In this Issue:
- School kids to Breathe Easier
- Oakley's Wastewater Technology
- Solid & Hazardous Waste Board
- Drinking Water Database Unveiled
- Calendar of Events
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Sponsored by the
Utah Department of
Environmental Quality
In this Issue:
Newsletter Links:
Sponsored by the
Utah Department of
Environmental Quality
A program is under way to retrofit diesel-powered school buses in Davis School District with pollution control devices to make them cleaner for the children who ride them and the air quality better for the community residents around them.
Besides its rural scenic beauty and famous rodeo, the city of Oakley in Summit County now has something else to boast about: The city has built the first membrane wastewater treatment plant in the state of Utah. Now, other communities are following Oakley’s lead.
With Utah’s population projected to be 2.8 million in 2010 – a 9 percent increase – the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board faces two distinct challenges: managing the increasing volume of solid and hazardous waste and overseeing cleanups that turn blighted properties into redevelopments.
Team Works to Revamp Old DMAC System
After a two and half year effort, a team of technology experts, engineers, and scientists recently completed a project to revamp the Division of the Drinking Water’s database – a monumental task that required moving 1.5 million rows of data from the old database to the new one.