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...After a family tiff prompted him to sell the Louisville Courier-Journal and other media properties in 1986, the former publisher put $2.6 million from the sale into financing what is supposed to be the world's tallest (400 ft.) floating fountain. Its 41 jets will spout 15,800 gal. of Ohio River water every minute in a 20-minute computer-controlled cycle of designs, culminating in the fleur- de-lis, Louisville's official symbol. Tens of thousands gathered Friday night to watch the fountain's spectacular debut. Bingham was not among them. He died four days earlier...
...What's a gal to do? Take what she can get, work hard and hope. The three new, earnest, off-Hollywood movies from this star-worthy trio -- Irving's Crossing Delancey, Arquette's The Big Blue and Winger's Betrayed -- suggest that when a project has doom scrawled across it, even an incandescent actress can't save the day. If her luck breaks even, maybe she can save herself...
During this summer's severe drought, Los Angeles has adopted a typically high- tech approach to water use. The city council has passed an ordinance requiring that all new buildings be outfitted with ultra-low-flush toilets that use only % 1.5 gal. of water, far less than the old 3.5-gal. variety. Problem is that the city needs 100,000 of these newfangled devices a month, far more than manufacturers are turning...
...restricts depletion of aquifers and effectively raises water costs statewide. Tucson, which had suffered an alarming 120-ft. drop in its water table, imposed a scaled billing system, charging more per gallon as water use increased. The city's per capita water consumption dropped from a high of 205 gal. a day in 1974 to 161 now. California could use similar conservation laws; in Palm Springs, where household water costs 46 cents for 100 cu. ft. (vs. $1.16 in Tucson), per capita use is 459 gal...
...acre-foot is the amount of water necessary to cover one acre to the depth of one foot, or roughly 325,000 gal...