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St. John's River Water Withdrawals in the court rooms.  Water Wars:  Hearings Begin on Tapping the St. John's River Lawyers air arguments on river withdrawals in Central Florida (Times-Union Oct 2, 2008)

Ambitious Project Aims To Get Peace River Flowing Again (Nicole White Tampa Tribune 5/30/08)  Decades of pumping the ground for nearby farms, phosphate mines and home faucets, coupled with two years of unusually dry weather, have turned a 20-mile stretch of the Peace River into a cracked, sandy bed. For almost a third of the year, little or no water flows.

The ultimate in recycling: drinking water from wastewater Mike Donila (St. Petersburg Times 5/25/08) - all water is recycled, let's help remove the stigma and make this a realistic solution

Florida's Vanishing Wetlands- special series by Craig Pittman at St. Pete's Times- highlights issues with mitigation banking

 

Reservoirs in our Watershed: A Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Conference planned for Feb, 2009-

Please consider suggesting the  RIGHT EXPERTS FOR THE AGENDA.  Contact the CHNEP regarding the opportunity to participate.

 

Fortune and Flame Why the Everglades is burning, and how we sucked it dry By Michael Grunwald 21 May 2008 (in Grist; Environmental News and Commentary

Potential for pollution from mines concerns Lee Officials (Naples News May, 2008)

HEX report suggesting denial of new Mine on Corkscrew road (Lee County April 4, 2008)

brief summary of report and ruckus caused by expert witness brought in by residents

Important - Mining Impact questions being raised by county staff in Indian River County summit 2008

Palm Beach County citizens trying to protect resources- a loss and opportunity (April, 2008)

Fighting mining because of Benzene contamination of potable water- (in Georgia) (March, 2008)

Letter to editor regarding unsupported claims for mine pits acting as reservoirs

Hope for Clean water- a story about limerock mining in Levy county- Tarmac (March 24, 2008) and the Bennett pre-emption bill

 Here is a story about sand mining and Gulf Sturgeon in Walton County (March 17, 2008)

Guided tour of the Peace River Basin read about the circuitous route to find information (Apr 16, 2008)

This interview in Surfer Magazine is a look at possible surface water and coastal zone impacts caused by aquifer injection.  Read about the article from the interviewee

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