No backup if Atlanta's faucets run dry
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With the South in the grip of an epic drought and its largest city holding less than a 90-day supply of water, officials are scrambling to deal with the worst-case scenario: What if Atlanta's faucets really do go dry?
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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 The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Jun. 1--Most Americans have never had to cope for long periods without access to running water. But for many of the residents of Blackmon Road, running water and adequate plumbing had been unattainable luxuries -- until last week.
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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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Engineers may have to further lower a lake if some repairs to a leaky dam don't work, which could cause a crunch at lakeside power plants and threaten drinking water supplies, officials said Wednesday.
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Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.
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Severn Trent IT dives into the disaster recovery abyss Systems engineers at Severn Trent are working to recover company data after a plumbing catstrophe at the water company's head office in Birmingham caused extensive damage.â¦
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 20--GULFPORT -- Workers will be repairing water lines along Washington Avenue next week, causing a boil water notice to be in effect then.   The outage is scheduled for Tuesday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 11--Due to a broken water main, a boil water notice has been issued for residents who live in the areas of Bayou Circle between 55th Street and Lawson Avenue.
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New York City has failed to collect on millions of dollars in water bills because of records riddled with errors and outdated information.
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By Zheng Lifei in Wuxi and Zhao Huanxin in Beijing  The worst of the Wuxi water crisis appears to be over, authorities said Friday night.
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Charles County could run out of drinking water by 2030 because its fast-growing population is depleting the county's underground supply, new findings by the state show.
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By AMY WOLD  With Congress not passing a Water Resources Development Act this year, federal funding to address south Louisiana's coastal land loss probably won't be coming anytime soon.
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By Brian McDearmon, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Jun. 22--With more people come more showers, more loads of laundry, more  lawns to water.
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It is safe to say that a world without safe, abundant and easily accessible water is hard for most Americans to imagine. The same goes for life without private, relatively clean places in which to go to the toilet.
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Rain fell in the city for a fourth consecutive day Sunday and meteorologists decided it probably would be enough to save 2007 from going down as the drought-stricken Atlanta area's driest year on record.
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By Bill Jackson, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 23--A water replacement plan for irrigation wells in Weld, Morgan and Adams counties probably won't be approved and three cities are to blame, the state engineer said Thursday.