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Dry then wet: Everglades birds are in for weak season
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Before a surveillance flight to count wading birds around water conservation areas south of Palm Beach, ecologist Mark Cook was hoping to see signs that recent rains in South Florida had replenished the parched marshes, helping to revive shallow pools packed with fish the birds rely...
Northern Maine water district slated for $4M in improvements
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine (AP) — The federal government is providing more than $4 million to a utilities district in far northern Maine to make improvements. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it's providing $4.3 million to the Fort Fairfield Utilities District, which serves an area that abuts New...
Maui watershed purchase could be delayed due to virus cuts
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A county government's acquisition of a private water delivery system for Maui’s drinking water may be delayed because of budget cuts resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. Maui County Water Director Jeff Pearson said his department had allocated $2.5 million to evaluate the...
Parts of Navajo water pipeline near completion amid virus
CROWNPOINT, N.M. (AP) — Growing up without running water or electricity in rural New Mexico on the Eastern Agency of the Navajo Nation in the 1950s, Daniel Tso contracted tuberculosis at the age of 5 and had to spend the next five years of his childhood in a TB sanatorium in Albuquerque. Tso, who is...
Florida river dying for freshwater, needs emergency help
TEQUESTA, Fla. (AP) — Water officials in South Florida say the region's only nationally-recognized wild and scenic river is being poisoned by a lack of fresh water as dry conditions allow the ocean to sour the unique ecosystem. The Palm Beach Post reported that Albrey Arrington, executive director of the...
In small towns, COVID-19 plan means keeping staff healthy
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Larger cities have lengthy written plans to ensure they can continue to provide water, sewer and other vital municipal services even in a pandemic. Mankato’s plan, for instance, is 34 pages long. Lake Crystal’s is 542 words. In St. Clair, the continuity of operations...
Editorial Roundup:
Omaha World-Herald. May 10, 2020. Nebraska must strengthen water quality efforts to protect rural residents Calls to help Nebraska’s rural residents often focus on property tax relief, but there’s another burden that also deserves attention: safeguarding the quality of water supplies. Fertilizer...
Site work begins for Everglades water treatment project
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Site work has started on a project meant to purify water in the Florida Everglades, state officials announced Thursday. The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project recently received the required federal permit, according to a news release from Gov. Ron DeSantis. The South...
Deputies: Man made bomb threat to avoid work
WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida construction worker called in a bomb threat to a water treatment facility to get a day off work, authorities said. Richard Hamilton, 36, was arrested Thursday and charged with making a bomb threat, the Palm Beach Post reported. More than 20 people evacuated Wellington's...
US delays oil pipeline approvals after environmental ruling
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide program used to approve oil and gas pipelines, power lines and other utility work, spurred by a court ruling that industry representatives warn could slow or halt numerous infrastructure projects over environmental concerns...
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