On Water

Graduate makes documentary on Syrian environmental crisis
Orange County Register / by Mimi Ko Cruz

Kayakers give back, combine paddling with trash collection
Napa Valley Register / by Carlos Villatoro

EPA says Hawaii violated stormwater permits at harbors
Associated Press/Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Residents angry over Lake San Marcos pollution
KGTV-10 News San Diego

Drought disaster declaration may be a tough sell
Fresno Bee / by Michael Doyle and John Ellis

Comment sought on DDT pollution plan
Contra Costa Times / by Kristopher Hanson

Water quality disclosure not government's job
San Francisco Chronicle / by Bob Egelko

CARLSBAD: Council to raise residential, commercial water rates
North  County Times / by Barbara Henry

Mandatory water restrictions in the works; Council is expected to vote for plan that would limit how often lawns may be watered
Glendale News Press / by Melanie Hicken

Walnut water wasters face mandatory low flow
Pasadena Star-News / by Kendra Ablaza

Windsor residents may face alternate day watering
Riverside Press Democrat / by Clark Mason

Meeting scheduled on water pipeline project
Fremont Argus

Opinion: Reservoir would help ease water crisis
Marysville Appeal-Democrat / by Mary Wells

Popular Lake Travis water levels way down
Oakland Tribune

Invasive mussels could be costly to Tahoe economy
Contra Costa Times

Quagga mussel program progress    
Ukiah Daily Journal / by Peter MacRae

Humboldt Bay: State Oyster Capital
Eureka Times-Standard / by John Driscoll

New Mexico Forest warns visitors to be ready for flooding
San Jose Mercury News

Hearings focus on cleanup of DDT off Palos Verdes coast
Los Angeles Times

U.S. EPA, State, and tribes warn against Klamath River blue-green algae
Yuba Net

Return of blue-green algae nothing new at Clear Lake
Ukiah Daily Journal / by Terry Knight

IBM and SFPUC team to help reduce water pollution in S.F. Bay and Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Examiner

Going against the flow: City program provides free water-use analysis in conservation push
Stockton Record / by Alex Breitler

LAKE  ELSINORE: Hearing scheduled Thursday on water district rate increases
North County Times / by Michael J. Williams

SAN MARCOS: Council gets water update, appoints new commissioners
North County Times

Husband killed by exploding pool filter; Danville woman creates Web site to warn others of danger
Tri-Valley Herald / by Robert Jordan

Water aerobics offers cool exercise for seniors
Madera Tribune

Pennsylvania man monkeys with sprinkler, floods police HQ
Alameda Times-Star

Ancient well, and body, found in Cyprus
Modesto Bee / by Menelaos Hadjicostis