Contributor: Marcia K. Nelson
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1. Keeping Watch Over the Precious Potomac (Washington Post)
2. San Diego firm to operate EROS (Sioux Falls Argus Leader)
3. Russian, local scientists join efforts (Columbian Missourian)
4. Cotter founders sought geologically safe site (Canon City Daily Record)
5. Bear Valley utility asks water users for 20% reduction (Public Opinon)
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1. Keeping Watch Over the Precious Potomac (Washington Post), 10/03
Drought Demands Experts' Vigilance
Erik Hagen and Julie Kiang were in search of the water thieves: whoever, or whatever, in these parched times seemed to be filching precious water from the Potomac River between Point of Rocks and Little Falls. The two experts weren't sure how, but about 200 million gallons a day appeared to be vanishing between the first spot, south of Frederick, and the second, about 35 miles down river, outside Washington.
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2. San Diego firm to operate EROS (Sioux Falls Argus Leader), 10/2
A San Diego company has been awarded a $154 million contract to operate the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls. As part of the five-year contract awarded by the United States Geological Survey, SAIC is responsible for archiving, processing and distributing remote-sensing and related earth science data; design and development of information management systems; research; and the operation of the computer and photographic libraries.
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3. Russian, local scientists join efforts (Columbian Missourian), 10/3
The researchers are examining pollutions in two major river systems: the Missouri and the Volga.
By Hayley Irlbeck, reporter
They casually talk about each other's families and laugh at inside jokes they share. Sometimes it's difficult to tell that part of the group traveled across the Atlantic Ocean just to be there. The U.S. Geological Survey's Columbia Environmental Research Center and the Institute for Biology of Inland Waters in Borok, Russia, have shared research methods, technology and friendship for 28 years.
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4. Cotter founders sought geologically safe site (Canon City Daily Record), 10/3
Historic failures to contain contaminants leave some dubious of mill's assurances
By Eric Frankowski, Daily Record News Group
CA¥ON CITY ? Speaking before a meeting of the Colorado Mining Association in 1966, Cotter Corporation founder and executive vice president David Marcott tried to address questions about possible pollution from his mill near Ca¤on City.
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5. Bear Valley utility asks water users for 20% reduction (Public Opinon), 10/02
By Jim Hook, Senior writer
After four dry years, one utility in Franklin County is running out of water. Bear Valley Joint Authority customers are using more water than the water company can provide. The authority is telling its 3,600 customers to conserve water by 20%.
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