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Show Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, August 25, 1993 Page 6 6 Protecting top Environment of overflow will be cut by more than 95 percent. America's Most Advanced Water Pollution Prevention Tunnel (NAPS) Water is one of the most important substances on earth. Some people believe it is the most important substance. It is hard to dispute their reasoning all of us depend on clean water every day for many purposes. In late July, Milwaukee will inaugurate a deep tunnel system designed to prevent urban water pollution. The system catapults Milwaukee into a leadership role in dealing with America's serious and mounting pollution problem. More than 300 feet under the streets, homes and businesses of this large Midwestern city, its water pollution abatement program pro-gram has installed a 17 mile deep tunnel system, utilizing complex engineering technology to store diluted sewage taken from area homes and businesses until it can be pumped to waste water treatment treat-ment plants and cleaned. Specialists in engineering and construction, as well as environmental environ-mental experts, say the system sets a standard against which all future urban water pollution treatment treat-ment projects will be measured. "Dozens of major American cities from Boston to Los Angeles face serious sewage and water pollution problems similar to those Milwaukee is now addressing with its deep tunnel system," said Kathy Bero, head of the Lake Michigan Federation in Wisconsin. "Milwaukee's deep tunnel project pro-ject is a model which other cities will follow to help prevent water pollution," said Milwaukee County Supervisor Susan Baldwin, the chair of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD). Milwaukee's water pollution abatement system also will supply the metropolitan area's current and future businesses with the necessary waste water capacity for decades to come. That treatment capacity and Milwaukee's unlimited supply of clean water are especially important for businesses that discharge large amounts of water. For Milwaukee, that translates into enhanced property values and increased economic growth for the entire community. MMSD executive director Ralph Hollmon said planning began in 1977 on the 17 miles of cavernous underground under-ground storage tunnels that make up the Milwaukee deep tunnel project. The tunnels range in diameter from 17-32 feet and traverse the city and several surrounding communities at depths ranging from 270 to 325 feet CH2M Hill project director John Ramage, who was involved in project pro-ject planning from the start, said that when the project is completed in late July, sewage from homes, industry and rainwater runoff will be captured in the region's existing sewer system. "It then will be routed to the storage stor-age tunnels, and every six minutes, high-speed computers will analyze data that shows when the tunnels are at or near capacity," said Ramage. "Operators controlling tunnel tun-nel volume will then route sewage to waste water treatment plants, where it will be treated and discharged dis-charged back to Lake Michigan as clean water." In the past, storm water from heavy rains and melting snow leaked into the sewer system and forced untreated sewage overflows into nearby rivers and lakes. "When Milwaukee inaugurates its system in July of this year, the city will be at the forefront of other urban areas just now start- Plastics Can Be Recycled Into New Products (NAPS) What do carpets, sleeping bags, garden hoses, flower flow-er pots, and paint brushes have ini common? They are among the products that can be made from' recycled scrap plastic containers. With landfill space quickly disappearing, dis-appearing, interest in recycling plastics has become widespread. More and more plastic bottles and other rigid containers feature a coded symbol to help recyclers identify their plastic type. But the presence of a code or the fact that a plastic container has been collected col-lected for recycling does not guarantee guar-antee that the product actually will be recycled. Recycling occurs only when a product is manufactured using recycled material and is sold in the marketplace. If the public creates demand for these products, plastic and all other types of recycling will increase. A new full-color booklet explains the plastics recycling loop from collection through final use. It describes the container coding system, gives examples of products prod-ucts made from different plastic types, and includes a glossary of common plastics recycling terms. For a free copy of "Recycling Plastics," send a stamped, self-, addressed business-size envelope to: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Dept. PR-NAPS, 1325, G Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005-3104. FROM HOUSE TO DEEP-TUNNEL Houm in Combined SewwZon INTERCEPTOR r-0t ( Yr-lKiJ 'v. DEEP-TUNNEL wow 1'; " Business Education Partnership adopts student checks coupon book as fundraiser During periods of wet weather or snow melt, Milwaukee's old sewer system would overload and discharge diluted sewage into nearby rivers and Lake Michigan. With the city's new deep tunnel system, overflows are diverted through collector and Interceptor sewers into the deep tunnel, where it Is stored until wastewater treatment plants have the capacity to clean it. ing to consider similar systems to deal with the nation's primary environmental problem," said Ramage. With the new storage system, he said the average annual occurrence A construction worker takes a break during construction of Milwaukee's deep tunnel system. The 17 miles of underground tunnels tun-nels set a new standard for combating com-bating urban water pollution. This Milwaukee system brings an advanced environmentally engineered engi-neered deep tunnel system to the nation, and at a total cost of approximately approxi-mately $2.2 billion, Milwaukee's Water Pollution Abatement Program, of which the tunnels are the centerpiece, center-piece, is the largest public works program pro-gram ever undertaken in Wisconsin. Additionally, when the system is complete in the next 30-45 days, it will meet the construction schedule sched-ule that was developed nearly two decades ago. "Milwaukee is now a national leader in the campaign to reduce water pollution," said Bero. "This is exciting, and other cities should follow Milwaukee's lead in helping reduce pollution." The Utah Valley Business Education Partnership has again joined with Utah Valley's three school districts to provide the "Student Checks" coupon book as the major means of fund raising in Utah Valley Schools this year. The new Student Checks coupon book, which will go on sale the first day of school (August 23 in Provo and Nebo Districts and August 25 in the Alpine District) in schools throughout the county, is made up of coupons from businesses busi-nesses in Utah County. The coupons may be redeemed for free or discounted meals, merchandise, merchan-dise, services, and entertainment. entertain-ment. The book sells for $12, $8 of which will be retained by the school which sells the book. The remainder is production cost. The Utah Valley business Education Partnership (UVBEP) is comprised of individuals and businesses throughout Utah County which have and interest in the enhancement of education in the county. Paul Sybrowsky, President of Dynix, has served as chairman of the Partnership since its found ing in 1989. The purpose of the Partnership is to secure resources for the development and implementation im-plementation of innovative programs which will prepare students stu-dents for life-long learning, successful suc-cessful employment, a quality life, and to be responsible, competent, com-petent, caring and productive citizens. ... According to Steven Hall, Director of the Provo School Dis: trict Foundation and Executive Director of UVBEP, This pro- Jrram benefits everyone: the amities benefit by the savings they get from use of the coupons, the merchants benefit by increased in-creased local revenue and patronage, and the schools benefit from the purchase of materials and equipment. L occOu),TiMe Foe scftojt.: Hi r-T EPFf UlEU. President Woodrow Wilson did not go to school until he was 13. a JWi , :: M Bankof ; o CheckSmart Chances are, you have seen our balloon in free flight. 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