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		<title>Exploring history in the low waters of Folsom Lake</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61638</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Press: &#8220;Back in the 1950’s, Folsom Lake was created to provide water sequestration and flood control for the greater Sacramento Valley. Below the lake that now provides a venue for water skiing, fishing, and swimming, lies the confluence of the North and South forks of the American River. Also under the lake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undeveloped North Natomas park provides refuge for Sacramento wildlife</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61558</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Burrowing owls peer from storm drains and perch on street signs in an unfinished North Natomas housing development, freeway traffic humming in the background. At nearby North Natomas Regional Park, where planned sports fields and a lakeside cafe have failed to materialize, flocks of western meadowlarks gather in empty fields and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Folsom preparing for metered water rates in 2013</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61503</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the City of Folsom website: &#8221; “In addition to the flat rate water charge that is due for payment, residents will find information about the actual volume of water used the previous month and the amount they would be charged for that water under metered rates,” says Anne Clayton, Revenue Disbursement Manager. “We will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube: Blasting, excavation at Folsom Dam</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61442</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, posted at YouTube: &#8220;The Sacramento District conducted rock excavation and blasting Jan. 27 as part of the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project in Folsom, Calif. The district is scheduled to complete blasting in May 2012 in preparation to construct the spillway&#8217;s control structure, essentially a second dam. Crews [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Sacramento panel favors water, sewer rate hikes</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61321</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;The city of Sacramento&#8217;s Utilities Rates Advisory Commission has recommended raising water and sewer rates for the average bill by a combined total of $19 a month over the next three years. By a 5-2 vote Thursday, the commission approved a recommendation by city utilities officials to raise water rates by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento Bee editorial: Bill comes due for decades of neglect</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61176</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee, this editorial: &#8220;With aging pipes and stricter environmental rules, the bill is coming due for decades of neglect of the city of Sacramento&#8217;s water and sewer system. To its credit, the Utilities Rate Advisory Commission is trying to ease the pain for homeowners and businesses. The panel of seven citizens appointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corps of Engineers completes Yolo Bypass levee repairs</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61124</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: &#8220;West Sacramento levees are no longer sinking as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District wraps up repairs on nearly a mile of levees near the Yolo Bypass. The repairs are part of the Corps&#8217; West Sacramento Project, a joint effort with the West Sacramento Area Flood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento: Commission wants guarantee before it OK&#8217;s rate hikes</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60925</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Capital Public Radio: &#8220;The City of Sacramento is asking the Utility Rate Advisory Commission to recommend an increase in water and sewage rates. The city admits it has used previous rate increases intended for infrastructure upkeep…to pay operational costs instead. The Commission is asking for accountability proposals from the Department of Utilities before recommending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Lincoln become the region’s wastewater solution, says editorial</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60857</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Lincoln News Messenger, this editorial -?: &#8220;We need to keep a dialogue going with county supervisors. Having our Lincoln wastewater treatment plant handle the region’s sewage is a huge deal to Lincoln. To the tune of at least $12 million. Thanks to Lincoln city engineer Bruce Burnworth’s efforts, Lincoln would get $12 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento given more time to meet sewage standards</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60837</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delta Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;A judge on Monday granted Sacramento&#8217;s regional sewage treatment agency an additional six months to meet stricter filtration requirements for the treated effluent it discharges into the Sacramento River. The action by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny comes in response to a lawsuit filed in December by the Sacramento Regional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flood board coming to Marysville</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60805</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Appeal-Democrat: &#8220;The Central Valley Flood Protection Board will come to Marysville next week to give some final resolution to Linda homeowners who&#8217;ve been told their properties encroach on a right of way to fight floods. In a series of action items scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Yuba County Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carmichael Water District agrees to compromise water rate plan</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60803</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60803#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;The Carmichael Water District, under fire late last year for a proposed 18 percent rate hike to compensate for reduced water consumption, has adopted a compromise rate plan. District directors, in a 4-1 vote Monday night, approved an 18 percent rate increase effective Jan. 1, but eliminated previous plans for further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New flood control plan would change Sacramento&#8217;s landscape</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60381</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60381#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;A massive plan to improve the Central Valley&#8217;s flood control system proposes big changes for the landscape of the Sacramento region, from enlarging major floodways such as the Yolo Bypass to improving levees and bridges. The Central Valley Flood Protection Plan comes with an estimated $17 billion price tag. The largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midweek storms could bring an end to Sacramento&#8217;s dry January</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60335</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60335#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;If you&#8217;re rooting for old-fashioned winter-type weather in the Sacramento region, odds are