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June 6, 2005

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• CO: American Water Works Association Research Foundation: Project Manager - Environmental Leadership and Utility Management
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• OR: City of Medford: WRD Source Control Supervisor
• SC: Spartanburg Water System/Sanitary Sewer District: Water Plant Operator III or IV
• SC: Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority: Water Operator II or III
• WA: Kitsap County Dept. of Public Works: Senior Program Manager - Sewer Utility

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National/International News

—  Great Lakes News

• Research: common drugs seeping into lakes, water supply
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/03) "It was barely a drop, but the effect of the drug was astonishing. Pointing to a digital recording of fathead minnows gasping for breath in a milky, murky stew, researcher Rebecca Klaper said: 'We had planned to keep them in there for a week, but we had to pull them the next day.'"
  
  
• IJC appoints team to revise Upper Great Lakes plan of study
  (CNW Group, 06/02) News Release. "The International Joint Commission has appointed a binational team of experts to revise its plan for an Upper Great Lakes Study."
  
  
• Algae that’s bad news for the nose
  (Wisconsin Natural Resources, 06/01) "Last summer the air along many coastal communities up and down Lake Michigan reeked with a septic-like odor, but the smells and accompanying windrows of green, slimy plants were not caused by sewage overflows."
  
  
• States can participate in EPA suit, judge says
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/31) "A federal judge has granted motions for Great Lakes states to intervene in a lawsuit over whether ships without a permit can dump any ballast water containing non-native species."
  
  
• Electric 'fence' installed to deter Asian carp
  (Duluth News Tribune, 05/29) "These fish jump. Oh, how they jump. It's common for an Asian carp to leap four feet out of the water and flop into whatever may rumble into its path, be it watercraft or someone fishing. They also make a big splash. A 60-pounder is not unusual."
  
  
• Report: Great Lakes water threatened
  (London Free Press, 05/27) "A new report on the health of the Great Lakes says the water is safe to drink, but threatened by continuing pollution, and you still need a guidebook to be sure the fish are safe to eat."
  

—  Water Supply

• Shrinking Columbia River changing face of Northwest
  (Salt Lake Tribune, 06/05) "The water seems quiet and calm at the mouth of the Columbia River, offering no hint of its turbulent history or the deep emotions it provokes in the Pacific Northwest."
  
  
• Drought over for parts of the Southwest
  (Arizona Republic, 06/02) "The drought is officially over for parts of the Southwest, a National Drought Mitigation Center official said Thursday."
  
  
• Australian government under fire over water plan
  (ABC News, 05/31) "The South Australian Government has been accused of sending out conflicting and contradictory signals over its proposal to pipe River Murray water to Kimba on Eyre Peninsula."
  

—  Water Quality

• E. coli outbreak in Ore. camp attributed to water supply
  (Oregonian, 06/02) "A contaminated water system is the likely cause of a disease outbreak that sickened more than 50 people who attended Camp Yamhill in Yamhill County between May 17 and 20."
  
  
• Florida counties OK water-plant deal
  (Sarasota Herald Tribune, 06/02) "After several months of negotiations, Sarasota and Charlotte counties have reached an agreement for splitting the costs to expand a water treatment plant on the Peace River."
  
  
• Washington town finally gets chlorinated water
  (Heartland Institute, 06/01) "Lacey, Washington, a town halfway between Olympia and Tacoma, has lost its distinction of being the state’s largest town without a chlorinated municipal water system."
  
  
• Utility compliance data show ups, downs
  (AWWA WaterWeek, 06/01) "As in 2003, 90 percent of US residents served by public water systems in 2004 received tap water that met all applicable health-based standards, reports USEPA in its annual Drinking Water Factoids document. USEPA's goal is to boost that value to 95 percent by 2008."
  
  
• Ontario official pleased by results of drinking water report
  (CNW Telbec, 05/31) "Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) President Roger Anderson today welcomed an encouraging progress report by Ontario's Chief Drinking Water Inspector."
  
