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State to set rules for improving Klamath River water quality; owner of dams sees proposed regulations as flawed and unrealistic

Posted by: Maven on September 4, 2010 at 8:27 am

From the Contra Costa Times:

“A suite of regulations for the Klamath River could be adopted by the state on Tuesday, but the owner of four dams on the river is going into that hearing fighting against strict provisions proposed to clean up the polluted waterway.

The State Water Resources Control Board will consider a package meant to address excessive nutrients, algae and overly warm water. The limits have been in the works for years, and the state is under court order to have them in place and approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by year’s end.

Pacificorp, the owner of the four dams, has attacked the science used in the process as based on flawed assumptions, and complained that the standards being set are unrealistic. … “

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September 4, 2010 · Filed Under Northern California

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