Investigate West: One of the countrys fastest-growing cities suddenly has a long-term water problem.
The weather was uncharacteristically drizzly for late summer when Seattle Public Utilities tour guide Ralph Naess, tooling along a backroad in the city-protected Cedar River watershed, suddenly looked skyward with alarm at a sudden sunbreak.
Hey -- the sun is coming out. Bad news! Naess exclaimed. Turning to visitors, he explained: We would much prefer a dousing rain for a month.
Its not unusual for...