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	<description>The California Water News blog!</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>C-WIN, CSPA file suit to end wasteful Delta diversions, protect public trust resources</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5763</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Other Delta Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From C-WIN:
Calling it “the biggest lawsuit about the biggest ecological and legal catastrophe in California today,” the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) filed suit in Sacramento Superior Court Friday, November 28, 2008, to protect Delta public trust resources—including endangered migratory fisheries of salmon and open water fish species—and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angelenos heed water warnings</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5762</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From NBC Los Angeles:
With drought conditions persisting in the Southland and around the state, Angelenos have been heeding appeals to conserve water, officials announced Monday.
Water use by homeowners in the city reached a six-year low in October, which also was the 15th consecutive month that single-family households reduced their water usage, the mayor&#8217;s office announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian tribes awaiting Klamath Dam removal</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5761</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Northern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Indian Country Today:
One thing is clear after driving north through small towns and along winding mountain roads to reach the base of the Klamath River Basin. Its isolation has helped save it.
A century after European contact, the river region remains forested and is dominated by four tribes – the three largest in California: Hoopa, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitaker-Bermite facility: The perchlorate cleanup plan is a reality, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5760</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perchlorate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Aquafornia&#8217;s hometown newspaper, the Santa Clarita Signal, this commentary by William Pesci,  president of the Castaic Lake Water Agency Board of Directors: 
Once upon a time, there was a factory where they made things that explode.  It was on a 996-acre piece of property in the center of our valley, and people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suppliers seek approval for the &#8220;Delta Habitat Conservation and Conveyance Program&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5759</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peripheral Canal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Antelope Valley Press:
Water suppliers in the state no longer call it a peripheral canal - but a proposed project to bring water from Northern California down south would serve the same purpose, a way to bypass the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
Funding to kick off that plan, called the Delta Habitat Conservation and Conveyance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salmon-tracking network challenges conventional wisdom</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5758</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee:
They were two of the 1,000 juvenile salmon implanted with almond-sized transmitters as they headed out of the Rocky Mountains, down the Snake River bound for the sea.  Their remarkable three-month, 1,500-mile journey of survival to the Gulf of Alaska was tracked by an underwater acoustic listening network that has wired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State panel floats &#8216;litter tax&#8217; to curb debris along coast</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5757</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Other Oceans &amp; Beaches Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union Tribune:
The influential California Ocean Protection Council has proposed an attack on everyday threats to sea life, including a ban on some popular take-out food containers and fees on plastic and paper bags.  The panel, which advises the governor and lawmakers, also recommended imposing upfront charges on other packaging commonly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delta smelt closer to extinction</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5756</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delta smelt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Judge Wanger delta smelt ruling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Other Delta Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From KGO, ABC 7, San Francisco:
There is more bad news for the bellwether of the Sacramento Delta. The Delta smelt continue to edge closer to extinction. It is not good news for environmentalists or for the farmers and Southern Californians who count on the Delta for water. ABC7 News went along for this season&#8217;s fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water settlement knots finally untangling</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5755</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
Standing alongside the Escondido Canal on the edge of Hellhole Canyon a few weeks ago, Bo Mazzetti, vice chairman of the Rincon Indian band, could see the outlines of his reservation miles away.  The boundary was easy to spot. On one side, green avocado trees. On the other, the Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Normal rainfall predicted for north state this winter</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5754</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drought, Weather &amp; Snowpack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee:
 Weather experts believe Northern California will see normal precipitation this winter – a welcome tonic after two years of drought.  It&#8217;ll be just average, though. And these days, just average may not be enough.
There&#8217;s disagreement about whether a normal year will be sufficient to completely erase a water-level deficit left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we recycle urine on Earth, too?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5753</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recycled Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Christian Science Monitor&#8217;s Bright Green Blog:
After five days of tinkering, astronauts aboard the International Space Station ran their first successful test Tuesday of equipment that turns urine into drinking water.
Delivered to the station by the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the $154 million water recycling system, which also processes sweat and moisture from the air, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who will be Delta&#8217;s keeper?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5750</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aqua Blog Maven</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Delta Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Delta Vision Task Force]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Stockton&#8217;s Record:
It&#8217;s a classic case of too many cooks in the kitchen.  More than 200 agencies have some say on what happens in the vast Delta, and the product of their labors doesn&#8217;t seem to satisfy anyone, as fish die and the water supply shrinks.
Among all other impending Delta decisions, such as whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasingly scarce water is the new California gold</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5749</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Water Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Redding&#8217;s Record Searchlight &#8220;Speak Your Piece&#8221;, this commentary:
The future of California depends on the utilization of water. Water is the new California gold. Without proper control, the state will slowly deteriorate.
Californians have taken water for granted for far too long. With the burgeoning population, that can no longer be the case. We have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Californians need to worry about food security, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5747</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle, this commentary by A.G. Kawamura, the secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture:
At a time when people are deeply concerned about our dependence on imported oil, we should also be concerned about increasing our state&#8217;s dependence on imported food. In fact, our ability to feed our state could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court rejects POWER appeal of All-American Canal case</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5746</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[All-American Canal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Imperial Valley Press:
One of the groups suing the Imperial Irrigation District has suffered a setback.
POWER, which stands for Protect Our Water and Environmental Rights, initially sued the IID claiming environmental reviews on the All-American Canal were not adequate. It had two appeals to its case denied Friday.
“This means POWER lost again. What a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials hope for snow to fill up Lake Tahoe</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5743</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lake Tahoe &amp; the Sierra's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Nevada Appeal:
With Lake Tahoe’s water level nearing the natural rim, water authorities are hoping for record-breaking precipitation to bring the level up.
“We desperately need a big winter and a big snowpack to bring Lake Tahoe back up again,” said Federal Water Master Garry Stone.
When the water in Lake Tahoe nears the natural rim, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dorothy’s Law: To modernize water policy and management in California</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5742</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water Legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Progress Report:
About 125 people came out to the beach at Santa Monica Pier on a cloudy Sunday to share their favorite Dorothy Green stories. Some people came as far as San Francisco, Sun Valley and Denver to reminisce about Dorothy’s amazing achievements, tireless work ethic, big heart, and sense of humor. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Nevada climate changes feed monster, forest-devouring fires</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5741</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate change &amp; water supply]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee:
Driving home from Lake Tahoe, Leah Wills watched the column of ash-gray smoke from the Moonlight fire grow and grow – until finally she was under it.  Overhead, the sky that September afternoon in 2007 turned eerie pink. Orange-red flecks of burning bark streaked like missiles through the air. And the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodrich suit claims EPA hiding perchlorate data</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5740</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perchlorate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Contra Costa Times:
One of the companies accused of polluting the drinking water in the Rialto area has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency saying the agency is withholding evidence that supports the company&#8217;s case.
Charlotte-based Goodrich Corp. says in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that EPA has modelling showing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coachella Valley Agencies offering progress updates on the Salton Sea at Thursday meeting</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/5739</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Salton Sea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From MyDesert.com:
The Salton Sea might have fallen off the radar in Sacramento, but it&#8217;s still on the map in the Coachella Valley&#8217;s backyard. And it still faces an ever-worsening ecological crisis that could have huge environmental impacts locally.
A multi-billion-dollar plan to restore the sea is stalled in the Legislature. But lesser, quieter progress toward at [...]]]></description>
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