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Any truth to the following?
      Portions of Missouri  River are sinking  1/30/2009  4:49:02 PM     
KANSAS  CITY,  MO — The Missouri River is  sinking, and water utilities have 
been hit the hardest, according to a  January 28 Associated Press _report_ 
(http://www.hdnews.net/wirestories/l0741-BC-MO-SinkingMissouriRi-01-28-1326)  
on  
hdnews.net.
Portions of the river, from  southeast Nebraska to the eastern  Missouri 
community of Hermann near  St. Louis,  are losing elevation as the river 
bottom 
erodes. This is causing big  problems for utilities that rely on the river to 
supply drinking  water.
Scientists are focused on  Kansas  City because of the potential impact 
there.  According to the report, “For Kansas City, at ground zero, it’s meant 
$4  
million and counting to improve the river intake used by the Water  Services 
Department for drinking water.”
As the river erodes, other  potential problems arise, including threats to 
the stability of bridges  and levees.
The US Army Corps of  Engineers is completing an initial study of the 
degradation. While there  does not seem to be a clear reason for the 
degradation, 
some theories  include impacts from dredging, upstream dams that reduce the 
amount of  sediment flowing downstream and other processes.
John Grothaus, chief of the  planning section for the Corps of Engineers in 
Kansas  City, said in the report, “Part of the whole problem is it’s  not 
visible,” referring to Kansas  City’s investment in pumps to reach lower 
river  
levels. “It's not in the public eye, you can’t see it on the  river.”
To read the full article,  click _here_ 
(http://www.hdnews.net/wirestories/l0741-BC-MO-SinkingMissouriRi-01-28-1326) .
For related information,  click _here_ 
(http://www.watertechonline.com/keyword.asp?mode=2&k=Missouri) .  

 
In a message dated 1/30/2009 2:07:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:

Hi  Jeanne,

I was wondering the same. Probably everyone is out in the  plant- 
starting room or better yet, in the dirt. Or shoveling snow.  Or  
dealing with ice. Action is better than cabin fever,  yes?

In my experience, people become energized at the beginning of each  new  
year.

Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com


On Jan  30, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Jeanne Driese wrote:

> Jeanne here, and  wondering why I have not gotten any emails for a  
> day or  two?  Am I still connected?
> Just wondering.
>  Jeanne
> tnhillwoman
> North East TN zone 6
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