IID investigates diverting underrun to aid Salton Sea Aug 12, 2010
We re going to have an underrun again and we don t have a place to put it underground, which is a beneficial use of water, so let s put it into the Salton Sea, IID Director John Pierre Menvielle said. It s an environmental beneficial use ... They considered it a beneficial use. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
A matter of trust: State lands and sovereignty Jul 11, 2010
As trustee, Wyoming is legally required to put them to their highest and most beneficial use. Like any other trust arrangement, trustees cannot waste the resources of the body of the trust or act in a manner contrary to the interests of the beneficiaries. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Opinion could expand candidate disclosure requirements Jul 1, 2010
Georgia's Ethics in Government Act, written to make candidates be transparent, says they must list personal property or property in which they have "enjoyment of real or beneficial use.". Stacey Kalberman, Executive Secretary of the State Ethics Commission, said Wednesday afternoon she was parsing legal definitions of beneficial use in Georgia law. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Event focuses on medical instrumentation Jun 16, 2010
AAMI was founded to increase beneficial use of medical instrumentation through publications, standards and educational programs. AAMI s roughly 6,000 members include physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, manufacturers, distributors, clinical and biomedical engineers and technicians, and other professionals with an interest in medical devices. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Aerojet solar project adds 2.4 megawatts Jun 5, 2010
This initiative is a major step in Aerojet s efforts to help the environment, reduce its carbon footprint and return approximately 40 acres of a Superfund site to beneficial use, Aerojet vice president of sustainability Ron Samborsky said, in a news release. The solar system uses single-axis trackers that follow the sun throughout the day to maximize electricity production. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Payments to spouse reviewed May 27, 2010
GE is leasing a building which was built for it by EDA. GE pays a beneficial use tax, through EDA, on the 9. 3 million building. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
'There are a lot of tangled issues' May 27, 2010
In 1997, Wyoming regulators determined that the production of methane gas is the beneficial use of groundwater produced from coal-bed methane wells and dumped on the surface ... With the state's "beneficial use" determination in hand, the industry could pour vast amounts of produced water on the ground. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Why care about 'produced water'? May 26, 2010
Scientists urge Wyoming oil and gas industry to put 'resource' to beneficial use ... Yet Wyoming's oil and natural gas industry continues to pump millions of barrels of groundwater to the surface, where only a fraction is put to any specific beneficial use. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
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Scientists urge Wyoming oil and gas industry to put 'resource' to beneficial use. Why care about 'produced water. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Energy companies navigate water issues May 25, 2010
Most of the water is not put to a specific beneficial use, creating myriad problems for irrigators and for ranchers whose low-lying fields become inundated with year-long flows of coal-bed methane water. Most recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found Wyoming's "general use" permitting of the surface disposal of coal-bed methane water to be scientifically flawed. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
- A Reader Writes: We need to work together 0 May 13, 2010
The plan also requires each landowner to prepare a water conservation plan for every field, identifying the ways they will work to increase water-use efficiency and enhance reasonable and beneficial use. We sincerely hope that all parties involved will work together to defend the Imperial Valley and ensure that our water rights, our health and our community are sufficiently protected. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Test Your Cleaning Knowledge with ACE Clean: The Alliance for Consumer Education and the Consumer Specialty Products Association Launch a New Interactive Videogame Featuring "ACE Clean" as Part of New Disease Prevention Program for Kids of May 11, 2010
In this way, ACE will raise awareness about disease prevention and urge the public visit where they can learn more about responsible and beneficial use of products to ensure a safer, healthier and cleaner environment in homes, businesses and the community," which is ACEs mission.ACE Clean was an instant hit with the Rock Cat baseball fans that joined in a world record hand washing attempt in a crowd that included 1500 Boy Scouts, who abide by the Scout Law to be clean among... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Coal ash rules could affect power plants in Wyoming May 6, 2010