you&#8217;ll be rewarded by the end of this week, the National Weather Service said today. Today and on Martin Luther King Day Monday, cold, mostly clear days will continue to dominate the Sacramento region as the first storm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grim budget picture for Woodland paints higher fees, delayed projects</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60125</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60125#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Woodland Daily Democrat: &#8220;Woodlanders can expect to pay higher water fees, developers can expect steeper charges and the city may have to delay a planned library expansion and renovation of the State Theatre. In a grim budget picture painted Tuesday, Interim City Manager Kevin O&#8217;Rourke and consultant Robert Leland outlined a 10-year-budget forecast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Lund to speak at Woodland League of Women Voters luncheon February 16th</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59992</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Woodland Record: &#8220;The Woodland League of Women Voters is announcing their 18th annual community luncheon on Thursday, February 16, 2012. The featured speaker will be Dr. Jay Lund, Director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. Following a two year study on climate change, the Woodland LWV is focusing on water. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento group vows suit over endangered beetle</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59799</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59799#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;A group of Sacramento-area property owners and land managers on Wednesday threatened to sue the federal government if it does not proceed with removing a native beetle from the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially proposed removing the valley elderberry longhorn beetle from the endangered species list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento: Fish and Game seeks help from volunteers</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59785</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59785#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Volunteers interested in helping California&#8217;s wildlife and habitats are being sought in the Sacramento area. The Natural Resource Volunteer Program, managed by the California Department of Fish and Game, was started in 2010. A training academy in the Sacramento area will begin in February. &#8230; &#8220; Continue reading from the Sacramento [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foresthill water rates to rise in March; Board of directors votes to disregard Measure B</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59711</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59711#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Auburn Journal: &#8220;Locals are reacting to a controversial move by the Foresthill Public Utility District board of directors, which voted last week to raise water fees, despite a measure passed by voters to stop the rate hike. District officials say the override of Measure B was necessary to prevent the district from violating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento wants water rate increases for new pumping station</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59709</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Capital Public Radio: &#8220;The City of Sacramento says its American River water treatment plant is falling apart. The City of Sacramento says it will need $150 million worth of rate increases to pay for a new water treatment plant. If approved, the average ratepayers&#8217; bill will go 19 dollars over a three year span. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento sewer agency sues state over wastewater permit</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59659</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59659#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sacramento]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Sacramento&#8217;s sewer agency filed a lawsuit Friday against the state to contest the terms of a new wastewater discharge permit. The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District collects and treats sewage of the capital region&#8217;s 1.4 million people. It discharges the treated wastewater into the Sacramento River near Freeport. &#8230; &#8220; Continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Folsom Lake levels normal despite lack of rain</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59657</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flood Control/Stormwater]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From KTXL: &#8220;The water level at Brown&#8217;s Ravine at Folsom Lake looks alarmingly low to boater Annmarie Gowan. &#8220;There&#8217;s no water, absolutely no water. There is a ton of boats sitting on dry land,&#8221; said Gowan. Gowan normally boats on the Sacramento River and was there to arrange for a summer slip at the Folsom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District files lawsuit requesting relief from wastewater discharge permit requirements</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59642</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District, this press release: &#8220;Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) filed a lawsuit in Superior Court on Friday requesting relief from the filtration, disinfection, and ammonia removal requirements contained in its new wastewater discharge permit issued by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board in December 2010. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay the piper: Spending and savings both needed to rehab Sacramento infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59628</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Comstock&#8217;s Magazine: &#8220;Faucets on. Streets clear. Trash gone. Most city dwellers take for granted the infrastructure of daily life. And, except for monthly reminders supplied by bills, utility providers generally remain far from consumers’ minds. That changed when a recent audit of Sacramento’s Department of Utilities uncovered operational inefficiencies and poor budgeting practices, bringing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water works: Monticello Dam key to agricultural success</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59596</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59596#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Davis Enterprise: &#8220;To look at Lake Berryessa, it’s not obvious. But a little research reveals that Yolo County actually has its own Atlantis. Today, the Monticello Dam provides approximately tens of billions of gallons of water yearly, distributed by the Solano Irrigation District, to areas in and around Napa and Solano counties. Lake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Folsom Lake is deceivingly dry</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59470</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Folsom Lake looks low this time of year. The dry month may be partly to blame. But, in reality, the lake is only slightly lower than it was this time last year, and holds 88 percent of its average capacity for December. &#8230; &#8220; Continue reading from the Sacramento Bee by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento sanitation district listening to residents on fee-hike plan, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59425</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee, this