R.I. Aims to Clean Narragansett Bay Water
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Like some advanced race of moles, crews are boring a 3-mile-long tunnel under Rhode Island's capital city to capture raw sewage that is now jettisoned into waterways during heavy rains, often forcing authorities to close shellfish beds that are a lifeblood of the commercial fishing industry.
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By John W. Allman, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 11--PICAYUNE STRAND -- Janet Starnes stoops to inspect the ground, pointing to a paw track in the mud.
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By Donita Naylor; Journal Staff Writer  Knowledge and maintenance are keys in keeping well water free of contaminants, say speakers at a workshop.
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The Environmental Protection Agency plans to launch its final Sept. 11 contamination cleanup program next month, more than five years after the attacks and following years of criticism that the agency still has not done enough.
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By Aaron Kinney  SAN MATEO -- A 76-unit condominium project near Tidelands Park is working its way through the planning process as city officials work to mitigate the effects the project might have on the seasonal wetlands there.
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By BILL TROTTER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  BAR HARBOR - Having decided in recent years not to fully engage in the Maine Healthy Beaches program, the local town council voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of participating in the organization's pollution monitoring and notification system.
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Oceanographer Robert Ballard sees the University of Rhode Island with an opportunity to become the undersea equivalent of the Houston Space Center.
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By The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.  Sep. 12--Both the Merrimack and Souhegan rivers continue to have more  water than usual, but not more bacteria, according to the latest testing by  local volunteers.
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By Ronald L. Littlepage  Gov. Charlie Crist is doing his best to up his green creds.  He made sure the budget the Legislature passed this spring included millions of dollars to help clean up some of the state's polluted waterways.
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Virginia plans to install a monitoring station in the Potomac River that will help boaters and fishermen while assisting marine biologists studying the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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By Francis X. Gilpin, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.  Jun. 2--Environmentalists hope that next month a seven-member state  commission will reduce the potentially cancer causing chemicals being  discharged into Alabama's waterways.
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Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from coastal states introduced legislation Thursday calling for removal of the thousands of tons of ocean debris that wash up on U.S. shores each year.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb. 23--A study of desalination projects on Monterey Bay will include the possibility of ship-borne seawater purification plants, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District board ruled Thursday.
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Regional water officials voted Thursday to fine cities surrounding Santa Monica Bay up to $10,000 a day if beaches do not meet clean-water standards.
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The Navy is beginning the final stages of its dredging operation to free the USS Intrepid and may be ready to move the grounded aircraft carrier out of the mud early next month, officials said Tuesday.
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By Darryl Enriquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 13--WAUKESHA -- More than 60 people with concerns about improving water quality heard city officials and consultants Monday say that conservation alone will not resolve this city's water woes.