[Water News] DJ Gongol & Associates Water News - November 2, 2009

[Brian Gongol]

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Highlights from the past week
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A court in New York City has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay $105 million for 
water pollution blamed on gasoline additives:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2009/10/26/

See what a huge new installation of aeration equipment looks like:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2009/10/27/

It's expected to be a warm winter for the Midwest, and that could have 
an effect on wastewater lagoons:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2009/10/28/

October 2009 broke a lot of precipitation records:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2009/10/29/

The Missouri River, going dangerously dry a few years ago, is unusually 
full right now:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2009/10/30/


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