Infrastructure

Higher Sewage Bills For Sprawl

The city's sanitation district is being asked to use its fees to discourage urban sprawl.

March 3, 2001 - The Sacramento Bee

World's Best Tap Water

Contest for the city with the best public tap water draws international attention to drinking water quality.

February 23, 2001 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

California's Water Shortage

A water shortage seems likely to compound the state's crippling electricity shortage.

February 10, 2001 - San Jose Mercury News

High Noon At The Ogallala Aquifer

An audacious plan to suck out groundwater from under rural Texas and sell it to large distant cities has ignited water wars in the state.

February 8, 2001 - Salon

Babbitt Signs Historic 7-state Water Accord

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt signs a sweeping seven-state water accord that assures water for Southern California for 15 years.

January 18, 2001 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Electric Utility Asset Sale Raises Growth Issues

A PG&E proposal to auction its hydroelectric assets could bring about a new land rush in the Sierra Nevada.

January 10, 2001 - California Planning and Development Report

Planning For Future Water For California

California has only 15 more years to receive Colorado River water surplus. Where to get water then is the issue.

January 9, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Volume-based Garbage Collection Tested

The Community of Temple Terrace is conducting a pilot program where residents are billed for the trash they generate.

January 2, 2001 - The Tampa Tribune

How Will California Get More Water?

There are two answers to California's water supply problem. You won't like either of them.

December 22, 2000 - The Sacramento Bee

Waste Waterworld

The "Ewww!" factor and the $600 million Groundwater Replenishment System project to turn sewage into drinking water.

November 27, 2000 - Orange County Register

River Proposal Calls For Less Water For Farmland

Department of the Interior released a plan which addresses the use of water from the Trinity River, a small river in northern California that supplies as much as a seventh of the Central Valley Project's water.

November 25, 2000 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

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