  
• Clinton urges water, sanitation funding for tsunami-hit Maldives
  (ABC News, 05/29) "Former President Clinton said Sunday he would ask donors to help fully restore water and sanitation services in the tsunami-ravaged Maldives, a day after he canceled a visit to areas struck by the huge waves in the Indian Ocean archipelago."
  

—  MTBE

• High-octane debate over MTBE
  (Newsday, 06/01) "Headquartered in a handful of congressional districts mostly dotting the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, manufacturers of the fuel additive MTBE could face staggering financial losses if the scores of lawsuits against them succeed."
  

—  TCE

• Workplace solvent linked to immune system disorders
  (ABC News, 05/30) "The industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) may cause immune system changes in workers exposed to the chemical, Italian researchers conclude."
  

—  Water Resources

• New England's red tide continues southward expansion
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/03) "One of New England's worst red tides in decades expanded southward this week, rounding Cape Cod and forcing some of the region's most prolific shellfish beds to close."
  
  
• N.D. court refuses to block lake project
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/02) "North Dakota's Supreme Court has refused to block a contentious water-diversion project aimed at stopping a swollen lake from swamping homes and farmland."
  
  
• High phosphorus levels found in Everglades
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/01) "A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Florida and the U.S. government violated the 1992 Everglades cleanup settlement by allowing excessive discharges of phosphorus into the vast wetlands and failing to meet a stormwater treatment deadline."
  
  
• Boston's Charles River shows a gain in cutting pollution
  (Boston Globe, 06/01) "Ten years after setting an ambitious goal to make the polluted Charles River clean enough for swimming this spring, environmental activists and government regulators applauded their progress yesterday, while acknowledging that they have fallen short."
  
  
• Great Lakes mayors step into Devils Lake outlet dispute
  (Grand Forks Herald, 05/27) "Mayors of cities around the Great Lakes are backing Canada's efforts to get an independent review of the Devils Lake outlet."
  

—  Wastewater

• Rep. Kelly seeks $3 billion for New York wastewater plants
  (Poughkeepsie Journal, 06/03) "U.S. Rep. Sue Kelly called Thursday for increased federal funding for the region's wastewater treatment plants, claiming the future of the Hudson River and other state waterways is at risk."
  
  
• Gallons of wastewater spill into Mississippi River
  (Quad-City Times, 06/03) "The spill, discovered Wednesday, did prompt downstream Iowa American Water to treat the water it draws from the river for drinking with chlorine for 24 hours."
  
  
• Sewage spills into Colorado creeks due to vandalism
  (Colorado Springs Gazette, 06/01) "Wastewater released into Cottonwood Creek by an act of vandalism last weekend has moved into Monument and Fountain creeks as it wends its way toward the Arkansas River."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• EPA lodges consent decree for Colo. Superfund site
  (EPA News Release, 06/01) "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Colorado have negotiated a consent decree with B&B Mines, Inc., to resolve alleged Superfund liability at the Wellington-Oro Mine in the Golden Horseshoe area, east of Breckenridge in unincorporated Summit County."
  
  
• California's Edwards Air Force Base cleans up its act
  (LA Daily News, 05/31) "Nearly 15 years after being named to the U.S. EPA's Superfund list, Edwards Air Force Base has trimmed its potentially contaminated sites from 471 to 60."
  

—  Air Quality

• Utah hopes Idaho study sheds light on mercury problem
  (Salt Lake Tribune, 06/04) "Mercury occurs naturally in the environment but also is released through industrial processes, particularly coal-fired power plants. A neurotoxin, mercury is particularly harmful to fetuses and children."
  
  
• Alaska disputes EPA mercury guidelines
  (Heartland Institute, 06/01) "Alaskan health officials are telling state residents they can safely exceed federal health advisories for eating fish caught in the state."
  

—  Everything Else

• Digging for new drugs in lake soil
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/29) "Hundreds of feet below the dark, cold surface of Lake Michigan, a war is being a waged. Millions of armed bacteria and fungi are duking it out to the death - firing lethal toxins at one another, while parrying oncoming assaults with impenetrable, homemade anti-bacterial shields."
  

