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Friends of Clearwater PAC
Friends of Clearwater PAC
stated on October 21, 2013 a flier
Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods."
False
By Charlie Frago • November 2, 2013
Independent Texans
Independent Texans
stated on September 3, 2013 a white paper on Proposition 6
$6 billion water bond program voters passed in 2011 "has yet to be tapped."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 29, 2013
Amardeep Kaleka
Amardeep Kaleka
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview
Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland."
Pants on Fire!
October 28, 2013
Nick Fish
Nick Fish
stated on August 13, 2013 a statement on the Portland Water Bureau website
Says "we are going to sell this house and use the proceeds to stabilize rates."
False
By Dana Tims • October 15, 2013
Portlanders for Water Reform
Portlanders for Water Reform
stated on July 18, 2013 a fundraising letter.
Says the reasoning behind Portland's high water and sewer rates is "all kinds of ’pet projects’ unrelated to the core function of the water and sewer bureaus"
Mostly False
By Ian K. Kullgren • July 26, 2013
Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County
stated on July 9, 2013 a county budget document
Miami-Dade has "the nation’s highest-rated tap water."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2013
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on June 25, 2013 a Senate floor speech
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 6, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor
Says Delaware County has more waterfront property than any other county in the state of Ohio
True
By Robert Higgs • June 27, 2013
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 a statement.
Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013
Clean Water Portland
Clean Water Portland
stated on April 8, 2013 a campaign flier
Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S."
False
By Janie Har • April 20, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas ranks first among the states in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and toxic chemicals released into water.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on December 13, 2012 an Austin City Council meeting.
Says Austin’s treated wastewater, put into the Colorado River, is of higher quality than water the city takes from the lake for public use.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on December 31, 2012 an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman
Says in "our region," 2011 was worst drought year ever recorded.
True
By Sue Owen • January 15, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a news conference
Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio.
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 7, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on October 21, 2012 an answer for the League of Women Voters, Austiin Area, Voters Guide.
"Texas’ population is projected to double in the next 50 years or so, but our basic amount of water will remain about where it is now."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 25, 2012 an announcement at the Ohio State Fair
"Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops."
True
By Aaron Marshall • August 8, 2012
Helio Melo
Helio Melo
stated on June 7, 2012 a House floor debate
"People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Tom Mooney • July 1, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."
False
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Eileen Brady
Eileen Brady
stated on April 30, 2012 a debate
Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir.
False
By Janie Har • May 5, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on April 19, 2012 campaign material
Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year."
False
By Janie Har • May 4, 2012
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