Millions OK'D for Local Waterways
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By Donna Littlejohn, Rick Orlov  and Kerry Cavanaugh STAFF WRITERS  A $117 million cleanup of Machado Lake and the Wilmington Drain in the Harbor Area was approved Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council as part of a sweeping package of citywide water quality improvement projects.
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By Bob Fliss, The Sun, Port Charlotte, Fla.  Sep. 22--Aside from a mixed bag of regulatory inspections, the marina  renovations at Fishermen's Village are nearly complete.
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LANNON  Voters to make decision on water system  Residents will head to the polls in November for a binding referendum that will decide the fate of a municipal water system that would cost an estimated $3 million.
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A massive floodcrest passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China&#39;s Yangtze River on Thursday as devastated communities upstream cleaned up from floods that killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 3--MANATEE -- An answer to the county's boat launch shortage could lie in the heart of a proposed community of 1,100 homes near Anna Maria Island.
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Communities worldwide are finding ingenious ways of purifying water and getting the most out of their supplies.
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By Michael Sluss and Mason Adams  The House of Delegates passed legislation Monday to phase in  a boating safety education requirement for motorboat operators in the state, addressing a major concern of residents and recreation enthusiasts around Smith Mountain Lake.
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By TONI-LYNN ROBBINS; OF THE NEWS STAFF  HERMON - The town has received a community planning grant to research extending public water and sewer into the village area.
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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Mar. 1--AUSTIN -- The House put a stamp of approval Wednesday on a bill to help manage water levels across the state, the first of several landmark water planning bills before the Legislature this session.
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FRIDLEY, Minn. - A couple of fishermen landed a big surprise over the weekend when they went down to the Mississippi River under the Interstate 694 overpass...
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By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Sep. 12--BLOOMINGTON -- A possible solution to keep taste and odor problems from reoccurring in the city's water supply received the Bloomington City Council's approval Monday.
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Nicaragua lobbied Monday for support for an $18 billion canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic, saying a second international waterway is needed to handle the world's booming shipping business.
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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 TAMARA RACE  PLYMOUTH -  The Eel River Watershed Association has appealed a state permit allowing Plymouth to pump millions of gallons of water a year from the watershed to sprinkle on town ballfields and the town-owned Crosswinds Golf Course.
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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By Will Elliott  The sweep is on.  Volunteers will be scouring shorelines in a clean-up effort to beautify and make more functional waterways around Western New York.
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By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer  The plan involves some public-access areas along the Illinois River and its tributaries.