Illinois

—  Water Supply

• Soil not the only thing drying up in central Illinois
  (Peoria Journal Star, 06/05) "'Central Illinois is actually classified as being in a moderate drought,' says Heather Stanley, meteorologist at the National Weather Service."
  
  

• NWS makes it official: Moderate drought arrives
  (Lincoln Courier, 06/04) "The recent dry spell hasn’t taken a toll yet – but it will soon."
  
  

• It's float or sink for Peoria water buyout
  (Peoria Journal Star, 06/04) "By Tuesday, residents could know if the city buying Peoria's division of Illinois American Water is still an option or if it's dead in the water."
  
  

• Work begun on Gardner's major water projects
  (Morris Daily Herald, 06/03) "The village’s water main replacement and ditch cleaning projects are under way."
  
  

• Severe lack of rain is making Peoria water 'musty'
  (Peoria Journal Star, 06/02) "When May ended, the ground was literally thirsting for water."
  
  

• Small town's water woes boil over
  (Chicago Tribune, 05/31) "It's hard to enforce a boil order in a town where even the mayor drinks the water. And it's even harder to stay in office."
  
  

• Chicago area rapidly getting thirstier
  (Chicago Sun-Times, 05/30) "The Chicago area's thirst for water will escalate a whopping 30 percent over the next 20 years, exerting pressure for big increases in withdrawals from Lake Michigan."
  

—  Water Resources

• Neighbors baffled after Orland wetland drained
  (Chicago Daily Southtown, 06/05) "Bill Konstantinidis couldn't figure out why a huge turtle was plodding down the driveway of his Orland Park home recently."
  

—  Wastewater

• Raw sewage flows freely into Illinois River
  (Peoria Journal Star, 05/31) "When a storm drenched Peoria on May 19, untreated raw sewage diluted only by storm water from the city's rooftops and streets flowed into the Illinois River."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Gas-laden soil fuels anger in Hartford
  (Seattle Times, 05/31) "The Web site for this river town advertises 'location, location, location': 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis, on the National Scenic Byway where the Mississippi River meets the Missouri River."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Granite City may get toxic waste plant
  (Belleville News-Democrat, 06/02) "A company wants to build a commercial waste transfer station in Granite City that would handle some hazardous materials."
  

—  Brownfields

• Gov. Blagojevich announces brownfields grant for Metropolis
  (Illinois EPA, 05/31) "Governor Rod Blagojevich announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has approved $20,822 in Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Funding to conduct environmental investigation activities at a former Laidlaw site located at 1212 East Fifth Street, near the business district of Metropolis."
  
  
• Gov. Blagojevich announces brownfields grant for Cairo
  (Illinois EPA, 05/31) "Governor Rod Blagojevich announced that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has approved $33,515 in Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Funding, to complete activities at a former service station located at U.S. Route 51, approximately one mile South of exit 1 off U.S. Interstate Highway 75."
  

Indiana

—  Water Supply

• Roberts Stadium officials identify pipes as cause of water problem
  (Evansville Courier & Press, 06/01) "Roberts Stadium officials believe that clogged drainage pipes could be what's causing the excess water beneath the stadium's concrete floor."
  

—  Water Resources

• White River cleanup to improve canoeing, fishing
  (Muncie Star Press, 06/05) "The Normal City Fly Fishing Club last year removed fast-food litter, tires, a car hood, road barricades and a car-wash cash dispenser cover from the White River."
  
  
• New tool keeps Indiana swimmers safe at the beach
  (Government Technology, 06/03) "As visitors hit Indiana's Lake Michigan beaches this summer, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will implement a new, more timely method to predict bacterial contamination in the lake that can make swimmers sick, the agency's Great Lakes Science Center announced recently."
  
  
• Lakeshore closure plan aims for more accuracy
  (NWI Times, 06/03) "Fewer closed beaches will likely greet swimmers at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore this summer."
  
  
• Water back up at Mississinewa Lake after dam repairs
  (Wabash Plain Dealer, 06/03) "Mississinewa Lake's water level is back to normal for the first time in four years after the completion of repairs to its dam."
  

