As B.C. Rivers Swell, Community Officials Hope Prevention Work is Enough
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By DIRK MEISSNER  VICTORIA (CP) - Pounding rains and rising river waters had some northwest B.C. residents piling sandbags to protect their homes against what the province said Monday would be inevitable flooding.
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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 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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By Shelley Byrne, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 25--The rain is over, but the trouble is just beginning for some of those who live near creeks and rivers.
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By The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Dec. 8--State officials need the public's help to ensure that massive damage from last week's winter storm does not harm marine life or recreation at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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By Aliana Ramos, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 14--GEORGETOWN -- Control over water and sewer service in rural Georgetown County may be up for grabs.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 19--City government leaders plan to develop an inventory of the community's natural resources to protect the most valuable from development.
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By Courtney Sherwood, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb.
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Bodies, dirty water spreading disease. Medical supplies have started to run out and panicked residents are fighting for provisions.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  May 26--The recent storms that have passed through Pueblo have caused the water level -- and therefore the level of E. coli bacteria -- in local waterways to rise significantly, the City-County Health Department said Friday.
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More than 130 million gallons of illegal overflow have landed in the streets and rivers of suburban Maryland over the past two years, putting residents at risk of diseases.
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By Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Mar. 7--3M Co. has a message for Washington and Dakota counties: Stop worrying about your water.
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Officials in Arkansas and Oklahoma say they are having trouble working on plans to protect the Illinois River watershed because of a pending lawsuit over water quality.
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State officials today urged people to stay where they were because of the possibility of flooding, but not everyone heeded the warning.
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Tens of thousands of survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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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.