County May Pull Plug on Some Water Users
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 12--Trends to watch this fall: Lawns for looks -- out. Functional fields -- in. Groundwater for golf courses -- out. Effluent -- very in.
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By Dave Munday, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Dec. 10--SUMMERVILLE -- Dorchester County residents who have been  fighting orders to spend thousands of dollars to tie into county sewer lines  coming their way say they've spotted an exemption in the county's sewer  ordinance.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 14--A proposed long-term strategy for managing and developing water resources in El Dorado County may not be perfect, but a spokesman for a water advocacy group says it's time the plan, six years in the making, was adopted.
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By The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Jun. 26--Having water is a blessing and a curse. That's how a spokesman for the Imperial Irrigation and Drainage District (IIDD), Kevin Kelly, characterized the current tenuous position in regard to supplying the water needs of Imperial County.
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By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 25--When the Petersens' well ran dry in June, the family dealt with the lack of water the best they could.   The Prunedale residents spent hundreds of dollars for thousands of gallons of water to be trucked to their home.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 9--DURHAM -- Durham County employs strict guidelines to manage stormwater during development. If the state has its way, the county will be punished for that environmental vigilance, county leaders say.
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By Sally Connell, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 17--Even as the project to ship water from Nacimiento Lake to homes and businesses in the North County and San Luis Obispo is nearing construction, some property owners are resisting plans to lay the pipeline across their land.
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By JULIAN WALKER  The State Water Control Board has another lawsuit on its hands related to a proposed 165-acre mixed-use development in Chesterfield County.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 20--CHARLOTTE -- York County residents who oppose a plan from two North Carolina cities to draw water from the Catawba River pleaded their case to N.C. officials Tuesday during the last public hearing on the proposal.
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By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 26--An environmental crisis could disrupt water supplies throughout California for the first time since the early 1990s, threatening to end the long cease-fire in the state's water wars.
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By Joy L. Woodson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 21--For almost a year, Northeast Richland homeowner Michael Harvey and owners of a Shumaker Homes development have been at odds over property lines and something no one can live without -- water.
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By John Dickey, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 24--Sutter County will have to come up with millions of dollars if it hopes to secure some of the more than $4 billion in Proposition 1E flood protection money.   A local citizens panel will figure out how.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Mar. 7--With Lake Okeechobee rapidly receding and no rain on the radar, regional water managers said Tuesday they were being forced to install pumps to keep water flowing -- to farms for now and possibly to South Florida's suburbs in the near future.
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By Roddy Stinson, San Antonio Express-News  Feb. 20--FORGET GOLD, BUY H2O RIGHTS: Roddy's Rangers never sleep:    RANGER: "Roddy, a fellow I know is buying and selling water rights in  Medina County, and he tells me that other speculators are doing the same  thing.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Mar. 1--A Rockford Bay neighborhood group wants Idaho to stop issuing new water withdrawals from Lake Coeur d'Alene until a study is done to see how Kootenai County's rapid growth is affecting the picturesque icon.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 13--A plan to improve Cucharas Reservoir has been put on hold because a company that would have paid part of the cost can't get a permit for a power plant in northern Pueblo County in a timely manner.