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2003 Wastewater News
December, 2003
Legal battles and local politics have stalled a $20 million, state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that officials hoped would improve the water quality of Minnesota's premier walleye lake. AP/Duluth News Tribune 12/29/03
California town seeks bidders for its wastewater. And gets them. Press Democrat 12/14/03
List of early front-runners for California town's wastewater. Press Democrat 12/14/03
New $200 million California sewage treatment plant also recharges The Geysers, a geothermal steam field nearly 40 miles away. AP/Mercury News 12/3/03
Florida community approves $6 million pipeline project that could eventually redirect millions of gallons of wastewater each day. Sun-Sentinel 12/1/03
November 2003
Atlanta in a fix over old sewers. Empathy from other government leaders in short supply. Atlanta Journal Constitution 11/29/03
Cash-strapped Key Largo, Florida wastewater board temporarily turned down a desperately needed $500,000 line of credit in order to seek competitive offers. Keys News 11/29/03
Arctic fish near sewage line getting an unexpected dose of caffeine and drugs. Cold water may keep chemicals from breaking down. Reuters 11/24/03
California's new Robert Redford Building is one of the "greenest" in the U.S. The toilets flush themselves with rainwater and the building uses 60% less water than conventional offices. Reuters 11/13/03
Maine looks to stop ships from dumping wastewater in coastal waters. Portland Press Herald 11/11/03
Feature: California's elite Pebble Beach golf courses find a way around high salt content of recycled wastewater. The politics of well tended fairways. Monterey County Herald 11/9/03
Recycled wastewater, not wells, may solve the Tampa, Florida region's water shortages. St. Petersburg Times 11/7/03
Florida governor Bush authorizes $27 million in low-interest, tax-free bonds for International Paper Co. to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant. Pensacola News Journal 11/4/03
Savannah, Georgia's sewers clogged. "It's gory," says official of southern grease build up. AP/Gwinnett Daily 11/2/03
October, 2003
Savannah, Georgia launches public awareness campaign to get the cooking grease out of sewer lines. Press Release 10/30/03
Florida trucks hauled wastewater and then orange juice. No health hazard seen, but juice companies cancel contract and state looking at what happened. Tampa Tribune 10/29/03
Tour the Newburyport, Massachusetts wastewater treatment plant. From "muffin monster" to veggie garden. Merrimack River Current 10/25/03
Mountaire poultry company hopes its Delaware wastewater treatment plant problems finally are at an end. Delmarva Now 10/14/03
Pennsylvania meat packer plans $5.1 million wastewater treatment plant improvement. Expansion has to meet USDA requirements. Lansdale Reporter 10/14/03