Under both proposals the EPA is allowing the continued beneficial use of coal ash ... It does have a beneficial use, but with the amount of (coal) ash available is way more than what the market requires so a lot of it ends up going to landfill disposal, he said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Lodi Measure C will help us keep our water May 5, 2010
Richard Prima wrote on May 4, 2010 6:30 PM:" Given that the District cannot currently use all of the water it has allocated due to infrastructure problems, (which takes money to fix) the idea of temporarily selling water to someone else has merit. It puts the water to beneficial use and helps with cash flow. However, the Board responded to their constituents negative comments and voted to amend their State petition to limit distribution to lands within the District. I guess Mr. Pilkington forgot... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Judge rules coal bed methane wastewater ponds unconstitutional (16) May 2, 2010
He said such water impoundments are not a beneficial use of the billions of gallons of water that are brought to the surface and dumped into pits or into rivers and streams, calling such practices a waste of one of Montana s natural resources ... The suit did not challenge legitimate beneficial uses of the water, such as stock watering, wildlife habitat, dust suppression and other uses ... No party to this action has presented any beneficial use that might be gained from causing water to... (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Mpiani & Wereko-Brobby to refund $360,000 Apr 26, 2010
1Billion) based on the monthly rental of $30,000 for the period of June 15 to November 14, 2008 when he succeeded in putting the hotel back to beneficial use. The Ghana@50 Secretariat entered into a two-year lease agreement with UAML by which the Secretariat rented the Largus Forte Hotel for two years for visiting foreign officials to reside in during particularly the Ghana@50 celebrations. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ghana @50: White Paper On The Report Of The Commission Of Inquiry Apr 22, 2010
00 for the period of 15th June 2008 to 14th November 2008 when he succeeded in putting the hotel back to beneficial use. 10. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
CBM hits record production with fewer wells Apr 4, 2010
Most of that produced water has been dumped on the surface with no specific beneficial use. That's 783,092 acre feet of water, according to the survey -- enough to fill Lake DeSmet three times. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Drop 2 awaits possible renaming in honor of Warren Brock Mar 30, 2010
Flows cannot currently be captured because of lack of storage, and it will enable us to use those flows for beneficial use in the U.S, McCloskey said. The Bureau of Reclamation, which is part of the Department of the Interior, will own the reservoir, and IID will operate and maintain it. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Williams application “administratively complete” Mar 19, 2010
He called the application speculative and premature, and said the application did not demonstrate how the water would be put to a beneficial use. The second issue, Weatherby said, was the location of the use of the water. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
- Voice: Moving forward with QSA (5) Mar 8, 2010
bismarcksalot wrote on Mar 7, 2010 11:42 AM:" Reasonable and Beneficial Use, enough said forward with the QSA. ". rcasarez wrote on Mar 7, 2010 8:03 AM:" Well said Mr Kuiper, in the last ten years IID hasn't developed any strengths worthy of mentioning. Our conservation projects, reservoirs, canal lining have been paid for by outside agencies such as MWD, SDCWU, and other agencies. On an individual basis, the valley has not funded conservation projects on its own. We have not proven to be great... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
New Process Yields High-Energy-Density, Plant-Based Transportation Fuel Feb 28, 2010
The simple process preserves about 95 percent of the energy from the original biomass, requires little hydrogen input, and captures carbon dioxide under high pressure for future beneficial use. With James Dumesic, Steenbock Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UW-Madison, postdoctoral researchers Jesse Bond and David Martin Alonso, and graduate students Dong Wang and Ryan West published details of the advance in the Feb. 26 edition of the journal Science. (Science Daily)
Tapatio in default on loan; foreclosure, sale or bankruptcy possible (324) Feb 27, 2010
oldboerne wrote on Feb 23, 2010 8:38 PM:" Waste usually means that the water is withdrawn without a beneficial use. Stealing is taking what does not belong to you. The recognized law in Texas is that you own the water under your property. If the city of Boerne withdraws massive amounts of ground water and causes my well to go dry is that stealing? If the city of Boerne uses massive amounts of surface water and the creek behind my house goes dry, is that stealing?I ". curmudgeon-in-training wrote... (Boerne Star, TX)
Council finds another ally in water fight Feb 26, 2010
There is a beneficial use for this water. The Council's action follows a presentation by Jay Johnson-Castro Sr. of RGISC at Council two weeks prior. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
- Abatti questions secretary of the interior 0 Feb 25, 2010
