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False reading generates water violation

  • By Jacob Bertram, Columbia Gorge News
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WHITE SALMON — The Washington Department of Ecology recently notified the City of White Salmon that the municipal water system violated severa…

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Chlorine shortage closes TD pool

  • By Alana Lackner, Columbia Gorge News
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THE DALLES — The Northern Wasco County Aquatic Center in The Dalles will be closed until further notice pending a liquid chlorine delivery.

Word on the Street: Finding Nimmos in the ozone at 300 G-forces
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Word on the Street: Finding Nimmos in the ozone at 300 G-forces

  • By Tom Peterson The Dalles Chronicle
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Oxygen is a funny thing—you put two atoms together and you can breathe —thanks to blue green algae.

But if you can get three to cohabitate in ozone, well then, my friend, you can do some laundry.

Really well.

Science corner: ­Encouraging news on Ozone Layer
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Science corner: ­Encouraging news on Ozone Layer

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This September the United Nations released an encouraging update on the status of the ozone layer and the ozone hole over Antarctica. Evidence of progress in reversing ozone depletion offers good environmental news and some interesting parallels with climate change.