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	<description>Our Water... Our Responsibility</description>
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		<title>Free Landscape Management Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Maintaining the &#8220;More Sustainable Landscape&#8221;  Including Stormwater BMPs, Park Meadows, Prairie Plantings, Road Medians, Etc.  February 29, 2012 – 1 to 4pm Auld Pavilion, Antelope Park, Lincoln, NE Co-Sponsors: Nebraska Forest Service &#38; City of Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department Purpose: To engage and inform key landscape management/maintenance professionals about the purpose of the &#8220;More Sustainable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2012/free-landscape-management-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Construction BMPs: Temporary Stabilization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stabilization, or establishing ground cover to protect disturbed soils from erosion, is not only a good practice, it is required by law.  The Nebraska state Construction General Permit states that, with a few exceptions such as snow cover or frozen ground conditions, “stabilization measures  must be initiated as soon as practicable in portions of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2012/construction-bmps-temporary-stabilization/</link>
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		<title>Nebraska Construction Storm Water General Permit: Terminating Permit Coverage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a stormwater permit (state or local) in your name, it is very important to close out that permit upon completion of a project.  As long as that permit is open, you are the responsible party for any stormwater discharges coming from your site.  A permit may be closed out under only two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2012/nebraska-construction-storm-water-general-permit-terminating-permit-coverage/</link>
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		<title>Construction BMPs: Concrete Washout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For obvious reasons concrete trucks should never be washed out into the street or into the storm drain.  Solids that are washed out of the concrete trucks can clog storm drains, causing flooding and expensive clean-up.  However, it is also important to contain the concrete wash water as well.  The wash water is very alkaline, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2011/construction-bmps-concrete-washout/</link>
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		<title>Bioswale Installed at Lied Scottsbluff Public Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The planted area you see pictured below is a bioswale.  A bioswale is a long, often linear depression in the ground that allows water to move from one location to another.  It has gentle side slopes where plants can be grown to slow water enough to filter pollutants and allow more runoff to filter into the ground.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2011/bioswale-installed-at-lied-scottsbluff-public-library/</link>
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		<title>Recent Public Service Announcements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[See videos below for recent public service announcements about stormwater pollution, rain gardens, and cleaning up after pets. Stormwater Pollution Rain Gardens &#160; Pet Waste]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2011/recent-public-service-announcements/</link>
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		<title>Kearney Rain Garden Workshop and Installation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, September 15, from 9am &#8211; 4pm the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Stormwater Management Team and the City of Kearney will be hosting a rain garden workshop and training in Kearney.  The event will include classroom instruction followed by a hands on installation.  The goal of this workshop is to provide hands on training [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2011/kearney-rain-garden-workshop-and-installation/</link>
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		<title>Rain Barrel Display</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visit the City of Kearney Rain Barrel Display Area Get Ideas On How You Can Help Conserve Water and Protect Our Local Environment.  Collecting rainwater for your garden is a smart idea, no matter what your motivation. Plants like rainwater, because it’s naturally soft, and free of chlorine and other chemicals. If you’re on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2011/rain-barrel-display/</link>
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		<title>Rain Garden Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some current pictures of our City&#8217;s first Rain Garden located at the corner of 19th Street and Avenue B.  Thank you to Connie McDonnough and Breann Hort for your help with maintenance!      ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2011/rain-garden-update/</link>
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		<title>Household Hazardous Wastes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Threat to You, A Threat to Your Environment Did you know that once every two and a half minutes someone calls a poison control center to report exposure to a household cleaning substance?1  Over half of these calls involve the exposure of a child under five years old.2  Most of us have several different kinds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nebraskah2o.org/2011/household-hazardous-wastes/</link>
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