Making a Big Splash: The Reading Area Water Authority Plans to Spend $33 Million to Improve Its System and Acquire Others in the Next Five Years.
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By Don Spatz, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Jun. 18--The Reading Area Water Authority is embarking on an ambitious five-year plan costing tens of millions of dollars that includes replacing homeowners' water meters and dredging a portion of Lake Ontelaunee, and may include buying other water systems.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 6--A meeting Thursday on a plan to take millions of gallons of water a day out of the Catawba River basin is shaping up as a contest to see which side can turn out a bigger crowd.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 31--MANATEE -- In the coming years, Manatee County's freshwater treatment plant will require significant upgrades, costing $50 million to $150 million, to meet tighter environmental standards.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 13--The cost of buying land to create parks, protect drinking water and preserve open space has increased nearly 300 percent in 10 years, say groups seeking additional state spending on land and water conservation.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 4--The Fountain Creek Vision Task Force has applied for a $75,000 grant through the Arkansas Basin Roundtable to pay for a professional facilitator in its quest to develop a master plan for future action on Fountain Creek.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--CONCORD -- Editor's note: A story in Cabarrus Neighbors today on the Concord/Kannapolis water transfer request went to press before the state postponed its decision.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 19--A year ago, a handful of people turned out to protest a plan to pipe Catawba River water into Cabarrus County.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  May 24--The Walla Walla County Conservation District will receive $225,000 from the state Department of Ecology to create an urban riparian buffers program.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 17--Local officials and hundreds of concerned residents are gearing up for a fight Tuesday in Charlotte at the last meeting on a proposal that could remove up to 36 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.
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An investment group is expected to  announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water  utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion (2.2 billion  pounds, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on  Sunday.
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The health of the St. Johns River became a priority last summer with the $742 million River Accord.  Jacksonville residents could finally envision a brighter future for the city's most valuable natural asset.
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By Paul Sisson, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Mar. 8--OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The city official estimated Wednesday that  it will cost Oceanside an additional $1 million to comply with new state water  rules passed Jan. 24.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 5--The pressures of growth have caught up with the 4,000 customers of the Sunset Beach, N.C., water system, who in a few months will be paying dramatically higher monthly bills.
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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 M.K. Guetersloh  BLOOMINGTON - The city may be looking for short-term solutions that may increase Bloomington's water supply and improve its quality.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jun. 4--AURORA -- Aurora is moving ahead with its $750 million plan to reuse return flows and provide enough additional water to support its needs well into the next two decades.
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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.