Of course, we're biased and thought our seats were the best in the house [...insert pause...], but we'll give the credit to CIFF as the Film Festival returns next month.
The Sewer District has completed a new Strategic Plan for 2013-2016. Our devotion to enhancing quality of life in the region and protecting its water resources remains the core function of the organization, and customer service and community partnerships will be critical as we move through the next four years.
The Strategic Plan outlines five areas of strategic focus: Operational Excellence, Fiscal Responsibility, Customer Service, Community Partnerships, and Organization and Employee Effectiveness. The goal of the plan is to chart a course towards leading the region as the premier environmental organization protecting our waterways.
In a region where the annual rainfall is practically zero, but the atmospheric humidity is 98%, a university designed a billboard that draws potable water out of the air.
Even in a city where the river once oozed rather than flowed, it can be easy to take such amazing natural resources for granted.
Friday is World Water Day, a celebration of safe drinking water and sanitation, and this year's campaign promotes sustainable management of the world's limited freshwater resources.
It's easy to take our own toilet for granted, but when nature calls 230 miles above Earth, proper plumbing takes on an entirely new importance. And a much higher pricetag.
The Smithsonian's story says the investment in the functional model exhibit ($50,000) is only a fraction of the cost of the actual space-shuttle toilet that flew on Endeavor—$30 million.
But really? A toilet exhibit? Heck yeah, Smithsonian staff says.
The subject is so popular, says museum staffer Michael
Hulslander, because “it is truly universal.” The first thing he thought
when planning the exhibition was “oh my god, we need a toilet.”
Hey, being in the wastewater industry ourselves, we know plenty of people want to know (and are brave enough to ask), "Where does the poopie go?"
As New York's ban on sugary drinks is on hold, an AP story today reports Americans' latest bottled-drink love affair is with good ol' H2O.
Candice Choi's story in the Denver Post states Americans drink about 44 gallons of soda per year, compared to 58 gallons of water. Since 1998, consumption of bottled water has doubled to make up 21 gallons of that total.
We're all for a tall glass of the clear stuff, but we do encourage you to turn on the tap instead of turning to the twist-off top.
Last week, we toured the progress inside our $170 million Renewable Energy Facility. Here are some of the latest photos.
The building houses equipment that will generate 25% of the plant's electricity while conserving resources and reducing pollution. It is scheduled to go online this summer.
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of three fluidized-bed incinerators, each one about 60 feet tall.
They're called fluidized beds because heated sand blows around inside
the base like a liquid. The incinerators burn solid waste known as biosolids.
