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From: Michael White [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 8:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Bill to Priviatize USGS Water Data


FYI - I found this story interesting given Dr. Wayne Clough's comments
at
ASEE about access to water being a top priority in the next 15-20
years... MW

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Congress Seeks to Privatize Some USGS Water Activities
Chemistry.org Weekly Newsletter
June 13, 2005

"More of the data collection and analysis work conducted through the
U.S.
Geological Survey's (USGS) cooperative water program could be privatized

under language in the U.S. House of Representative's Department of the
Interior fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill. Supporters of the
privatization language say that it would stop USGS from competing with
the
private sector, but many environmental managers fear that important data

collection efforts would be weakened. " ...
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_pol.html?id=c373e9045feeed498f6a17245d830100

USGS Water Resources for the U.S.
http://water.usgs.gov/
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Engineering and Science Library
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Queen's University
93 University Ave., Kingston, Ontario K7L 5C4
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