Lawmakers Protest Releases From Reservoirs
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By Scott Rothschild, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Feb. 22--TOPEKA -- Federal officials who control Kansas dams said Wednesday that controversial releases from the reservoirs, including Lake Perry, likely will continue this year.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20  /PRNewswire/ -- Calling on Congress to secure a prime national asset before it is destroyed, a group of women leaders brought their case for saving coastal Louisiana to Capitol Hill today.
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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.
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By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep. 11--BEAUFORT -- A proposed ordinance to preserve water quality in Carteret County's Down East communities won't get the endorsement of a citizens group that has fought for greater protection against development.
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 19--A meeting that was supposed to dispel rumors about how water can be found for a neighborhood north of Clovis fueled a fight, causing one man to be removed by police Monday night.
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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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WHITING, Ind. -- A proposal to allow BP to greatly increase the amount of pollutants it discharges into Lake Michigan from its refinery here has prompted a bitter war of words between officials in Illinois and Indiana.
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By Associated Press  LEHI -- An official is calling it a "water war." Two Utah County communities are claiming their supplies will be diminished if the state allows new wells to be drilled by Salt Lake County-based water agencies.
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Federal lawmakers Wednesday criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not moving faster to determine whether "intersex" fish in the Potomac River and its tributaries signal the presence of pollutants that might be harmful to humans.
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With an epic drought gripping the region, Georgia lawmakers announced plans Thursday for a network of state reservoirs, while the governors of Alabama and Florida warned that Georgia's consumption threatens their downstream states.
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By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise May 25--A federal judge chastised the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday for violating commitments to minimize killing endangered salmon at the Columbia and Snake rivers dams. U.S.
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Nearly two centuries after a flawed survey placed Georgia's northern line just short of the Tennessee River, some legislators are suddenly thirsting to set the record straight.
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A mining practice that takes the tops off mountains has destroyed not only the scenery, activists say, but also the water supply for people living in Appalachia. The Department of the Interior considers a new rule that would pave the way for more mountaintop mining.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 17--An environmental group is asking a court to throw out a state decision that aided Newport News' plans to develop a $235 million reservoir in King William County.
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By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  BANGOR - Two of Maine's largest environmental organizations formally stepped up their opposition campaigns Monday against Plum Creek's development plan for the Moosehead Lake region.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN Journal Staff Writer  Environment New Mexico and other environmental groups called for far-reaching policy changes to address the state's water woes Wednesday.
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Former Marines convinced that contaminated water sickened their families at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune are demanding that Congress intervene in their dispute even as the military considers their claims for compensation.