Levee Fix Enters Final Stage
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By Daniel Witter, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 6--Gary Bradford knows a thing or two about living in flood plains.   Before moving to Plumas Lake in November 2005, he lived in the Natomas area of Sacramento. Like Plumas Lake, Natomas has a history of flooding.
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By Dave Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 15--It's been a long moving process, but a local manufacturing company is in the final leg of relocating from the Bellingham waterfront to the Ferndale area.   And it's getting some help.
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Last-minute measures to combat a drought in the Southeast belie a history of inaction when it comes to managing and conserving water.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Mar. 11--The Middle River-Snake River Watershed District has agreed to repair damage it allegedly caused to the Snake River during construction of a flood control project, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
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By DIANA BOWLEY; OF THE NEWS STAFF  GREENVILLE - Town officials agreed Wednesday to press forward with corrective actions which they hope will extend the life of the landfill.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 21--GULFPORT -- Work crews will close 30th Avenue between 22nd Street and Pass Road beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday   The closing will allow for installation of sewage lines across the roadway. It will be closed until 8 p.m. Saturday.
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By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 13--Virginia's political hierarchy is on the last leg of a relay race to create an overdue fix of the state's transportation system.
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By AMY WOLD  Low water in the Mississippi River may have contributed to three towboat groundings several weeks ago, the closure of the ferry between Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes and navigation warnings.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 17--Local officials and hundreds of concerned residents are gearing up for a fight Tuesday in Charlotte at the last meeting on a proposal that could remove up to 36 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts wrapped up the third and final spacewalk of their flight Friday, completing installation of a 17 1/2-ton piece of the international space station and doing some other fix-it jobs on the outside.
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Louisiana voters were deciding Saturday whether to consolidate the New Orleans-area's levee boards, the government agencies whose politically appointed members took criticism after Hurricane Katrina for failing to maintain the area's levees and floodwalls.
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Flooding chaos which forced the closure of key rail and road routes in northern England is set to ease.
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By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer  TROY -- Bills are flowing in for the emergency clean-up and repair of damage from the May water line break that flooded offices on three floors of the Miami County Safety Building.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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Federal emergency officials claim the New Orleans levee system is ready for another major hurricane, despite the less-optimistic views of other political leaders and engineers.
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By RALPH E. SHAFFER\\ Local View  DRAGGED kicking and screaming into a settlement that city officials fought every step of the way, Los Angeles bowed to the inevitable this week when water finally returned to the lower Owens River.
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PUTRAJAYA: The Environmental Impact Assessment for the Kelau Dam construction has been completed and the project has been given the nod for take-off.