—  Stormwater

• Storm sewer move delays Yorktown downtown project
  (Muncie Star Press, 05/31) "Last-minute relocation of a storm sewer has delayed a $4-million rehabilitation of downtown Yorktown."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Radioactive waste will cross Franklin County
  (Richmond Palladium-Item, 05/29) "Trucks carrying tons of the most dangerous radioactive waste from the Fernald uranium processing plant north of Cincinnati will pass through Franklin County beginning this week, headed for a storage facility in Texas."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Munster landfill's transition to park on target
  (NWI Times, 06/02) "Step by step and permit by permit, the former Munster landfill is finally being transformed into the town's biggest park."
  

—  Air Quality

• Rep. Chocola backs Himco cleanup in Cleveland Twp.
  (Elkhart Truth, 06/01) "Mayor Dave Miller enlisted another supporter to help expedite cleanup of the Himco Superfund site in Cleveland Township."
  

—  Everything Else

• Alligator spotted in South Bend river
  (NWI Times, 06/03) "When friends pointed out what looked like an alligator basking in the sun on a fallen tree along the St. Joseph River, Mel Lenig thought it was a joke."
  
  
• Indiana bill would ban state agencies from tightening EPA standards
  (Heartland Institute, 06/01) "Indiana state agencies would be required to defer to federal environmental rules, rather than enacting more stringent state rules, under the terms of legislation being considered in the state legislature."
  

Michigan

—  Water Supply

• Davison asks for patience on iron deposits in water
  (Flint Journal, 06/05) "The city is advising residents that the change to soft water produced by the city's water treatment plant might cause some discolored water while iron-rich mineral deposits in the lines break down."
  
  
• State is right to take charge of groundwater
  (Muskegon Chronicle, 06/05) Opinion. "Continued failure by the Legislature to protect Michigan's groundwater left Gov. Jennifer Granholm little choice but to direct a reluctant Department of Environmental Quality to regulate operations like the Ice Mountain water-bottling plant in Mecosta."
  
  
• Drain Commissioner wants vote on Huron pipeline
  (Flint Journal, 06/01) "County voters should have the final say whether to spend hundreds of millions of dollars building a water pipeline to Lake Huron, says Drain Commissioner Jeff Wright."
  

—  Water Resources

• Dam at Fair Lane is fish hurdle
  (Detroit Free Press, 06/04) "When Henry Ford built his Fair Lane mansion along the Rouge River in the early 1900s, he asked his old pal and former boss Thomas Edison for a favor."
  
  
• State to test Little Black Creek for toxic mud levels
  (Muskegon Chronicle, 06/04) "The state of Michigan plans to test toxic mud in miles of Little Black Creek and a portion of Mona Lake, a project that could lead to more cleanup work at the Peerless Plating Superfund site in Muskegon Heights."
  
  
• Clean-water sleuths hunt for source of bacteria
  (Grand Rapids Press, 05/30) "Ottawa County Parks Director John Scholtz is frustrated whenever bacteria closes one of his popular Lake Michigan beaches."
  

—  Wastewater

• New treatment plant planned in Leoni Twp.
  (Jackson Citizen Patriot, 06/04) "The Leoni Township Waste-water Treatment Plant is growing to serve more than a dozen townships in four counties, but thanks to new technology only a single building will be added to the plant as its capacity nearly doubles."
  
  
• Federal judge ending oversight of Wayne County sewer systems
  (Detroit Free Press, 06/03) "Satisfied with the progress made in curtailing the amount of untreated sewage spilling into area drains and rivers, the Justice Department is seeking to end its 11-year oversight of Wayne County and 13 communities' sewer systems."
  
  
• Van Buren areas to offer sewer plan
  (Kalamazoo Gazette, 06/03) "Members of five governmental bodies have decided they are ready to go to the public with a proposal for a sewer authority that would include Bloomingdale and Gobles plus lakeside properties within the townships of Columbia, Bloomingdale and Cheshire."
  
