Irrigation Cost Draws Concern -- Ark. Lawmakers Fear State's Share of Long-Term Project Has Grown Too High
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By Associated Press  LITTLE ROCK - Some Arkansas legislators are concerned the state may not be able to support an eastern Arkansas irrigation project and they want the nine-year-old $319 million estimate updated.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  May 30--As if moratoriums and a slowing economy weren't enough,  developers in New Hanover County could soon face higher fees if they want  municipal water and sewer service for their projects.
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By Amanda C. Tinnin, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  May 28--GLEN CARBON -- Village residents may be paying more for their water and sewer service. But it's hard to tell how much more that will be.
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Climate change and a growing demand for water could drain two of the nation's largest manmade reservoirs within 13 years, depriving several Southwestern states of key water sources, scientists warn.
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Despite plenty of warnings, critics say, Georgia never got around to developing a water management plan to handle a severe drought. Now that reservoirs already are shrinking and water supplies are threatened, lawmakers are scrambling to cope.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 10--King William County authorities and Newport News Waterworks next week will begin raising the delicate issue of acquiring thousands of acres of private land for a proposed water reservoir.
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Lake levels reached record lows last year, and the region worries that fast-growing states and communities will try to grab its water.
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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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Farm-state senators are increasing their request for drought relief dollars by half, saying the nation's farmers now need an estimated $6 billion or more in assistance.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--HUTCHINSON -- Disaster aid for drought-stricken parts of the state, money challenges to the 2007 farm bill, changes to farm policy, and gaining markets for U.S.
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By Scott Rothschild, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Dec. 17--TOPEKA -- Kansas is gaining ground, and not in a good way.   The state's lakes and reservoirs are filling in with sediment, sometimes at alarming rates, and that could mean hundreds of millions of dollars in dredging costs.
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The project promises to hasten economic development, but environmentalists worry about the long-term effect.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Jun. 3--The cost of poaching in the state is about to go up, drastically, if state lawmakers approve a bill introduced last week in the Ohio House of Representatives.
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By Tony Thornton, The Daily Oklahoman  May 30--PAWHUSKA -- Rancher Dick Surber has trouble pinpointing what troubles him most about an Osage Nation proposal to create and regulate environmental standards for all of Osage County.
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Worries are growing in southern Kentucky about the mile-long Wolf Creek Dam, which is leaking and showing signs of age.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 6--A meeting Thursday on a plan to take millions of gallons of water a day out of the Catawba River basin is shaping up as a contest to see which side can turn out a bigger crowd.
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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.