Atlanta Adopts New Water Restrictions
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The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management imposed restrictions Thursday that include a ban on watering lawns and washing cars except on weekends.
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By Scott Leith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Feb.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 12--GULFPORT -- Officials "Lifted all boil water notices" for citizens who live in the area of Railroad Street north to 15th Street and from 34th Avenue east to 32nd Avenue.
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By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jan. 31--Federal regulators have pulled the plug on permits needed to build new tide gates in the south Delta, undercutting plans to ramp up the capacity of pumps that deliver water to Central and Southern California.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Revisions to the state's new marsh rules allowing some exceptions for "hardships" caused by a 50-foot buffer zone could be approved in July after a Board of Natural Resources committee signed off on the changes Tuesday.
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Washing windows in a drought could be forbidden under plans for tougher hosepipe bans due to be announced.
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By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 16--Sewage treatment plants in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden are facing some of the strictest water quality standards in the nation under new requirements proposed Thursday by the federal government.
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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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Thanks to a rainy holiday season, the Atlanta area stayed just above its historical low-water mark for annual rainfall, the National Weather Service reported.
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CHICAGO, June 13  /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 seeks comments on its tentative decision to approve three changes to Indiana's drinking water regulations that will enhance protection of public health.
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By Eric Curl, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  May 31--The Rincon City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday  night establishing fines for violating set water-usage restrictions.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Development within 50 feet of coastal marshes would be barred under legislation proposed Wednesday by an Atlanta-area lawmaker.  Rep.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is leaning toward allowing sewage plants to skip some stages of treatment during heavy rains or melting slow as long as the treated water meets all permits and other safeguards are provided, agency sources said Wednesday.
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Science & environment: Ban and taxes to curb blot on landscape that threatens health and causes floods
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By Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jun. 25--On July 1, Tennessee residents will be able to go to the Internet and find violations of the Clean Water Act.
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Neighbors are turning in neighbors for violating water restrictions, farmers are jittery about crops and churchgoers are praying for rain as Georgia suffers through one of its worst droughts in decades.
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By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  May 28--The Georgia Water Council will hold a town hall meeting in Columbus Tuesday as part of a series of meetings across the state to discuss the statewide water planning effort and provide opportunity for the public to ask questions or comment on it.