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multistate aquifer that nourishes the f‘ «rain Belt” ‘has become so threatened that Great Lakes water is novv be‘ eyed as a possible replacement. In North D ota, farmers and allied ups are trying to divert a substantial‘ portion of the ’ Missouri River system into Canada so they can '7; 1984 Reproduced with Permission. ' Chicago Tribune A national Water policy 0 irrigate 250,000 ‘acres to w more
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of the decade,” Reilly says, and NGPF members are committed to shelving their traditional i differences and working to solve the; problem. During the next 12-14 months, NGPF will tackle that issue head—on, meeting four times privately and hold- ing three public meetings around the country. Babbitt is convinced that Congress will act on the groundwater problem by next year, and now is the time, he says, “‘to
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sources, including the William H. Donner Foundation, Ex- xon U.S.A., The Ford Foundation and the H. J. Heinz Company Foundation. Clark estimates that “total direct costs” of running NGPF for its planned life of 12-14 months will be $275,000, part of which will go to N GPF employees. Three Conservation Foundation staffers are already at work for NGPF, “and we may bring in other experts as we need them
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1 ’ September 6, 1984; p. 10 (Diicao {Tribune s -C;‘. 1984 Reproduced with Permission. Chicago Tribune Philosophy and Water The U.S. Environmental Protection ' Agency‘ has announced plans for protecting the nation’s . underground water supplies against the “grave threat ’ of man-made toxic substances. Its strat- egy essentially is to let the states deal with it, but to do a lot of helpful
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public de-H A pends on-underground water» supplies for its drinking Water. A- 1902. EPA study of 1,000 water systems around the country revealed that 29iperce'nlt of the ones serving 10,000 or more people contained "an" unexpectedly high level of dangerous - chemicals. ’l‘oxic/chemi- cals were also found in 16.5 percent. of the ' water systems serving fewer than 10,000 . A 3
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fiflxeflaruiiihrnrr Enaraal © 1984 The (Providence) Journal. Reproduced with Permission. September 5’, 1984; p. A17 T Sharing task of protecting i America’s groundwater Water hidden beneath the ground, as distinguished from a surface stream or pond, provides the United States with one-quarter of its fresh supply. When the public hears about contamination of this unseen supply, it becomes
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TH}; COMMERCIAL APPEAL‘ . ’§. 1984 The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal. Reproduced with Permission. September 11, 1984; p. A6 * M A dee V SERIOUS questions have been raised about a potential threat to Tennessee’s underground sources of drinking water. ‘ ' p ' _ Clear answers seem to be lack- mg be doubly cautious. And that caution certainly should extend to consider- ation of additional
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—. THE BUFFALO NEWS "September 9, 1984; p. F2 5 1984 The Buffalo News. Reproduced with Permission. WaterP1an Falls Short ILLIAM ~ :5. Ruckelshaus, admim'strator of the Environ- mental Protection Agency, was justly ‘ praised by environmental groups last November for reversing proposals by his predecessor thatwoulti have weak- ened federal pollution cleanup stand- ards for rivers
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t m]12f{E1l1§é1 g, (Eitu iliizucfi September 10, 1984; p. A8 6 1984 Reproduced with Permission. The Kansas City Times States Control W7ater IWho’s more concerned about the water your drink --_' the federal government or the state government? Washington officials say states ’ are and contend. that’s the way it should stay.. Recently the Environmental Protection Agency issued a wide
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@112 flflrnininenrrfluurnal February 16; 1985; p..A16 O 1985 The (Providence) Journal. Reproduced with Permission. i Fresh initiatives to safeguard the ground water supplies Concern about the quality of well water in Rhode Island began mount- ing last year when the state exper- ienced a scare over the presence of the pesticide Temik in some drinking water supplies. Since then state offi- , cials
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f THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION January 29, 1985; p. 14A § 1985 Reproduced yvith Permission. ThewAt1anta Constitution . Water-pollution issuelcan"t wait Arizona. Gov. Bruce Babbitt’s «frustration» over the federal“government’s failure to move decisively to solve the rapidly worsen- ing problem of groundwater contamination deserves to be widely shared. Half of the people in the United States rely
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR § 1984 Reproduced with Permission. ~ NOVEIDEGI‘ 25» 1984; P- 23 The Christian Science Monitor Water: a federal concern ‘ H OW clean is your drinking water? . If you are like most Americans, you probably trust that the water flowing through your kitchen tap is as pure as is reasonably possible. , Unfortunately; as news reports often in- dicate, that is not always so
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EH12 cfllarionéifzugtr ~73m1.arY.21s 19353 P» .3A The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger M Delta shadow , Water supply dismal prospect M . ‘A recently completed five-year A Additionally, the study shows that study gives water ‘shortage warnings in Mississippi an unsettling impact. ‘ The study‘ by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that unless agricultur- ' al water use in the Mississippi Delta
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drinking sources. _ Although the Oil and Gas Divi- sion has aggressively enforcedlaws against illegal dril1ing,t__}.pending state legislati-one would ‘ provide added muscle. House Bill 501 would increase finemaximums for brine dumping from $1,000 to $5,000 for the first offense__and from-$2,000 to ‘$10,000 for subsequent offenses as well as extending prison time from six months to twofyears. ‘ " _ c
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Nswsnlr December 20, 1984; Editorial Page §: 1984 (Long Island) Newsday. Reproduced with Permission. ’ Curbing Development to g Protect Lvs Water The Suffolk County Board of Health seems to be headed for a reasonable com- promise in its effort to safeguard Long Is- 1and’s water supply from unwise develop- ment. Environmentalists want a tough . sanitary code; developers want a lax one
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. l 0 1985 The (Nashville) Tennessean. Reproduced with Permission. February 3, 1985; p. 4H New Water Rules Need Debcate V controvesy has developed over a set of proposed regulations issued by water management officials in the state Depart- ment of Health and Environment. The pro- v ~ posed regulations would permit industries to inject waste into groundwater. . Water management officials saylthe
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Washington, D.C. 20540 fl*“”" ; r :5 ‘S I ~‘ ">1 , n 4. % : L‘. i "7 “'7'” P./'4 ‘ 4 L ' 1 Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress LC 14.12?/3: A (§5’(oC2L:Li10\ Government Publications A Unit JUL 2 2 3994 Washington University Libraries St, Louis, MO 63130 K M B RY I Washington University GROVE CITY COLLEGE V. BELL AND ITS AFTERMATH Karen J

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