http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/water/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:10:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409199/posts Regulations: The Clean Water Act is being rewritten to give a government bureaucracy the power to regulate every body of water from the Mississippi River to a rain-flooded field. The first casualty may be American coal. With all the concern for the harm that cap-and-trade and regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant might do to the American economy and free markets, the Environmental Protection Agency is doing quite enough damage with an existing law on the books — the Clean Water Act. Congress plans to revise it to make it an even more powerful bludgeon against industry, energy producers and... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409199/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:10:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407146/posts People who use bottled water as a fashion or life-style statement, or who think bottled water is better or safer than tap water, should take a look at this. Grand Rants http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407146/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:50:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406369/posts Not content to have the government control the very air we exhale, some liberal members of Congress want to regulate every drop of water in the country and the land on which it sits. If they get their wish, the government would exercise dominion over land, air and sea to an extent never before seen. washingtontimesonline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406369/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405380/posts  TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Senate’s health committee on December 7 passed a bill that would require fluoride to be added to public water supplies throughout the state, The Star-Ledger reported December 8. Environmental advocates, utility companies and some parents object to the bill (A3709/S2856), which would require public and private water utilities to start adding fluoride within a year of the law’s enactment. Some lawmakers say the bill would be too costly to the consumer, yet the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee voted 6-0 with three abstentions to approve the bill. There are more than... Water Tech Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405380/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:55:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404855/posts It might go against the adage "oil and water don't mix," but a University of Wisconsin professor and the City of Beloit's fleet manager are experimenting with technology that allows motor scooters, cars and trucks to use a combination of gasoline and water as fuel. They're testing a system that uses voltage from a vehicle's battery and alternator to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Those molecules are then burned as supplemental fuel -- reducing the amount of gasoline needed and resulting in a cleaner-running engine. The system has been used to power a Vespa scooter with distilled water. A... www.istockanalyst.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404855/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:05:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403267/posts Staff Sgt. Jeff Blanchard, 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, photographs the work done on one of the canals that feed into a solar powered water filtration system providing clean water to 240 Iraqi families in Zadan, Dec. 5. Photo courtesy of Multi-National Division – Baghdad. BAGHDAD — U.S. Civil Affairs Soldiers assessed solar powered water filtration systems installed by Iraqi contractors here in the Zadan village area of Abu Ghraib, Dec. 5. Soldiers and engineers of the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB) rolled out to various villages within the Zadan area, in western Baghdad, to inspect the filtration systems constructed to... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403267/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:46:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399830/posts SACRAMENTO (CBS 5 / AP) ― State water officials say it could cost $10.6 billion to send water to Southern California through a proposed project of tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Department of Water Resources presented the cost estimate Thursday to a group of state and federal agencies studying ideas to safeguard water deliveries out of the delta. Two tunnels, about 150 feet underground, are being considered as an alternative to building a proposed canal around the fragile estuary. A third tunnel would serve as an intake tunnel. cbs5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399830/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394563/posts Water-on-moon discovery doesn't align with 'trends' Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:18 AM By JOE BLUNDO A few days have passed since we learned that the moon has water, but I'm still not over it. Water on the moon! It's astounding, isn't it? At least a little? I checked Google Trends for Nov. 13, the day NASA made the announcement. "Water on the moon" finished 10th -- behind search terms such as "Tony Alamo," "Tia Mowery wedding pictures" and "Wal-Mart Black Friday." The next day, the topic didn't make the list. Granted, Google Trends -- a daily look at the most... The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394563/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:08:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393538/posts Supporters of a proposed $11 billion water bond say the money is urgently needed to fix California's water supply problems, yet billions of dollars in previous bond money still hasn't been spent, according to the California treasurer. About half of the $20 billion in water and levee improvement bonds passed since 2000 was unspent as of July, according to the State Treasurer's Office most recent report on debt affordability. It is unclear how much of that money is actually available for new efforts, since lawmakers have appropriated billions for specific projects, according to Jason Dickerson, debt service analyst for the... