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 May. 22, 2004 The Chronicle reports that City of Chehalis is offered multi-million dollar loan for wastewater treatment plant.
- Apr. 12, 2004 Chehalis is facing major political and financial costs as the city addresses sewage treatment choices.
- Mar. 22, 2004 WaDOE has published a list of NPDES permit holders ranked in order of benefits to be gained from permit reissuance. Your comments are invited. This advertisement appeared in The Chronicle.
- Mar. 17, 2004 the Chehalis River Council has some concerns abou the proposed Upper Chehalis Fecal Coliform TMDL testing, analysis and actual clean-up. The Chehalis River Council comment letter is available for your review.
- Mar. 04, 2004The Chehalis River Council is sponsoring a public workshop to discuss pollution in the Chehalis River and tributaries in the greater Centralia/Chehalis area.
- Feb. 24, 2004 The Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) meeting is Feb. 27. Some important decisions will be made. Materials online include:
- Feb. 19, 2004 Not too long ago EPA would send easily read notices of Hamilton Road PCE contamination cleanup and information requests. Now we get electronnic pdf images. We've converted that stuff into readable images announcing the cleanup program and request for information concerning the PCE contamination.
- Feb. 13, 2004 The Chronicle reports that Centralia wastewater treatment plant construction runs ahead of schedule.
- Feb. 01, 2004 The Chronicle reports that Tenino's water system lost 19 million gallons of water last year.
- Feb. 01, 2004 The Chronicle reports that: "The city of Centralia and an environmental group have begun work on what is envisioned as a riverside trail on the city's 360-acre wastewater treatment plant property north of Fords Prairie."
- Nov. 21, 2003 Materials for the November Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) meeting.
- Nov. 19, 2003 The Chronicle reports that City of Chehalis sewage treatment plant has been dumping partially treated sewage into the Chehalis River.
- Nov. 16, 2003 Finally, NEWS!, and Good News! The Chronicle reports one mile of the Chehalis to gain thousands of trees and bushes. This is a joint project and volunteers are leading the way!
- Oct. 08, 2003 WaDOE says Oyster-growing and pulp-making will be able to work side by sideunder a new discharge permit that has been issued to Weyerhaeuser's pulp mill in Cosmopolis.
- Aug. 24, 2003 WaDOE announced a total of 74 projects in 28 counties were selected to receive $115.3 million in grants and low- or no-interest loans over the next year.
- Jul. 12, 2003 Dry weather? Drought? Not much local news. But here is a view of dryness elsewhere. Golf course spends $200,000 to drill for water. But no more gondolas sailing a sprawling lake.
- Jul. 02, 2003 Chehalis River Council plays significant role in establishing oak tree preserve at Hamilton Meadow site.
- Jul. 02, 2003 The Chronicle reports on the person behind th Chehalis city water intake station east of the city.
- Jun. 25, 2003 The Department of Ecology (Ecology) is adopting its first major overhaul of the state's water quality standards in a decade. "These updated rules will help us do a better job of protecting all of Washington's waters - from the Straits of Juan de Fuca to Asotin Creek, from the Dungeness River to the mighty Columbia," said Tom Fitzsimmons, Ecology director. "They reflect the latest science about how to keep Washington's waters clean and safe for people, fish and wildlife."
- Jun. 13, 2003 the The Chronicle headline says it all: "where's all that Chehalis water going?"
- May. 30, 2003 The Chronicle reports City of Centralia decades old 'discovers' raw sewage leak into the Chehalis river. Said to be 'only 5 gallons per minute' or 'maybe less' - 5 gallons per minute is 'only' 300 gallons per hour and is 'only' 7200 gallons per day.
- May. 18, 2003 The Chronicle story reports In an ironic environmental twist, an effort to clean up the murky Chehalis River looks as though it will mean the cutting down of up to 20 acres of oaks, an increasingly rare tree in Lewis County to handle City of Chehalis waste water treatment.
- Mar. 31, 2003 The Chronicle reports that Fire Mountain Farms and WaDOE have settled on a biosolid/sludge application permit for Thurston and Lewis counties.
- Mar. 27, 2003 WaDOE approves Onalaska sewer hookups after a ban of several years.
- Feb. 22, 2003 The Chronicle reports that a $1.7 million land purchase is part of a $35 million plan that will give the city a new sewage treatment plant, and will satisfy environmental rules aimed at cleaning up the murky Chehalis River.
- Feb. 19, 2003 The Chronicle reports, albeit short notice, that there is a public meeting tomorrow to provide information on the new Chehalis Regional Water Reclamation Facility!
- Feb. 18, 2003 The Department of Ecology (Ecology) will hold a public hearing on March 11 to take comments on the proposed wastewater permit for Sierra Pacific Industries' saw mill and power-generating plant at Junction City.
