Water Council Effort Shows Regionalism at Work ; The Southern Maine Regional Water Council Has Seven Districts Eyeing a Shared System.
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Maine is blessed with abundant supplies of clean water, yet that hasn't stopped municipal water delivery from becoming increasingly complex, regulated and costly.  Southern Maine's growing population has yet to tax the region's water supply infrastructure.
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Regional government Metro has put together an oversight committee for its Natural Areas program, an initiative that pays for land acquisition and capital improvement projects to protect water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, trails, and wildlife corridors.
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By Brent Champaco, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 15--Lucinda Wingard says she's noticed the toll humans are taking on the Crescent Valley Watershed of Gig Harbor.   She lives in the area that scientists consider one of the most biologically diverse in Pierce County.
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By Rob Tucker, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 16--Most drinking water supplies in Pierce County are holding up despite the driest summer in half a century.   There is an exception: Water supplies from City of Milton wells are low.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--An alliance of coastal communities along the Grand Strand could band together to request around $120 million in federal funding to address the problem of stormwater runoff.
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Regional fisheries managers put off for the future consideration of more localized rules as a way to increase fish populations. More than just being included in consideration of alternatives to current fishing rules, area management - as the more localized approach is called - needs to be tried.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 14--Many of South Florida's top water managers practice what they preach when it comes to water conservation, but utility records show at least three used more water this year than they did before drought restrictions.
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Mar. 1--HELENDALE -- Directors of California's newest community-services  district face a wide range of issues linked to steady growth as they chart a  course for this booming desert town.
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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Mar. 1--AUSTIN -- The House put a stamp of approval Wednesday on a bill to help manage water levels across the state, the first of several landmark water planning bills before the Legislature this session.
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By Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Feb. 19--The Mower County Soil and Water Conservation District was  granted the District Excellence Award for 2006 at the National Association of  Conservation Districts annual convention earlier this month in Los Angeles.
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CHICAGO, June 13  /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 seeks comments on its tentative decision to approve three changes to Indiana's drinking water regulations that will enhance protection of public health.
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By Randal Edgar; Journal Staff Writer  NARRAGANSETT - South Kingstown might be looking to go with a single company to pick up trash and recyclables, but members of the Narragansett Town Council made it clear last night that they want to keep working with the little guys.
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The Department of Water Resources, Division of Planning and Local  Assistance, has released its 2007 Proposal Solicitation Package seeking  projects to share $10 million in CALFED grants.
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By Erin Quinn, Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas  Feb. 28--The McLennan County Water Conservation District is on its way to  becoming a reality, despite the fact that it started as an idea no one liked.    Public forums in Hewitt and Bellmead showed little support at first.
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By Taylor Bright, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--A bill that would create a statewide water permitting system and lay the foundation for water talks with North Carolina and Georgia will be introduced this week in the S.C. legislature.   The bill, sponsored by state Sen.
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CONCORD, Mass., Feb. 2  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has determined that five federally-constructed local protection projects in Massachusetts have levees of concern.
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Protection of fresh water needs prompt clarification and strengthening in the United States.