commentary by Stan Dean, the district engineer for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District: &#8220;The Bee&#8217;s recent coverage and editorial regarding the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District&#8217;s current study of wastewater rates and fees point to concerns about how our region&#8217;s future wastewater treatment rates and fees are set, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento: Sanitation district needs to spread rate hikes evenly, says editorial</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59125</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee, this editorial: &#8220;New sewage treatment mandates mean sharply higher bills for the Sacramento area. The big question now is who pays and how much. As is too often the case, developers and homebuilders have the ear of decision-makers and are trying to bend the plan in their favor. Because of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento gets federal funding for area water projects</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59115</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Press: &#8220;Congress passed a funding package Friday for water projects in the Sacramento region – including $25 million for improvements along the American River – but without federal authorization, the levees surrounding the Natomas Basin can’t use more than four or five thousand of those dollars. &#8220;While it is very encouraging to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davis can&#8217;t afford two water projects at once, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59049</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee, this commentary: &#8220;William Kopper, former mayor of Davis and member of the Davis Water Advisory Committee, is responding to the Dec. 9 editorial &#8220;Is Davis set to scuttle Woodland water deal?&#8221; The editorial stated: &#8220;Opponents have attacked the proposed plan and rate hikes for various reasons – some legitimate, some less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House approves $51 million for area flood control projects</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59003</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Sacramento flood control projects stand to receive $51 million as part of an agreement between the House and Senate to continue funding federal programs. The House approved the so-called &#8220;megabus&#8221; spending bill Friday. It funds existing federal programs in the fiscal year that began in October. The Senate also was expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden State Water agrees to refund $3.6 million to customers in Rancho Cordova, Gold River, Arden</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58946</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;A local water utility will refund nearly $3.6 million to customers in Rancho Cordova, Gold River and Arden under a settlement agreement with the state Public Utilities Commission. Golden State also will pay a $1 million fine to the state for overbilling customers for past plant improvement works and has agreed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer ire prompts Carmichael water board to reconsider rate hike</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58889</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Directors of the Carmichael Water District, which aimed to raise rates 18 percent to offset falling revenues from reduced consumption, have decided to rethink the plan, General Manager Steve Nugent said Wednesday. At a district board meeting Monday night that drew about 80 water users, customers delivered a clear message, Nugent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flood control for Natomas is one city focal point for 2012</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58887</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Press: &#8220;Flood protection – particularly in the Natomas area – is a top priority for the city going into the new year as the City Council Law and Legislation Committee approved the city’s legislative priorities at last week’s meeting. “I wonder what New Orleans’ priorities were a year before Hurricane Katrina hit?” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento region schools honored for steps to save energy, water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58745</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;An ambitious plan to pool $100 million to retrofit schools in the six-county Sacramento region to save energy and water has won national acclaim. The U.S. Green Building Council&#8217;s Center for Green Schools announced Monday that the Sacramento region has made its Best of Green Schools list. &#8220;The list recognizes school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube: River bank erosion repairs continue in Sacramento</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58743</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, posted at YouTube: &#8220;U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District project manager Dave Cook explains why large rock called rip-rap is being delivered to a critical erosion site under repair along the American River in Sacramento, Calif. After the basalt rock is placed, crews will add sturdier soil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short-sighted view on water in Davis, says the Woodland Daily Democrat</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58594</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Woodland Daily Democrat: &#8220;Acting this week, the Davis City Council decided it would rethink a plan with Woodland and UCDavis to build a $325 million water project. A majority of the Davis City Council bowed to political expediency and decided to repeal a 14 percent increase in water rates approved only three months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Davis set to scuttle Woodland water deal? asks the Sacramento Bee</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58591</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee, this editorial: &#8220;The city of Davis faces a moment of reckoning: Does it want to back away from a water deal with Woodland that is vital to the future of both cities? Even more importantly, do Davis residents and leaders realize the potential costs of delaying or derailing this water deal? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacramento levees: Army Corps&#8217; samples for Common Features</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58547</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From DVIDS (Defense Video &#038; Imagery Distribution System): &#8220;Corps contractors are taking samples of soil 50-90 feet below Sacramento-area riverbanks in clear tubes, and sealing them with wax before sending them to the lab. Engineers are assessing erosion and seepage risk as part of the Corps’ American River Common Features General Reevaluation Report. The report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davis applies brakes, but Woodland is moving forward with water surface project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58472</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;The mayor of Woodland says a decision this week by the city of Davis to rethink a joint plan to construct a $325 million water project won&#8217;t keep Woodland from moving ahead. &#8220;We believe it is financially possible for the city to move on its own&#8221; and to complete the project [...]]]></description>
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