  
• Ypsilanti will soon fire up sewage incinerator
  (Ann Arbor News, 06/01) "The state-of-the-art incinerator is part of $110 million expansion of the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority treatment plant at 2777 State Road in Ypsilanti Township. The expansion was started in 2002, after YCUA agreed to process additional sewage from three Wayne County townships."
  

—  Everything Else

• Jamnick urges preservation of Ann Arbor water treatment plant
  (Ann Arbor News, 05/30) "Jamnick urged board members last week to preserve the plant, on Bridge Road on the east side of Ford Lake. She said the building was built by Henry Ford and does not require extensive repair."
  

Minnesota

—  Water Supply

• Water costs for N.D., border cities could top $500 million in 2050
  (Bismarck Tribune, 06/02) "The cost of meeting Red River Valley water needs in the year 2050 could range from $500 million and $2.5 billion, a federal report estimates."
  
  
• Water main break an issue in Stacy
  (East Central Minnesota Post Review, 06/01) "The condition of city utilities seemed to dominate the May 24 meeting of the Stacy City Council."
  

—  Water Resources

• Volunteers' role is clear in watching lake water quality
  (Minneapolis Star Tribune, 06/05) "The land of 10,000 lakes is looking for a few more stewards like Roger Fox. Make that a few thousand more."
  
  
• Festival promotes Lake Superior watershed awareness
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/03) "Stuff runs downhill, everyone knows. But where does it go from there?"
  
  
• Minnesota seeks volunteers to monitor water
  (Duluth News Tribune, 06/03) "The Land of 10,000 Lakes is looking for a few more volunteers like Roger Fox, who for the past 15 years has monitored Snail Lake outside his home for signs of pollution and invasive species."
  
  
• Duluth beach reopened
  (Duluth News Tribune, 05/28) "The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reopened Southworth Marsh Beach Friday on Park Point in Duluth after it was closed two days earlier due to high levels of E. coli."
  

—  Wastewater

• Grand Rapids treatment facilities in compliance with MPCA
  (Grand Rapids Herald-Review, 06/03) "The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency conducted an inspection of the Grand Rapids Wastewater Treatment Facilities in April and found no deficiencies or required corrective actions during their inspection."
  
  
• Clean water clogs Twin Cities sewers
  (St. Paul Pioneer Press, 05/30) "Clean water is making a mess of the Twin Cities' sewer system. If excessive ground and rainwater are left to flow through the pipes, the maxed-out sewers could stymie the region's growth, the Metropolitan Council warns."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• EPA says Cass Lake homes need more cleanup
  (Duluth News Tribune, 05/29) "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said a potentially hazardous level of toxins in some Cass Lake homes requires a second cleanup of a Superfund site here, nearly two decades after an initial cleanup."
  

—  Air Quality

• N.D., Minnesota power plants on 'dirtiest' list
  (Fargo Forum, 05/31) "Five North Dakota coal-burning power plants and four in Minnesota are on a list of the 50 'dirtiest' such plants in the U.S., a national report concludes."
  

Ohio

—  Water Supply

• Wood County residents suffering well woes can get water
  (Toledo Blade, 06/03) "Residents whose well water is hard or high in sulfur content will soon have an affordable way to buy purified drinking water by the gallon."
  

—  Water Resources

• Ohio River fix may not be worth it
  (Cincinnati Post, 06/03) "At what point is money spent cleaning up the Ohio River not worth the investment?"
  

—  Stormwater

• Warren Co. stormwater fee halted
  (Cincinnati Enquirer, 05/31) "Warren County commissioners today suspended a new storm water management fee after questioning its fairness."
   

—  Wastewater

• Northern Ky. district may move point of discharge
  (Kentucky Post, 06/02) "In a move that could help resolve a dispute between Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky over the safety of the Queen City's drinking water supply, Sanitation District No. 1 is considering moving a discharge point on the Ohio River for the agency's new $75-million plant in Alexandria."
  
  
• Move wastewater outlet downstream
  (Cincinnati Enquirer, 06/01) Editorial. "Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky have been feuding for a year and a half over construction of an Alexandria sewage treatment plant with a proposed discharge 11 miles upstream of Cincinnati's drinking water intakes."
  