At this point, I strongly agree with Director Abatti that the government won t come down to take over the IID, but there is an issue of (Part) 417 of reasonable and beneficial use, Sanchez said. Part 417 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires each user of the Colorado River to justify annually their request for water. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Related: 'Bashing the feds' Feb 21, 2010
But the majority of the water is not put to a specific beneficial use, creating myriad problems. At a recent press conference, Freudenthal accused the EPA of playing Monday-morning quarterback and throwing stones at the state. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
House bill aims to preserve water rights for landowners (272) Feb 16, 2010
His testimony would appear to be in support of the Sept. 6 Oregon attorney general opinion to the Oregon Water Resources Department which quotes Rights to Waters of Silvies River: "This conclusion is in accord with case law recognizing that landowners within irrigation districts are the 'owners' of the water right in regard to beneficial use and the real appropriator for beneficial purposes.". Given these facts, we believe that HB 3298 does not change the current ownership of any water right. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Flood bills being fought Feb 5, 2010
The district board directed its staff in December, 2009 "to conduct the necessary studies to develop an apportionment based on flood protection for a supplemental 2009-2010 assessment in the Hudson River Area,'' according to a statement on the district Web site."Their idea of beneficial use is crazy,'' said Saratoga County Administrator David Wickerham, whose county received a bill of more than $1 million. "I really question their authority to do it,'' Wickerham stated.The district billed Albany... (Albany Times Union)
- A Reader Writes: Starting over is a bad choice (5) Jan 31, 2010
IID is transferring water to the San Diego County Water Authority and the Coachella Valley Water District because of a ruling in 1982 by the State Water Resources Control Board that the district was failing to put its water to reasonable and beneficial use. Even though the district has long maintained that its water use is as efficient as any purveyor s in the West, a calculated determination was made that the costs of future legal fights were outweighed by the safety and certainty of a water... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Williams vs. the water board Jan 28, 2010
He called the application speculative and premature, and said the application doesn't demonstrate how the water will be put to a beneficial use. The second issue, Weatherby said, was the location of the use of the water to be transported from Pecos County. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Cle Elum community rallies to get out levy vote Jan 26, 2010
Eric Terrill, president of the Education Foundation of Cle Elum-Roslyn and husband of campaign chair Monica Terrill, said passing the levies is putting tax money to beneficial use. The district currently ranks as the 276th least taxed school district out of 296 in the state he said. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Williams' water application “administratively incomplete” Jan 21, 2010
He called the application speculative and premature, and said the application doesn't demonstrate how the water will be put to a beneficial use ... McCarthy added that municipal and industrial use is defined by law as a beneficial use ... Johnson conceded beneficial use, but said the application did not answer the questions of who would use the water, where the water would be used and for what purpose. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Kittitas County public hearing looks at exempt well pact Jan 20, 2010
advertisement During that period, home construction and other projects dependent on the drilling of new wells or use of new, existing wells could continue as long as the beneficial use of the wells begin before the end of the 150 days. The full text of the agreement can be found on the Kittitas County government Web site. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Judge upholds QSA ruling Jan 15, 2010
Revenue from the transfer agreement pays for improvements to our system and on-farm conservation that improves our reasonable and beneficial use, which is the standard that all Colorado River users are held to, Sanchez said. Menvielle said IID will continue to protect its water rights. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Is Coal Ash Hazardous? Jan 14, 2010
There is no evidence, they say, that the "beneficial use" of ash would stop with a hazardous-waste designation. "I have never seen the first study or piece of data to substantiate the claim that there would be this stigma that would stop recycling of coal ash," said Jeff Stant, director of the 's campaign for federal regulation of coal-combustion waste. (Scientific American)
State firms win clean energy credits Jan 10, 2010
The process uses 88 percent less energy than traditional fired clay products, while avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions associated with concrete, and makes beneficial use of fly ash. will get a $1. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
