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Entries from October 2008

First Rainfall, End of Daylight Savings Time Offers Consumers … - MarketWatch

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

First Rainfall, End of Daylight Savings Time Offers Consumers …MarketWatch - 31 Oct 2008Gardens and plants will do better with less, and you'll save precious water and money," Kightlinger said. The water-saving reminder comes a day afte…

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People advised to boil tap water - BBC News

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

People advised to boil tap waterBBC News, UK - 5 hours agoWessex Water said the advice had been issued as a precaution after coliform bacteria were discovered in the water supplied to the area. …People urged to boil water in Chard area Char…

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People urged to boil water in Chard area - Chard & Ilminster News

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People urged to boil water in Chard areaChard & Ilminster News, UK - 31 Oct 2008Wessex Water found the coliforms through the regular sampling it carries out on a daily basis. The company analyses around 50000 water samples a year. …

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Porthcawl flood risk eased - News Wales

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

Porthcawl flood risk easedNews Wales, UK - 2 hours agoDwr Cymru Welsh Water will start work next week on a 1.4 million pound scheme to improve the performance of the wastewater network in Porthcawl. …

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Houston launches energy efficiency building retrofit programme - Energy Efficiency News

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

Houston launches energy efficiency building retrofit programmeEnergy Efficiency News, UK - 3 hours agoHouston is teaming up with Siemens Building Technologies and TAC Americas to undertake a major retrofit of the city’s buildings to improv…

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Family anguish over mystery death of doting grandfather - Edinburgh Evening News

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

Family anguish over mystery death of doting grandfatherEdinburgh Evening News, UK - 42 minutes agoAfter leaving the army in 1976, he raised his family in Prestonfield, and worked as an engineer for Scottish Water for 28 years. For the past th…

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WATER LEAK INVESTIGATED - Herts and Essex Observer

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

WATER LEAK INVESTIGATEDHerts and Essex Observer, UK - 1 hour agoA spokeswoman for Three Valleys Water said this morning that its engineers were on site today. On Wednesday, one resident, Barry Butchart, of Chinnery Hill, …

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Nativity story is recycled by teenagers - Journal Live

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

Nativity story is recycled by teenagersJournal Live, UK - 14 minutes agoThe life-size display at St Nicholas Cathedral will be made entirely from waste items supplied by Northumbrian Water. It is donating 1650 plastic water …

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£2m flood prevention plans backed - thisiseastgrinstead.co.uk

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

£2m flood prevention plans backedthisiseastgrinstead.co.uk, UK - 15 minutes ago"We look forward to working with Sutton & East Surrey Water when they approach us about any proposals they have drawn up."

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Successful pike trials at Bristol Water fisheries - Weston & Somerset Mercury

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Successful pike trials at Bristol Water fisheriesWeston & Somerset Mercury, UK - 49 minutes agoTHE first pike trail took place for six days starting on October 15 at the Bristol Water Fisheries. On day one, anglers took plenty of fish from mo…

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