- Jan. 30, 2003 The Chronicle reports that construction of Centralia's new wastewater treatment plant is 44 percent complete,
and the outfall, pipeline and pump station could be completed as early as November.
- Jan. 20, 2003 The Chronicle reports that Residents win lawsuit against Onalaska water system operator.
- Jan. 17, 2003 The Chronicle reports on the challenges Chehalis faces awaiting a new sewage treatment plant.
- Dec. 31, 2002 On the next to the last day of 2002 the Department of Ecology announces that despite cleaning up 5,017 toxic sites in Washington over the past 14 years, the number of contaminated sites being reported to the Department of Ecology is growing each year, according to a new report. You can view the Executive Summary here.
- Dec. 28, 2002 The Aberdeen Daily World reports that city of Elma sees major benefit from new treatment plant.
- Oct. 25, 2002 A planned industrial park in Napavine draws major criticism and disapproval by local residents.
- Sep. 27, 2002 The Chronicle editorial basically supports local biosolid (sludge) application.
- Sep. 25, 2002 WaDOE says: Communities throughout Washington will share approximately $145 million to improve and protect water quality. in lakes, rivers and bays over the next year
- Sep. 20, 2002 The Chronicle reports two dozen local residents unleashed a load of complaints Thursday night at a public hearing in Chehalis about local use of biosolids, known by critics as treated sewage sludge.
- Sep. 16, 2002 Too many people? Too little water? National Geographic for September 2002 has two "must read" stories on water. The September 1993 edition of National Geographic is still the single best source of water information (get a back issue now if you can). The 2002 edition forces us to face the pressures of humanity.
- Sep. 04, 2002 It has been some time since there has been news on this topic, but it seems biosolids is surfacing again.
- Aug. 18, 2002 Once again it is time for the Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) monthly meeting. Here are the materials for the August 23rd meeting:
August meeting agenda
July meeting minutes
Steering Technical committee July minutes
The coming water crisis from US News and World Report
Water Quantity Evaluation project scope
- Aug. 08, 2002 WaDOE is asking for public comment on plans to permit underground water storage.
- Aug. 08, 2002 Chronline reports that Chehalils and Centralia dumping polluted water.
- Jun. 24, 2002 Hopefully the Black River Refuge area is not the place to build an asphalt plant (this article from the The Olympian
- Jun. 12, 2002 Out of our area, but this waste application permit violation illustrates the need for continual monitoring and enforcement of environmental permits.
- Jun. 01, 2002 The importance of ethics and management control is emphasized in this press release. It deals with a city outside our watershed but it illustrates that everyone must work together to provide clean water.
- May. 22, 2002 The Chronicle reports 100 foot 35 foot diameter water tower will soon grace the skyline on the Chehalis Reservation.
- May. 22, 2002 A number of waste treatment plants (27) recognized for exemplary compliance with permits.
- May. 14, 2002 The Chronicle reports that Chehalis considers Centralia's treatment plant alternative.
- May. 11, 2002 According to The Chronicle: The Chehalis City Council will hear a report Monday from Public Works Director Jim Nichols about three ways the city might be able to treat its wastewater without building a new treatment plant.
- Apr. 27, 2002The Chronicle reports: No discussion of regionalization in Lewis County would be complete without considering the Twin Cities' wastewater treatment plant Each city needs a new plant.
- Apr. 27, 2002 The Chronicle asks: "What's wrong with the existing wastewater plants?"
- Apr. 13, 2002 The Olympian reports on efforts to increase useage of new Grand Mound sewer system.
- Apr. 04, 2002 Trans Alta Centralia Mining LLC, a coal-mining operation in Centralia has violated its wastewater permit 12 times during November and December 2001, according to the state Department of Ecology (Ecology) and was fined for not protecting water quality.
- Mar. 29, 2002 As the result of a legal settlement, the Department of Ecology is preparing to revise and reissue stormwater permits for about 1,200 industrial facilities in Washington.
- Mar. 07, 2002 -The public has until April 25 to comment on a proposal to increase annual permit fees for those who hold wastewater and stormwater discharge permits in the state of Washington.
- Feb. 19, 2002 The Aberdeen Daily World reports Aberdeen sewer rates to increase.
- Feb. 15, 2002 Aberdeen's wastewater treatment facility will receive state funding.
- Feb. 13, 2002 The Chronicle reports that the City of Chehalis has annexed 75 acres on Airport Road as a potential wastewater treatment plant site.
- Jan. 09, 2002 Once again it is the beginning of the annual grant cycle to compete for WaDOE Centennial Clean Water Fund Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Funds
- Jan. 09, 2002 Lewis County, according to this The Chronicle article, faces important water issues. These are identified in the draft EIS statement on growth management.
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