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By Christian Wihtol
The Register-Guard
Published: (Sunday, Feb 19, 2012 05:00AM) Midnight, Feb. 19
The McKenzie River appears inexhaustible as it tumbles wide, cold and fast from the Cascade Range on a winter’s day. Stand at the river’s edge near Vida and you’ll see up to 40,000 gallons flash by each second.
But a Lane County businessman is finding that it’s not easy trying to siphon a sizeable portion of the McKenzie’s bounty for possible sale to unidentified [...]
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Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Klamath Falls Herald and News Letter to the Editor
I’ve been watching the Klamath River debate ever since the “big fish die-off” and have not yet seen or heard any discussion on the sovereign water rights of each state. The bottom line is California needs more water. That is what this battle is over. The fish die-off was just an excuse for California to seek federal action in an attempt to attack Oregon’s sovereign water [...]
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Keep the tap closed on Nestle Published: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:39 PM
Guest Columnist: Julia DeGraw
For nearly three years, environmental and consumer advocates have been fighting to protect the Columbia River Gorge from exploitation by the multinational water bottler Nestlé. Since Nestlé can’t get its hands on the gorge’s spring water directly, a complicated water exchange between the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the city of Cascade Locks must happen first. Applications that must be processed [...]
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Oregon’s forests are being poisoned and so are you February 10, 2012 By Daryl Jackson
I am a wildlife biologist. Recently I spent six months researching how our native Oregon fish and several species of birds are faring on Oregon Department of Forestry managed lands. I tramped through the forests in an effort to describe populations of critters and their habitat. I also work with my neighbors to protect Williams Creek, a salmon and native trout tributary providing cold, [...]
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Oregon Environmental Council press release
Feb 02, 2012
Portland, OR—A new report, Making Water Work, says that improving water efficiency in agriculture will be critical for maximizing Oregon’s increasingly limited water supply. Basins such as Deschutes, Klamath and Umatilla have fully appropriated their water resources, restricting business opportunities and resulting in periodic shortages for Oregonians in these regions.
Making Water Work from Oregon Environmental Council (OEC) is the result of conversations with farmers and ranchers—a sector that uses 79% [...]
Continue reading Efficiency Improvements Neede to Stretch Oregon’s Limited Water Resources, According to New Report
By JIM MOTAVALLI, New York Times Feburary 3, 2012
Government at the state and federal levels has been preoccupied with improving the fuel economy of the nation’s fleet. Smaller environmental causes are also in the mix, including mercury in car switches and lead weights used to balance auto wheels.
Add to these copper brake pads, which produce metal dust that environmental advocates say reaches waterways and harms aquatic life.
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Continue reading Movement to Banish Copper from Brake Pads Gains Momentum
February 1st, 2012 | Category: Features, News, Oregon | Published: Wednesday, February 01, 2012, 12:52 PM By Brad Schmidt, The Oregonian
Flivia Bucks/The OregonianPortland’s Reservoir 3 previously was drained and taken offline during testing for E. coli contamination.
The Portland Water Bureau will ask for a 5 1/2 year delay to complete expensive reservoir projects mandated by federal authorities.
On Wednesday, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to seek the delay over concerns from water ratepayers who urged an even longer [...]
Continue reading Portland seeks delay to complete all reservoir projects by 2026
January 28th, 2012 | Category: Features, News, Oregon, United States | Published: Friday, January 27, 2012, 5:16 PM
By Brad Schmidt, The Oregonian Stephanie Yao/The Oregonian Portland stores its treated drinking water at five historic open reservoirs, including this one at Mount Tabor Park. Health officials say the open-air reservoirs are risky, but reservoir supporters say there’s little proof of that.
Officials overseeing Portland’s water supply want to delay federally mandated reservoir projects until at least 2020 — years beyond the original schedule.
The [...]
Continue reading Portland Water Bureau proposes delay on reservoir projects until at least 2020
January 26th, 2012 | Category: Features, Health, News, Oregon, United States | Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, By Beth Slovic, The Oregonian
Stephanie Yao Long
The Oregon Health Authority won’t issue a final decision this month on Portland’s request to skip building a treatment plant in the Bull Run watershed.
Instead, the state agency will wait until March to say whether it will give Portland the waiver. Final word had been expected by Jan. 31.
Avoiding treatment could save Portland ratepayers $68 million.
Wednesday’s announcement follows the [...]
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