  
• Hearing planned on Fulton County wastewater plan
  (Toledo Blade, 05/31) "Fulton County's application to discharge up to 300,000 gallons of wastewater a day from a wastewater treatment plant - a facility proposed to serve an industrial corridor west of Delta - will be discussed during a public hearing next Tuesday."
  
  
• Ohio eco-groups blast state over sewer overflows
  (Akron Beacon Journal, 05/29) "Ohio needs to do more to inform the public about sewage overflows like those in Akron, three environmental groups said Thursday in a new report."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Uranium waste shipments from Ohio to Texas could start soon
  (Indianapolis Star, 05/29) "Truckloads of low-level radioactive waste could begin rolling through Indiana as soon as this week, en route to Texas from a former uranium processing plant near Cincinnati."
  

—  Hazardous/Toxic Waste

• Knox County health board issues order to clean up property
  (Mount Vernon News, 06/02) "At its meeting Wednesday night, the Knox County Board of Health passed a motion declaring a solid waste public nuisance exists at 18093 Zolman Road in Middlebury Township. It also issued a board order that the illegal dump site be cleaned up within 21 days."
  

—  Everything Else

• Toledo Waterways Initiative: Residents angry over road project
  (Toledo Blade, 06/02) "Residents of a South Toledo neighborhood undergoing construction are upset with the city's plans to replace a concrete road with asphalt and substitute saplings for dozens of mature trees torn down during the project."
  

Wisconsin

—  Water Supply

• Green Bay pipeline work drains residents
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 06/03) "Kathy Clay understands construction needs to be done, she understands that living and working next to construction means inconveniences, but she’d like to know that when it comes time to rinse a color from her client’s hair, there will be water."
  
  
• Brown County Water Authority OKs seven contracts
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 06/03) "With most construction bids approved for a $119 million pipeline to Manitowoc, the Central Brown County Water Authority should have its water project well on track by the time its president, Roy Simonson, leaves in August."
  
  
• Well closed after high manganese levels discovered
  (WISC-TV, 06/02) "Madison's water utility has shut down one of its 23 wells after high levels of metal were found in some Nakoma residents' tap water."
  
  
• Spring fever: Many flock to natural source in Ottawa
  (Oconomowoc Focus, 06/02) "The looks in their eyes say it all. It is a look of wistful wonderment for something they have come to think is the best-kept secret in the world - a natural spring on the side of Parry Road."
  

—  Water Resources

• Bradford is Milwaukee's dirtiest city beach
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/30) "Bradford Beach surfaced as Milwaukee's dirtiest beach during last year's swimming season, in a new analysis, while all three of the city's Lake Michigan beaches posted more days with dangerous bacteria levels in 2004 than the two prior years."
  

—  Wastewater

• Study rakes Milwaukee's pollution stories
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/02) "Local news accounts have given the public a faulty impression that sewage dumping is the major cause of beach pollution, according to a new report by researchers for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Great Lakes Water Institute."
  
  
• County moving closer to building wastewater treatment facility
  (Rhinelander Daily News, 06/02) "Oneida County is one step closer to building a new wastewater treatment facility."
  

—  Landfill/Solid Waste

• Marquette Interchange dump site violates rules
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/31) "Milwaukee officials violated both city and state regulations by allowing state contractors to dump construction waste from the Marquette Interchange project at a site in the Bay View neighborhood last month, authorities say."
  

—  Manure Waste

• Interest grows in digesters that turn manure into energy
  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 06/04) "The manure management side of farming is far less smelly and far more profitable when the animal waste is converted into a power source."
  
  
• Runoff reports spur formation of Manure Task Force
  (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 06/01) "Responding to statewide concern over manure runoff problems, two state agencies announced a new Manure Task Force on Tuesday."
  

—  Brownfields

• New method being used to clean up Quicfrez brownfield site
  (Fond du Lac Reporter, 06/03) "A new technique that will be used to clean up a contaminated portion of the former Quicfrez property could cause some interesting effects during extreme cold weather, said Fond du Lac Redevelopment Director John Angeli."