup of coffee &#151; lingers in Minnesota waters even after they're showered off or dumped down the sink.
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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 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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HERSHEY, Pa., March 5  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Water is now accepting applications for its Environmental Grant Program to support innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds and community drinking water supplies.
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By Lentz-Cipollini, Kendra A; Dunson, William A  ABSTRACT  Seventeen seasonal ponds in Pennsylvania containing the federally endangered northeastern bulrush, Scirpus ancistrochaetus, were sampled for water chemistry, hydrology, and plant population area.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--A new city water-conservation proposal would hit apartment-building owners and renters much harder than single-family homeowners.
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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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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 Bert Caldwell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 8--Worrying about water when the morning air is so saturated you cannot see a block ahead may seem strange, but why wait for spring runoff?   And there will be a runoff, for which no small thanks is owed.
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By Linda Golz, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 12--The fight over access to water in southern Medina County has been waged for years.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald  Feb. 4--Two years after a mysterious chemical contamination shut down two-thirds of the pumps tapping Miami-Dade's largest source of drinking water, county engineers are preparing to put them back on line.
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By Nirvi Shah, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Wetlands present a unique obstacle to South Florida school construction.   From the northeast corner of Broward to the southwest, the limestone that can support construction becomes buried under deeper layers of muck and peat.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--The warm weather has arrived, and so has the potential for accidents in lakes, rivers and swimming pools.