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		<title>ASR in Georgia: Past, Present and Future</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/asr-in-georgia-past-present-and-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are no operational aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) projects in Georgia.  A moratorium on ASR operations in coastal Georgia’s Floridian aquifer has been in place since 1999; the moratorium will expire in 2014.  Drillers previously conducted an ASR experiment in northwest Georgia (Coosa River basin) between 2009 and 2012.  Today, an ASR and stream-flow [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=915&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SB 213 Post-Session Assessment</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/sb-213-post-session-assessment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What author Charles Fishman learned when he sat with Las Vegas water czarina Patricia Mulroy became relevant again a week ago.  During that interview he discovered something about Georgia’s attitude toward the tri-state water war with Alabama and Florida. In December 2008 and while Georgia was gripped by drought, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue’s legal team [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=906&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Update: Crossover Day 2013</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/889/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 30 of the Georgia General Assembly’s legislative session has now come and gone. Thursday March 7 was Crossover Day, and it’s significant because in order to have hope of passage this session, any proposed legislation had to be approved by its chamber of origin (either the House or Senate) by Day 30.  Less then [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=889&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year of the Flint</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/year-of-the-flint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Bill 213 officially opened up the Flint River Drought Protection Act (FRDPA) for revision, and the Senate Natural Resources and Environment committee moved the bill forward to the Senate Rules Committee before it heads to the full Senate for a floor vote.  SB 213 is fatally flawed in current form and must be amended [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=885&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dam Safety Reveals Water Supply Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/dam-safety-reveals-water-supply-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An outstanding investigative spread in the Macon Telegraph puts a spotlight on dam safety, state regulation, community awareness of the risks, and the life-cycle of earthen dams.  But the story also reveals an opportunity for those interested in the future of Georgia’s water supply. In the first of a four piece story, Heather Duncan concludes: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=866&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>14 Days: General Assembly Chuggin’ Along</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/14-days-general-assembly-chuggin-along/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quick summary of a resolution and bill of interest – fourteen days into the forty-day-long session. Before that – in case you don’t remember how a bill becomes a law – have no fear, Schoolhouse Rock to the rescue!  Or, see the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government visual for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=862&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Rollin’ Round the Budget Barrel</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/whats-rollin-round-the-budget-barrel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the 2013 General Assembly and the Governor talk through the FY2014 budget, there are three items of note connected to the Georgia Water Coalition’s (GWC) 2012 Dirty Dozen. First, the budget “retains 100% of appropriated” funds for the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund (HWTF), which the GWC supports.  When Georgians have their trash hauled and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=859&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Did the Clean Water Act Come From?</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/where-did-the-clean-water-act-come-from/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the year comes to a close it is worth remembering the Clean Water Act turned 40 on October 18.  The bill moved through Congress (after an override of President Richard Nixon’s veto) at a time when legislators were not just giving lip-service to balancing economic development and the environment. There are many things to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=854&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia&#8217;s Dirty Dozen</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/georgias-dirty-dozen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Water Coalition released the second annual Dirty Dozen yesterday (November 14).   Georgia River Network is one of the Georgia Water Coalition’s 175 partners, which represent a total of 300,000 Georgians.  The Governor’s office offered an ill-conceived response. The Dirty Dozen exposes the links between agency underfunding, legislative accounting tricks, and political cronyism to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=849&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bear Creek Far From Done Deal</title>
		<link>http://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/bear-creek-far-from-done-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed Bear Creek Reservoir in Newton County continues to face an uphill march.  In the rain and snow.  Both ways.  This self-directed slog continues despite rumors that the US Army Corps of Engineers (and Georgia Environmental Protection Division) is apparently poised to issue a 404 permit (which would also include a 401 Water Quality [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gawaterwire.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9705315&#038;post=841&#038;subd=gawaterwire&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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