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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tucson contemplates using recycled water to boost drinking water supplies</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3232</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recycled Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Alternet.org:
Faced with increasing demand for water, Tucson Water Company has recommended that the city eventually use its growing stream of sewage to augment its drinking water. Using a procedure known as the Fountain Valley process, Tucson Water could completely close the gap that will emerge in the coming decades between Tucson&#8217;s demand and supply.
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		<title>Peripheral canal could increase water supply, says DWR; others not so sure</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3231</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peripheral Canal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Mike Taugher at the Contra Costa County Times:
In its first study of a controversial canal around the Delta in nearly a decade, California&#8217;s statewide water agency concluded that it might be able to squeeze 20 percent more water out of the beleaguered Delta.  The report suggests it can do that while better protecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTBE contamination settlement could cost oil companies $423 million</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3230</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drinking Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times:
Chevron, BP and other major oil companies have agreed to pay $423 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits brought by water suppliers and users in California and 19 other states over groundwater contaminated with the gasoline additive MTBE.  In California, 11 plaintiffs would receive more than $78 million plus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning and Conservation League testifies on environmental dangers of proposition 98, benefits of 99 on the June ballot</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3229</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water Legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Progress Report:
Last Thursday, the Planning and Conservation League&#8217;s Tina Andolina, along with representatives from the American Planning Association, the California Center for Environmental Law &#038; Policy, and the California Farm Bureau Federation, testified at the State Capitol on the environmental, water, and land use implications of Propositions 98 and 99, two competing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Mead cleanup of perchlorate proves successful</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3228</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perchlorate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Red Orbit:
While environmental officials in other states have been bickering over who is responsible for cleaning up contamination from the rocket fuel ingredient, perchlorate, and to what level, water quality officials in Nevada have blazed a trail to follow.
J.C. Davis, a spokesman for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, credits the Nevada Division of Environmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disinfection process change spurs call for untreated water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3227</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Antelope Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Antelope Valley Press:
A feud is brewing between the Rosamond Community Services District and the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, which has supplied Rosamond with water from the California Aqueduct for at least 25 years.  AVEK plans to switch its water disinfection process from chlorine to chloramine treatment in 2009 to reduce the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new water strategy:  without one, the entire California economy is at risk</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3226</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water Supply]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times, this commentary written by former governors George Duekmajian, Pete Wilson, and Gray Davis:
The Times&#8217; recent story, &#8220;Water shortage worst in decades,&#8221; illustrates an often forgotten fact. Southern California is really a semi-arid desert &#8212; brought to life by water supplies from the Colorado River, the Owens Valley and the State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senate panel OKs San Joaquin settlement</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3225</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Salmon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee:
A key Senate committee on Wednesday handily approved a revised but still ambitious bill to restore the San Joaquin River.
Following months of tinkering and political maneuvering, lawmakers quickly embraced the river restoration effort. The Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee&#8217;s approval by a bipartisan 15-7 margin builds momentum, while not eliminating all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fill &#8216;er up!  Water starts pouring into Silverlake Reservoir</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3224</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water Storage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times:
Silver Lake Reservoir &#8212; the century-old neighborhood landmark drained earlier this year &#8212; started to look like its old self again Wednesday.  The reservoir got its first drink in months when officials turned on the water Wednesday to start the 20-day process of refilling its 600-million-gallon, clay-based shell.
The emptying of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some simple math to save water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3223</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, this commentary:
 I recently saw a statistic about water use around the world. It was a simple breakdown, showing that 70 percent of the developed freshwater on the planet is used for irrigation, while the remaining 30percent is used for non-farming purposes, such as residential and industrial uses.
This breakdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA&#8217;s lack of setting a limit for perchlorate in drinking water won&#8217;t affect cleanup efforts underway at contaminated Whitaker Bermite site</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3222</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3222#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perchlorate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perchlorate contamination is an issue around here at Aquafornia&#8217;s home base.  Right smack dab in the center of town is the contaminated Whitaker-Bermite munitions site, which is currently being cleaned up.  Perchlorate contamination has forced closure of at least four wells in the past years.  From the Santa Clarita Signal, news today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tahoe boats will face inspections for invasive mussels</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3221</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3221#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Species]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
Boaters at Lake Tahoe will be facing random inspections at public launches to ensure their vessels aren&#8217;t harboring any invasive mussels that could threaten the lake&#8217;s ecosystem.  Spot checks of vessels at all of Tahoe&#8217;s public boat-launching sites begin May 16 and will last throughout the summer boating season. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More bans on boating in reservoirs contemplated, due to invasive mussels</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3220</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Species]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Jose Mercury News:
With invasive mussels infiltrating California&#8217;s waterways, proposals are under consideration to temporarily ban boats from Santa Clara County reservoirs or simply inspect each watercraft for the pests that wreak havoc on the environment.  Neither the Quagga or Zebra mussels have been found in county reservoirs yet, but local officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet out at Aquafornia headquarters &#8230;  further updates later</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3219</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3219#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet is down, down, down at Aquafornia headquarters&#8230;  the few stories I&#8217;ve been able to post have come from my laptop which is hooked on to some neighbors open wireless system, but just barely &#8230;
I&#8217;ve got to go out now and do some work that pays the bills.  I will update as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo water rights bill heads to the full Senate</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3218</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3218#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Las Cruces Sun:
The bill that would settle the Navajo Nation&#8217;s water rights claims in the San Juan River Basin cleared its first hurdle Wednesday with approval of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.  The measure, sponsored by Sens. Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman, now heads to the full Senate.
The legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial islands, made from recycled plastic, use pollution-eating microbes to suck up toxins from lakes and oceans</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3215</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3215#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Great Green Ideas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Business Green:
Floating Island International has opened a manufacturing plant in California to create floating islands that it hopes will clean up inland water and oceans.
The company uses recycled plastic to create the islands, which can be customized to different buoyancies and are designed to accumulate pollution-eating microbes.  The microbes can chew through heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are new dams a solution to California&#8217;s water?  Article highlights the pros and cons</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3213</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3213#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water Storage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Earth News, a comprehensive article on the pros and cons of new dams:
Wallace Stegner, the chronicler of the American West, had a simple response when asked to explain the economics of California.  “Water,” he said famously. “It’s about the water.”
Stegner’s truism is relevant now more than ever. Climate change is giving the largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo Water Settlement &#038; San Joaquin River Settlement advance to full Senate</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3212</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3212#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indian Water Rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Busy day for the Senate Energy &#038; Natural Resources committee in Washington today, apparently.  From John Fleck at Inkstain:
The bill, S.1171, would guarantee 600,000 acre feet per year of water rights to the Navajo Nation, and also fund a water pipeline that would run across the Navajo Nation from the San Juan River in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another delta fish, the Longfin smelt, to be considered for endangered status</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3211</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Longfin Smelt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee:
Another Delta fish will be considered for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, following a sharp population decline last year.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it will conduct a status review of the longfin smelt to determine whether it warrants protection as a threatened or endangered species. The longfin, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poseidon leaves many questions unanswered regarding proposed Huntington Beach plant</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3210</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/3210#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poseidon's Huntington Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the O.C. Voice:
An environmental scientist for the California Coastal Commission says that the cost of water to be produced by a desalination plant approved by the city of Huntington Beach has been greatly underestimated by the developer and that proposed mitigation measures for its impact on ocean marine life are inadequate.
The project was approved [...]]]></description>
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