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| December 2001 December topics included: mold is a growing problem, flood waters caused a number of road closures, a new comprehensive flood plan, intensifying issue of southwest Washington coastal erosion, Commissioners approves $800,000 flood contract, razor clams and coastal erosion, flood forecasting accuracy and issues, the proposed Tribal Anderson Road service station, Half Moon Bay development draws attention and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is on the cusp of a single plan for reducing flood damage in the Twin Cities area | November 2001 November items included: FEMA has provided an overview of some new flood mapping news, Lewis County changes highway funds into flood money, South Beach Bulletin reports that erosion is accelerating along Half Moon Bay at South Jetty, Spokane is deeply involved in aquifer protection, U.S. Rep. Baird funding efforts, an editorial endorses flood insurance, raising homes and flood control to address local flooding and the month ended with discussioon on the use of 'airport' property for a flood dike or treatment plant. |
| October 2001 October news and views included: Draft Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners, dairies attract special attention and a significant award, Gov. Locke endorses $1 billion in new debt, part of the Black River watershed has now received protection, Chehalis Tribe's planned service station, dairyland or development land, pulp mill fined $14,000 and $108 million to clean and maintain Washington's lakes and rivers | September 2001 In September 2001 some of the information included: the city of Aberdeen will receive a major loan for improvements to aging wastewater treatment plant, some Oakville residents have water quality concerns, state leaders plan a listening session on water policy, WaDOE has a new Stormwater manual, WaDOE adds 42 properties to the toxic cleanup list but only 5 are removed, WaDOE to rewrite shoreline rules, and finally copies of the Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) Watershed Management Plan and Revised Mission and Goals are online. |
| August 2001 August news included: Centralia invites city residents to apply for federal grant money to elevate their homes, flood mapping news, a report on how drought money is being spent, a contaminated water problem, news on water measuring rule, and an agency attempt to resolve contamination issues caused by others. | July 2001 July news included: Lewis County will spend money to try and fix chemically contaminated well, McCleary water stinks, Centralia received more FEMA flood funds, $27 million interest free loan for new wastewater treatment plant, 'Salmonid' package available online, congressional energy and water bill with $125 million for Lewis County passed, new, online National Water Information System (NWISWeb), residents express great concern over natural gas pipeline route anf , finally, a proposal to provide 106 low-interest loans and grants to Washington communities and jurisdictions. |
| June 2001 News in June included: conflicts over WaDOE shoreline rules, Centralia signs $7 million sewer contract, Lewis County now serious about drought planning, major leaks in the Aberdeen reservoir, dairy manure discharge to Chehalis river, and US Corps of Engineers environmental and flood control information | May 2001 Topics for May included energy policy, budget, appropriattions, 74,000 cubic yards of fill within the airport area, a national report showing twenty-nine tested fertilizers contained twenty-two toxic heavy metals, CRC announces organization change, Grays Harbor is developing a Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan, WaDOE states the drought is for rea and finallly lWaDOE is looking for comments on a list of priority TMDL waterbodies. |
| April 2001In April: Well owners might have trouble during this current drought, reporting of toxic chemicals, flood hazard mapping, statewide advisory on too much mercury in fish, McCleary Wastewater treatment plant, increased Satsop power generation to 530 megawatts, and construction of a 248 megawatt facility by TransAlta. | March 2001 In March there were items dealing with the clean up of the Centralia Landfill, Hamilton/LaBree Groundwater Contamination, what else besides salmon is in the Chehalis?, the earthquake and your well!, Gov. Locke approves a power generation facility, a Noxious Weed Control Seminar , modeling tools that deal with salmon habitat and potential productivity, a list of contaminated sites and Washington state agencies which are focusing on the drought |
| February 2001 In February we learned about: a new alphabetical listing of all Drops of Water articles, flood damage reduction project update and public outreach, legislative pressure to speed up water rights processing. Irrigation management plans Hamilton-Labree Road site is still a mystery as officials search for yet another source for the major PCE contamination showing up at that site, a programmatic EIS for instream flows, reclaimed and reused wastewaters, small forest landowners to protect salmon by saving stream-side trees and finally appeals against the Shorelines Management Act | January 2001 Topics in January included: Aberdeen addresses changes in fees for stormwater and sewer., Aberdeen joins others in the appeal of Shoreline Management Act, workshops this month to review and comment on draft proposals for changing some of the state's water quality standards, the Chehalis River Council library has been updated with over 200 new additions, Centralia and Chehalis are facing major funding issues as they choose future for local waste treatment plants, the Port of Grays Harbor joins in appeal of new shorelines rule, a series of two-day workshops for leaders of volunteer estuary monitoring programs, and WaDNR and WaDOE have agreed to a cleanup order to deal with pesticide contaminated soil and water at a WaDNRnursery. |
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