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Water complaints lessen, but measures continue

2015-04-27 15:30:50| Waste Management - Topix.net

The Leigh Street Water Plant is now receiving fewer calls about foul taste and discoloration of water than it has over the past few weeks, according to Clay Samples, superintendent of the water plant. However, Samples said the plant is continuing the use of activated carbon and still its flushing storage tanks to rid the system of any impurities.

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Terre Haute, Ind., Mayor Eyes Monthly Trash Fee to Lessen Deficit

2015-03-12 21:40:00| Waste Age

<a href="http://www.tribstar.com/">Tribune Star</a> Facing deficit cash balances, Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett says city government has to reconsider charging residents a trash-hauling fee. read more

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Restoring wetlands can lessen soil sinkage, greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

2014-11-01 09:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: The study, which is one of the first to continually measure the fluctuations of both carbon and methane as they cycle through wetlands, appears in the journal by Global Change Biology. Worldwide, agricultural drainage of organic soils has resulted in vast soil subsidence and contributed to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. The California Delta was drained more than a century ago for agriculture and human settlement and has since experienced subsidence rates that are among the...

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