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393538/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:52:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392192/posts Preface: Lake Placidena is a fictional place where women run the entire city sub rosa (clandestinely) through the non-profit PEF and Historical and Cultural Preservation Commission, men play all year at staging a national parade, all the children in public schools are designated in poverty, but all the schools must be above average. The permanent state of drought in Placidena is a local joke because groundwater comes from underneath "Laughing Waters (Ha-ha-monga) Park," The actual Lake Placidena was fittingly created by impounding waters behind Devil's Gate Dam and is known for its strange green color due to perchlorate contamination which... Pasadena Sub Rosa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2392192/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391180/posts Most foreign investors have been focused on Central Asia’s vast hydrocarbon resources and the extractive industries of energy and Minerals. But water is an issue of rising concern throughout the region as after years of soviet mismanagement geopolitical tensions are running high. These regional problems present outside companies willing to think outside the box with an incredible opportunity and a guaranteed red carpet welcome. Simply put, the region’s scarce water resources were misused to satisfy the autarchic needs of the entire USSR, whose breakup in 1991 completely disrupted inter-republic trade patterns, leaving the Stans with the remnants of a centrally... OilPrice.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391180/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389476/posts On Oct. 9, NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite slammed into the moon's south polar region at 5,600 miles per hour. NASA had primed the public for what it promised would be a cosmic spectacular. Observers were eagerly expecting the "money shot"—a gigantic plume of debris emerging over the moon when the LCROSS probe and booster rocket crashed into the lunar surface. As the countdown began, people all over the world were glued to their TVs. Amateurs dusted off their telescopes, hoping to catch a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime event. Then the cameras picked up nothing. No explosion, no... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389476/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:37:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386170/posts Moon moister than thoughtDiscovery of water inside crater paints "a surprising new picture" By JOHN JOHNSON JR., Los Angeles Times First published in print: Saturday, November 14, 2009 Declaring "This is not your father's moon," National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists said Friday that last month's mission to punch a hole in the lunar surface found significant amounts of water in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole. "The moon is alive," declared Anthony Colaprete, the chief scientist for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission during a briefing at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.... Times Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386170/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:09:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385693/posts WASHINGTON — A "significant amount" of frozen water has been found on the moon, the US space agency NASA said Friday, boosting hopes of eventually setting up a permanent lunar base. Preliminary data from a moon probe "indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater," NASA said. "The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon," it added in a statement. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385693/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:44:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385237/posts "There could be as much ice on the moon as in all of Lake Erie," When NASA's Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission crashed into Cabeus Crater on the moon's south pole, October 9th, the team did find water in the form of, "Ice as we know it," according to multiple sources within the agency. "It will change the way we think about the moon. It is something we want to share with the world." ABC Local http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385237/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:33:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382551/posts BAGHDAD — A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ commander visited the Sadr City R3 Water Treatment Plant and its workers recently to check up on how the plant is operating. The USACE’s Gulf Region District (GRD) collaborates with Multi-National Corps – Iraq to provide engineering and construction management expertise to assist the government here with its infrastructure. "The Sadr City Water Treatment Plant is a vital community asset that supplies quality drinking water to over 500,000 citizens," said Col. Dan Anninos, GRD commander. "The plant takes existing raw water from the Tigris and properly treats it in order to eliminate... