Overview
The Huron River is considered to be the cleanest urban river in Michigan. Much of the credit for this status goes to the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) and those who saw the need for the river’s protection. Even though HRWC has no enforcement powers, they have accomplished their goals through the use of technical data, factual information and citizen stewardship to influence decisions made by various local agencies, businesses, and individuals.
The HRWC’s work reached back to 1956, a time when Ann Arbor was expanding and pollution in the Huron River was already a growing problem. For over 5o years, HRWC has served as a common ground where stakeholders come together to discuss collaboration and coordination between local units of government, businesses, and citizens on water management policies and programs. Throughout the years, these discussions have resulted in reports that governments and agencies have used to direct policies such as wellhead protection
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The Homase South pit in the AKHM Project is expected to achieve first gold pour within two months. (Credit: Eric Chegwin from FreeImages)
GoldStone Resources has secured the remaining key permits required to develop the Homase South Pit in the Akrokeri-Homase Gold Project (AKHM project) in Ghana.
The company announced that it has been issued the mining operating permit and the water use permit for the deposit from the relevant government bodies.
GoldStone Resources CEO Emma Priestley said: “We thank the Minerals Commission, Water Resources Commission of Ghana and all involved for the approval of our Permits, with these approvals in place, there is clear demonstration of continued support for the project development from the Ghana Government.
MONROEÂ â An initial proposal for a $93,281.657 budget for 2021-22 has already been further reduced by First Selectman Ken Kellogg.
Mr. Kellogg made his initial budget presentation to the Town Council on Monday, February 8, but later announced the additional reductions, bringing the projected increase down potentially to where taxes might rise less than 3%.
The original total breaks down into $29,742,774 for municipal government, $61,791,068 for the education department and an additional $1,747,815 for capital appropriations and contingency.
Later in the week, Mr. Kellogg wrote, âMy budget was delivered to Town Council on February 8, 2021, as required by Town Charter. Since Monday, we have received two pieces of encouraging news. First, the governorâs proposed state budget suspends a previously scheduled reduction in state aid from the Education Cost Sharing grant.
As a wall of water 3m high and 500m wide pours over the Burdekin Falls Dam a hydro-electric expert says it should be generating clean, green power worth $1.3bn. Professor Simon Bartlett, who led investigations into hydro-electricity for the former State Electricity Corporation of Queensland, says the current waste cannot be tolerated. The Burdekin Falls is the Snowy Mountains scheme of northern Australia and should be developed, Professor Bartlett said. We cannot tolerate wasting 17,000 Olympic swimming pools a day, given Australia s drought conditions and need for continuous renewable hydropower. Rising from just over half full, Queensland s biggest dam has been filled and topped up to 145 per cent capacity in a matter of days. It is now holding 2.7 million megalitres and 400,000 megalitres a day is spilling.