Rainmakers on state payroll and No Shave days eyed in drought push
California residents flood the Drought Information Center with ideas to ease water shortages. Suggestions range from towing icebergs from Alaska to forming No Shave days, to cutting PE classes and using rebates for water tankers, while officials deem some plans impractical.
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Winter freeze chills East as floods ease and sickness wanes
The eastern two thirds face brutal cold the coldest January in 177 years as ice clogging rivers ease floods. Temperatures stay below freezing while snow falls from the Great Lakes to New England and flood danger drops in the Ohio Valley and Appalachians. In California the swine flu inoculation program is resumed on a low key basis with voluntary consent forms in English and Spanish distributed.
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State water chief proposes federal state water system merge
California water officials push federal legislation to combine the Central Valley Project and California Water Project. Water Resources Director Ronald Robie said the draft plan would accelerate joint construction of storage facilities to balance Delta flow and protect Suisun Marsh, aiming to share water more equitably.
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California
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Federal Central Valley Project
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