Rell Clean Water Initiative Too Small, Coalition Says: Groups Wants State To Spend $300 Million
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By Joel Lang, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 28--One of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's major budget initiatives -- to keep Connecticut waters free of pollution -- is well-intentioned but too small by half, an alliance of environmental, municipal and economic interests declared Tuesday.
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By Houston Chronicle  Feb. 21--The Texas Water Development Board, the body charged with meeting the state's water needs through 2060, approved its 2007 State Water Plan late last year.
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By E.J. Schultz, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 22--The state should wait for Congress to act before spending any money to restore the San Joaquin River, the state's nonpartisan budget analyst said in a report Wednesday.   Gov.
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By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 15--Several dozen water customers balked at the idea of consumers fronting the costs of California American Water's expansion, saying the private company is asking the public to carry its investment risk.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 13--The cost of buying land to create parks, protect drinking water and preserve open space has increased nearly 300 percent in 10 years, say groups seeking additional state spending on land and water conservation.
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By Lauren Klein, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Sep. 19--NORWALK -- After several years of stagnating state funds for clean water projects, three officials pledged yesterday to obtain $70 million in bonds for the Clean Water Fund in the next legislative session.   State Sens.
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By Shanna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 5--Conservationists spent more than a year gathering 300,000 signatures to get an initiative on the November ballot that would preserve 694,000 acres of state trust land.
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Nation needs government help to maintain competitive edge, group says.
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By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 2--There's not enough water on Squalicum Mountain to serve a substantial number of homes, and drilling more wells for new houses may rob existing houses of water, a Whatcom County geologist told county officials.
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Montgomery County ponders investment needed to expand health care initiative.
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By The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 12--California launched a gutsy environmental initiative last month that has received far less attention than the much-heralded global warming bill.   On a unanimous vote on Aug.
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By AMY WOLD  With Congress not passing a Water Resources Development Act this year, federal funding to address south Louisiana's coastal land loss probably won't be coming anytime soon.
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Group demonstrates possible solutions, but lawmakers also need to act.
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By Tim Carpenter  By Tim Carpenter  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  State attorneys and agriculture officials Tuesday urged legislators to prepare for expensive legal wrangling to force Nebraska and Colorado to comply with court-ordered agreements on water consumption.
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By The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 26--Who gets what, and how much?   That's a major point in the water proposals making their way through the Legislature, including the one GOP Sen. Kip Averitt introduced last week.
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The United States made modest progress on protecting its oceans last year, but still needs to boost funding for desperately needed reforms, a commission on ocean policy said Tuesday.
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I read the March 4 story "Water woes" about Rhode Island's problems with fresh water with great interest. My view on this issue may be oversimplified, but there was no mention of harnessing the state's greatest resource, our proximity to the ocean.