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382551/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:57:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381925/posts It would be fair to say that the crashy culmination of NASA's LCROSS mission on October 9th was a technical success but a public-relations fizzle. LCROSS on final approach LCROSS and its Centaur rocket prepare to crash into the Moon. NASA On the plus side, the engineering team for LCROSS (short for Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) delivered as promised, deftly driving a spent 2½-ton Centaur rocket into a target zone near the Moon's south pole only 2 miles (3½ km) across. Four minutes later, after flying through the debris cloud raised by the rocket's crash, an instrument-packed 600-kg... Sky and Telescope http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381925/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 04:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380927/posts Blaming America - Planting Discord in Los Angeles by Ari Bussel Downtown Los Angeles is composed of many districts – jewelry, fashion, toys, flowers, produce and others. A concentration of skyscrapers, uncommon to the Southern California landscape, differentiates it from the vastness of the Greater Los Angeles area. It was during the last decade of constant increase in real estate prices that old buildings, often from utilities or institutions, were converted into affordable lots. Once dangerous and unwelcoming, Downtown went through a process of revitalization, its face today unrecognizable to past visitors. Back in 1984 I elected to go to... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380927/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:53:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379548/posts Col. Larry Phelps, the 15th Sustainment Brigade commander, gives a coin to pump foreman Abdullah Ahmed from the Qayyarah pump house during a luncheon in the pump house workers' honor in the dining facility of COL Q-West, Nov. 3. Photo by Sgt. Matthew Cooley, 15th Sustainment Brigade. COL Q-WEST — A group of Iraqis working at the Qayyarah water pump house were thanked while attending a luncheon in their honor at the dining facility here, Nov. 2. Col. Larry Phelps, the 15th Sustainment Brigade commander and Greenville, Ala., native, presented a plaque to the workers and said that it was... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379548/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378214/posts In a case that could have a major impact on water use in Massachusetts, the attorney general’s office argued before the state’s highest court yesterday that the Department of Environmental Protection can impose limits on the amount of water municipalities draw from aquifers, rivers, and lakes.... The case, which the Supreme Judicial Court did not immediately rule on, stems from a state policy adopted in 2007 that allows the department to limit residential water use to 65 gallons a day per person for basins at risk of drought and 80 gallons a day per person for those with less risk.... The Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378214/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:28:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376902/posts Residents of the Venezuelan capital face cuts in water service for as much as 48 hours per week, after the government imposed rationing to stem a 25 percent shortfall in the city's supply, officials said Monday. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376902/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:39:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374333/posts A Sacramento jury set an eye-popping standard Thursday on the cost of radio station contests that kill and the resulting loss of a mother's love and a wife's companionship. The tab for Entercom Sacramento LLC came to $16,577,118 in the water-intoxication death of Jennifer Lea Strange in a contest put on by radio station KDND "The End" (107.9 FM). Such was the award rendered by a Sacramento Superior Court jury of seven men and five women in the trial to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Strange's survivors. The 28-year-old woman died Jan. 12, 2007, after she... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374333/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:25:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374068/posts <p>A Sacramento County jury has awarded $16.5 million to the family of a 28-year-old woman who died after participating in a radio station's water-drinking contest.</p> <p>Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, died of acute water intoxication in January 2007 after the challenge to see which contestant could drink the most water without using the restroom. A Nintendo Wii video game was the prize for winning the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest.</p> SF Gate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374068/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:17:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371502/posts BAGHDAD, Oct. 26, 2009 – Baghdad’s Sadr City district, home to more than 2 million Iraqis, was built by Saddam Hussein as a massive urban community to house the thousands of rural Iraqis migrating to the capital in search of jobs. But after decades of neglect, Sadr City’s residents lacked even the most basic needs, such as adequate potable water. A $65 million water treatment plant is designed to treat and purify water from the nearby Tigris River and provide more than 500,000 residents of Baghdad’s Sadr City district with potable water. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371502/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369319/posts The rhetorical "water witch" of the Pasadena Star News, staff writer Rebecca Kimitch, has an op-ed disguised as a news story on water rates rising in San Gabriel Valley - read here http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/rds_search/ci_13612524 Since Kimitch likes to cast personal attacks and bad omens on Republicans and conservatives in many of her so-called "news" stories, perhaps the rhetorical term "water witch" is fitting (a "water witch" is a person who claims to be able to find underground water with a divining rod; aka a sorceress). Kimitch's news story merely regurgitates what several local water agency public relations types, or rhetorical "witch... Pasadena Sub Rosa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369319/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:18:35 GMT