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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:01:58 +0000 en hourly 1 Water Wired blog: USGS Water Census: Information and Power Point Presentation http://aquafornia.com/archives/21554 http://aquafornia.com/archives/21554#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:34:53 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=21554 http://aquafornia.com/archives/21554/feed 0 EPA unveils Great Lakes restoration plan http://aquafornia.com/archives/20792 http://aquafornia.com/archives/20792#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:35:21 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=20792 http://aquafornia.com/archives/20792/feed 0 Water Wired assessment: Clean Water America Alliance’s call to action – Integrated National Water Policy http://aquafornia.com/archives/19280 http://aquafornia.com/archives/19280#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:15:26 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=19280 http://aquafornia.com/archives/19280/feed 0 Why the Great Lakes fears the brutal Asian carp: “I feel like I was in a [bleeping] prize fight” http://aquafornia.com/archives/18794 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18794#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:12:18 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=18794 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18794/feed 0 Saturday morning top of the scroll: CBS News: Where America stands on water http://aquafornia.com/archives/18484 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18484#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:30:59 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=18484 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18484/feed 0 Water Wired blog: Should the USA have a water ethic? http://aquafornia.com/archives/18169 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18169#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:21:38 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=18169 http://aquafornia.com/archives/18169/feed 0 Fight to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes reaches Supreme Court http://aquafornia.com/archives/17488 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17488#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:29:29 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=17488 http://aquafornia.com/archives/17488/feed 0 Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes http://aquafornia.com/archives/16886 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16886#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:57:42 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16886 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16886/feed 0 Launch of America’s Great Waters Coalition underscores commitment to restoring America’s estuaries http://aquafornia.com/archives/16782 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16782#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:24:18 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16782 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16782/feed 0 Draft project standards for Army Corps put resource goals on par with economic development http://aquafornia.com/archives/16571 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16571#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:17:35 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16571 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16571/feed 0 Environmentalists, shippers criticize ballast plan http://aquafornia.com/archives/16507 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16507#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:44:53 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=16507 http://aquafornia.com/archives/16507/feed 0 Effects of judge’s Katrina ruling could be huge: The finding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is liable for much of the New Orleans flooding could change how levees are designed nationwide http://aquafornia.com/archives/15892 http://aquafornia.com/archives/15892#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:54:36 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=15892 http://aquafornia.com/archives/15892/feed 0 Federal Court rules Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina flooding http://aquafornia.com/archives/15798 http://aquafornia.com/archives/15798#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:37 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=15798 http://aquafornia.com/archives/15798/feed 1 Dolphins will be deployed at Bangor starting next year, Navy says http://aquafornia.com/archives/15796 http://aquafornia.com/archives/15796#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:49:56 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=15796 http://aquafornia.com/archives/15796/feed 0 Storm threat to New Orleans out of our control, says general: “we cannot stop levees being overtopped and the city flooded” http://aquafornia.com/archives/14114 http://aquafornia.com/archives/14114#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:54:38 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=14114 http://aquafornia.com/archives/14114/feed 1 E.P.A. vows better effort on Clean Water Act enforcement http://aquafornia.com/archives/13468 http://aquafornia.com/archives/13468#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:11:21 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=13468 http://aquafornia.com/archives/13468/feed 0 Cleansing the air at the expense of waterways http://aquafornia.com/archives/13250 http://aquafornia.com/archives/13250#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:01:07 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=13250 http://aquafornia.com/archives/13250/feed 1 USGS: The role of hydrography in the national map http://aquafornia.com/archives/12431 http://aquafornia.com/archives/12431#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:51:45 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=12431 http://aquafornia.com/archives/12431/feed 0 San Diego Union Tribune’s spin meter: Biden’s water projects claim a stretch http://aquafornia.com/archives/11914 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11914#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:14:56 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=11914 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11914/feed 0 Robert Glennon: Our water supply, down the drain http://aquafornia.com/archives/11142 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11142#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:00:32 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=11142 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11142/feed 1 Once again, lawmaker introduces bill to study Snake River dam breaching; but some say breaching the dams will turn fertile farmland into desert http://aquafornia.com/archives/11039 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11039#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:39:04 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=11039 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11039/feed 0 Columnnist: Atlanta needs a water/growth intervention http://aquafornia.com/archives/11038 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11038#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:18 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=11038 http://aquafornia.com/archives/11038/feed 0 Georgia lawmakers try for national solution to water squabble http://aquafornia.com/archives/10904 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10904#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:13:57 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10904 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10904/feed 0 Tri-state water fight spurs questions on growth http://aquafornia.com/archives/10765 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10765#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:53:33 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10765 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10765/feed 0 The Georgia-Alabama ‘water war’ isn’t really about water at all, says columnist http://aquafornia.com/archives/10664 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10664#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:01:54 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10664 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10664/feed 0 Future Ogallala aquifer water supplies could be in jeopardy http://aquafornia.com/archives/10535 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10535#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:11:00 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10535 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10535/feed 0 World’s waters choking from meat consumption and other human activities http://aquafornia.com/archives/10512 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10512#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:52:19 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10512 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10512/feed 0 What is the Gulf of Mexico dead zone? From red tides in the Atlantic to a furry blob in Alaska, seaweed seems to be invading the U.S. from all sides, but the country’s worst algae onslaught, even after a quiet summer, still lingers at the mouth of the Mississippi http://aquafornia.com/archives/10494 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10494#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:09:30 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10494 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10494/feed 0 Senate begins debate on $34.3B energy and water appropriations bill http://aquafornia.com/archives/10476 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10476#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:48:16 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10476 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10476/feed 0 Bureau barred from further water reclamation funding http://aquafornia.com/archives/10473 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10473#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:19:55 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10473 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10473/feed 0 Atlanta’s main water access placed on 2012 deadline http://aquafornia.com/archives/10404 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10404#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:33:29 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10404 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10404/feed 0 Southeastern state’s water debate over Lake Lanier’s water now in Congress’ hands http://aquafornia.com/archives/10327 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10327#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:15:15 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10327 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10327/feed 0 Peter Gleick: An Eastern judge points the way to solving Western water problems http://aquafornia.com/archives/10311 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10311#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:55:52 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10311 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10311/feed 0 Bid to cut Army Corps’ project spending a net loss for taxpayers http://aquafornia.com/archives/10132 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10132#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:33:18 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=10132 http://aquafornia.com/archives/10132/feed 0 Environment groups find less support from Supreme Court justices http://aquafornia.com/archives/9945 http://aquafornia.com/archives/9945#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:53:52 +0000 Aqua Blog Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=9945 http://aquafornia.com/archives/9945/feed 0