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Aug. 10—Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday OK'd moving ahead with a project to find an additional water source for when the creek supplying Ryderwood's water runs low. The commissioners approved the agreement with RH2 Engineering to determine a reliable supplemental water source for a maximum of $50,000 in American Rescue Plan Act pandemic relief funding. Susan Eugenis, county engineer, said ...

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It was Tuesday evening at Newark’s 15-story New Community Associates apartment tower, more than 12 hours after a water main break a few miles away. And as the building’s elevator went up, tenants’ water pressure went down. In a fourth-floor apartment, at about 7 p.m., the toilet flushed for the first time that day, and to the delight of the elderly woman who lives there, the kitchen faucet let ...

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Aug. 10—ATHENS, Ga. — Last week, Georgia River Network (GRN) presented the organization's 2022 Water Trail Hero Award to the Flint River Water Trail during the Georgia Governor's Tourism Conference in Athens. Carolyn McKinley from Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce accepted the award on behalf of the entire water trail group. The Flint River Water Trail is part of a statewide network of ...

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Aug. 10—Recent drownings in Lake Michigan have posed the need for more education on the meaning of the different colors of the flags posted at beaches and the ways to stay safe when swimming. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been criticized on both sides when closing a beach. Some argue that they close it when it's not actually dangerous and some argue there's not enough ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state permit to construct the first freshwater, offshore wind turbine facility in North America was appropriately granted for the Icebreaker project in Lake Erie. The Icebreaker project proposes to build six turbines eight to 10 miles off the Lake Erie coast, near Cleveland. The demonstration project would generate 20.7 megawatts ...

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Three swimming areas at Connecticut state parks are closed Wednesday for water testing, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Squantz Pond in New Fairfield, Hopeville Pond in Griswold and Chatfield Hollow in Killingworth are closed for the day while DEEP runs water testing, DEEP administrative assistant Rosalynn Grzywinski said. Test results are expected Thursday ...

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Aug. 10—MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Utility Board got a bit of bad news on Tuesday. During the regular monthly meeting of the utility's board of directors, General Manager Mike McNulty said a request for some $13 million in Congressionally Directed Spending (earmarks) through Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's office has been denied. "We were told we did not receive it. It was disappointing, but ...

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Aug. 10—The Rapid City Public Works Committee approved everything on its agenda Tuesday afternoon, including about $1.1 million for professional administrative services for water technology. The five-member committee voted to send the $1,111,830 agreement between the city and HDR Engineering for administrative services for the Water Reclamation Facility aeration basin clariflocculator to the ...

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Aug. 10—The Glenn Groundwater Authority (GGA) is encouraging residents to conserve water at home, work and on the farm to help the local groundwater basin. "We are experiencing a significant drought and we need your help," read a release issued by the authority. "Eight of the last 10 years have been classified as below normal, dry, or critical based on the Sacramento Valley Water Year ...

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Aug. 10—In Charleston, a place where street lines blur with sunny day tidal flooding and major storms dump enough water on downtown that one can kayak the deluge, Dale Morris is right at home. After all, water — its function, resource and the very element that threatens to sink the historic city — is what made his career. For decades, Morris has consulted on the East Coast, West Coast and Gulf ...