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TUGBOATS TOWING GIANT PLASTIC BAGS may soon be taking up to 20,000 acre-feet of water per year from each of two northcoast rivers - the Albion and the Gualala - to Southern California. Alaska Water Exports, part of an international consortium called World Water SA, has already shipped water from Turkey to Cyprus using the plastic bag technique. San Diego water officials are intrigued, but have told the company to get its permits, conduct its studies, and come back with a solid proposal.

THE BUSH BUDGET WOULD TERMINATE USGS' TOXICS Substances Hydrology Program and National Water Quality Assessment Program (in a $22 million cut), two programs with long-term studies underway in S.F. Bay. The proposed budget would in turn supply $10 million to the National Science Foundation for a new water quality grant program. See www.usgs.gov/public/press/public_affairs/press_releases/pr1556m.html

TERRORISTS COULD CONTAMINATE a water source with either a biological or chemical agent, or use a relatively small explosive to disable hydroelectric turbines that provide electricity to a wide area, according to a new report by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security. The report details how large water bodies, forests, farms, mines and even wildlife can be attacked, and makes suggestions for reducing terrorist threats (see NowOnline).

THE YOLO BYPASS WILDLIFE AREA GREW BY 12,808 ACRES this December. The $16.6 million purchase of historic wetlands, grasslands and creekside forest, as well as the mouth of Putah Creek, from the Glide Trust and Los Rios farms was funded by the state and facilitated by the Nature Conservancy. In related news, a Yolo Bypass Management Strategy was published last fall that seeks to provide a coordinated framework for a mix of public and private land uses in the bypass, and a balance of habitat protection, agriculture and flood conveyance. See www.yolobasin.org

WORKERS BROKE GROUND FOR A BRACKISH WATER DESAL facility in Alameda County late last year. The state-of-the-art-facility will use reverse osmosis membranes to remove salts and other minerals from brackish groundwater, and through blending, help lower water hardness levels throughout the county water district's service area.

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