[Water News] DJ Gongol & Associates Water News - July 30, 2010

[Brian Gongol]

Thanks for reading this week's edition of our weekly water news report. 
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Highlights from the past week
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The Lake Delhi dam failure:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/07/26/

Flooding makes an uncertain crop year even more unpredictable:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/07/27/

The rains that inundated northeast Iowa flooded Chicago, too:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/07/28/

Investigators may be looking at the gates at Lake Delhi:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/07/29/

A study by a major engineering firm says Nebraska faces a very thirsty 
future by the time today's toddlers reach middle age:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/07/30/


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