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 Stories About: climate AND East Coast AND rivers and watersheds
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N.C. Pee Dee Blues
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03 Mar 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| N.C. Pee Dee Blues Water wars have long simmered in the arid Western U.S., but now they're bubbling up in Eastern states as well. Dry spells in 1999 and 2002 brought many of the East's rivers to worrisome lows; increased water demand spurred by new development is only adding to the problem. A contentious quarrel between Maryland and Virginia over the Potomac River has worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, ... |
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| Topics: climate, East Coast, rivers and watersheds (all these topics) |
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