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Opting out: Stop junk mail in Juneau

...opt-outs, which equates to more than 3 million pounds of solid waste prevented, 20,000 trees saved, 19 million gallons of water conserved and 8 million pounds of greenhouse gas avoided.The way it works is that residents can log into to the...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-24/opting-out-stop-junk-mail-juneau
Local
Students keep role in Sitka Ocean Study

...however, the harbor is flushed and filled with water from the open ocean."There's something like a million gallons of water that flush by that sampling site every six hours, which makes it a pretty good sampling site," Matthes said.When...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-11/students-keep-role-sitka-ocean-study
State
Assembly advances resolution on Salmon Creek filtration

...typically provides between one million and two million gallons of water per day, Watt said after the work session - and would...would not be used to its full capacity of four million gallons of water per day in the "short to medium run.""It would...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-12-04/assembly-advances-resolution-salmon-cre
Local
Dimond Park Aquatic Center forced to close pools Wed. morning

...pump stops working, the water stops flowing and the salt cells shut down."Without a steady flow of at least 240 gallons of water per minute, Millhorn explained, the salt chlorine generators cannot function."The salt generators need a specific...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-16/dimond-park-aquatic-center-forced-close
Local
No place like Homer for returning sailor

...stocked groceries, following advice to bring the world and take back what you don't need. The Freestyle can carry 80 gallons of water. By conserving, Morris and his crew used only 50 gallons between Japan and Adak.The biggest health concerns were...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-09-10/no-place-homer-returning-sailor
State
Cause of fire still under investigation

...said.The basement of the building was flooded after hours of dousing the flames with two to two and a half million gallons of water, Etheridge said.City officials with the Public Works Department and Alaska Electric Light and Power Company worked...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-06/cause-fire-still-under-investigation
Local
Things lost, and saved, in the fire

...every firefighter in town as well as additional firefighters from Sitka, and about two to two and a half million gallons of water to douse the flames that persisted from about 5 p.m. Monday to 2 a.m. Tuesday morning.The cause of the fire...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-06/things-lost-and-saved-fire
Local
Police and Fire calls for July 19, 2012

...the airport.? At 12:47 p.m. Tuesday crews responded to a bleach spill on Egan Drive. Engine 31 sprayed 350 gallons of water to dilute the bleach.? Smoke coming from an outdoor cigarette butt container in Marine Park was reported at 1...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-19/police-and-fire-calls-july-19-2012
Local
Failures in home fermentation

...While I was at work, my friend and my roommate brewed the first batch of Kombucha. This involves boiling about a gallon of water, brewing a bunch of black tea and adding a cup of sugar. Once it is cooled, you add the kombucha culture and...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-07-22
Neighbors
Docks and Harbors gives green light for water rate hike at cruise docks

...000 gallons from $3.35 to $4.67."The last time we raised the rates was 2005, and we sell about 27 million gallons of water to the cruise ships any given year," said Port Director Carl Uchytil.Penciling that out, that means Docks and...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-31/docks-and-harbors-gives-green-light-wat
Local

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