A 250-ton mechanical mole punched through the earth's surface recently, leaving in its wake a large-diameter tunnel, 8 miles long, to serve as a critical water line for Southern California.
The EPA recently finalized its $111-million plan for containing and remediating contaminated ground water beneath the western side of the Aerojet Superfund site outside of Folsom, Calif.
Many of the frontline troops in the environmental and governmental struggles over water in the drought-stricken southeast United States will be on hand at the Southeast FOCUS Ground Water Conference, Sept. 24-25 in Atlanta.
According to an article in the Irvine World News, the Irvine Ranch Water District Board recently approved the long-sought agreement to clean up ground water contaminated by pollutants from the former El Toro air base in Orange County, Calif.