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Editorial: 'Dead in the water'
The headline on Monday's press release from Lewis & Clark Regional Water System was prescient. "Lewis & Clark RWS Responds to Federal FY14 Budget Allocation: $3.2 Million Leaves Project 'Dead in the Water.'" These laments are - sadly - nothing news for a project that is such an integral component of this region's future.
Wednesday, April, 17, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - Opinion

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Letter: Time to wake up regarding water
In response to your Saturday article on the water shortage around Worthington.
Tuesday, November, 20, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - Opinion

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Water woes
Worthington’s wells waiting for recharge
WORTHINGTON — Crusted soil laced with wide, deep cracks are a common sight where once water lapped against the shores of Lake Bella’s northern and eastern basins.
Friday, September, 28, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Water woes continue
City hooks into rural water system
WORTHINGTON — Pressure and bacteria testing was under way Wednesday on the new Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water line that will be used to supplement Worthington’s water supply as a result of the ongoing drought.
Thursday, November, 15, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Water main construction starts today
WORTHINGTON — Water main work on Oxford Street from Smith Avenue toward Humiston Avenue is tentatively scheduled to begin today.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Water woes
With low water levels and bans on non-essential use, what is the state of the resource locally?
WORTHINGTON — Looks can be deceiving, especially when recent rains and melting snow have brought flowing water to streams that have been dry, and covered the surfaces of lake beds where deep crevices told the story of a severe drought last fall.
Tuesday, April, 30, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Worthington water main breaks are nothing new
Total for year appears average despite three thus far in week
WORTHINGTON — A string of recent water main breaks is nothing out of the ordinary, according to Worthington Public Utilities Manager Scott Hain.
Thursday, January, 24, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Total ban on lawn watering delayed
WORTHINGTON — Worthington’s Water and Light Commission on Monday held off on implementation of a total ban on lawn watering, but if the city’s static levels in the wells at Lake Bella continue to decline at the current pace of approximately one foot per week, a watering ban will be imposed at the commission’s Oct. 15 meeting.
Tuesday, October, 02, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Luverne still waiting on Lewis and Clark water
LUVERNE (AP) — The southwestern Minnesota city of Luverne had been counting on the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System to help it secure an adequate water supply.
Monday, May, 06, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Floating islands try to improve water quality
Grasses, flowers and plants on the artificial islands strengthen ecosystems above and below water
WORTHINGTON — Under cloudy skies and sporadic sprinkles, students in Jeff Rogers’ Introduction to Soil Science class at Minnesota West Community and Technical College anchored the first of four floating islands Tuesday afternoon in the E.O. Olson storm water retention pond on campus.
Wednesday, May, 01, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Beall wins water poster contest
WORTHINGTON — Brigitte Beall made a name for herself, her school and her city when she won the state-level poster contest organized by the Minnesota Rural Water Association (MRWA)
Friday, June, 01, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Water quality listening session is Monday
WORTHINGTON — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will host a listening session from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Minnesota West Community and Technical College Commons, Worthington, to gather input on the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program.
Wednesday, January, 30, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Worthington City Council meets with hydrologist on water issues
WORTHINGTON — The Worthington City Council met with DNR Hydrologist Tom Kresko in a special early morning meeting Thursday to discuss water levels on Lake Okabena, the city’s ability to get water from Herlein-Boote Slough and the concerns over the dropping water levels at the city’s well fields at Lake Bella.
Friday, February, 01, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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A vote for cleaner water
OOWD to increase levy; identifies projects
WORTHINGTON — With nearly a dozen potential projects identified to help protect Worthington’s water resources, the Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District voted unanimously to increase its annual levy Tuesday.
Thursday, September, 06, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Clean Water Fund grants come to area
WORTHINGTON — The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources awarded more than $18 million in grants late last week for projects that will protect and restore Minnesota’s streams, rivers, lakes and groundwater.
Tuesday, December, 18, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Free Water World field trip offered
LAKEFIELD — The Prairie Ecology Bus Center (PEBC), Jackson County Water Plan, and the Heron Lake Watershed District are sponsoring a Water World field trip from 1 to 4 p.m. June 7.
Thursday, May, 24, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Free water conservation kits available locally
WORTHINGTON — Minnesota Energy Resources has launched a new campaign offering free water conservation kits to its natural gas customers in Worthington
Thursday, December, 27, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Lewis & Clark begins producing water near Vermillion
TEA, S.D. — Lewis & Clark reached a historic milestone Monday when it began producing water from a treatment plant near Vermillion, S.D. for distribution to 11 of its 20 member cities and rural water systems.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Editorial: Water - a precious resource
In the June 30-July 1 Daily Globe, an advertisement placed by Worthington Public Utilities (WPU) is well worth a bit of extra attention.
Thursday, July, 05, 2012 - Worthington Daily Globe - Opinion

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Statewide water quality program is weighed locally
Program asks producers to adopt new practices in exchange for regulatory certainty
WORTHINGTON — Minnesota Assistant Agriculture Commissioner Matt Wohlman was in Worthington Monday night to lead the first of six public input sessions on a proposed statewide certification program encouraging farmers to implement conservation practices on their land.
Thursday, February, 07, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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