The capital city is all abuzz about water, and so are we. This issue, Ward Schaefer writes about the broken water mains in "Singing the Broken-Pipe Blues": why they broke, who gets the bill and more. In "The…
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:: Pearl River Covers
The Lakes Plan That Won’t Recede
by Adam Lynch
Jan. 20, 2010
Also see: Pearl River Levees/Lakes Archive
Although both the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the local Levee Board have rejected the Two Lakes development/flood-control plan, its supporters are vowing not to give up.
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Jan. 20, 2010
Also see: Pearl River Levees/Lakes Archive
Although both the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the local Levee Board have rejected the Two Lakes development/flood-control plan, its supporters are vowing not to give up.
…
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Saving Two Lakes: Is It Worth It?
by Adam Lynch
May 27, 2009
Also see: Publisher's Note: The Changing Saga of Two Lakes
The Pearl River is an easy force of nature to contend with, providing you are an optimist about it. An optimist, for example, would point out…
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May 27, 2009
Also see: Publisher's Note: The Changing Saga of Two Lakes
The Pearl River is an easy force of nature to contend with, providing you are an optimist about it. An optimist, for example, would point out…
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Fantasy Island
by Adam LynchPhoto by Jaro Vacek
May 24, 2006
Developers are cheering and environmentalists are jeering as the Lefleur Lakes ("Two Lakes") project gains momentum, helped along by political support from men like Mayor Frank Melton and Gov. Haley Barbour, who seem…
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