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State water director talks cruise ships at Chamber

...was a little confused on the need for mixing zones," said Winters. "If all the cruise ships use the advanced wastewater system, and now they can test not at the point of discharge but further down the route, what's the point - I'm not...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-09/state-water-director-talks-cruise-ships
State | Local
Board floats utility rate hike at Assembly worksession

...situation is not all that great. We have a huge asset. We have a huge water distribution system. And we have a wastewater system that's operating. But we haven't been able to accumulate enough to do the preventative maintenance and maintenance...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-29/board-floats-utility-rate-hike-assembly
Local
Fairbanks-based company builds treatment plants in hostile locales

...Tsigonis launched in 1998. In the years since, the company has become well-known for its approach to building wastewater systems in hostile environments.A series of photos in the Lifewater offices show the construction of a wastewater treatment...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-15/fairbanks-based-company-builds-treatmen
State
Cruise ship wastewater standards testimony heard

...from shore. "That would be the preference," Thoma said.Barring that, ships should discharge into municipal wastewater systems while at port, Thoma said. Some ships do not have the capacity to store wastewater until in federal waters. Princess...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-28/cruise-ship-wastewater-standards-testim
State
Public input builds on wastewaster legislation

...Environmental said a lot has changed onboard the ships since he started third-party monitoring of the cruise industry's wastewater systems in 2000."In 2000 ships were discharging poor quality water," Wetzel said. However, he said the industry...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-08/public-input-builds-wastewaster-legisla
State
Cruise industry wins wastewater mixing zones

...requirements. They argued that the cruise industry should be allowed to use mixing zones in the same way as municipal wastewater systems, seafood processors and other dischargers.Parnell's Environmental Conservation commissioner, Larry Hartig...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-19/cruise-industry-wins-wastewater-mixing-
State
Celebrating the Peli-can

...facilities, leaving the flushing to the tides. But Pelican's new can is plumbed, built and hooked into the city wastewater system with the help of a $25,000 state matching grant. Wasserman tried to get U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, an Alaska...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051502/loc_pelican.shtml
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NorthwestDigest

...facilities, runway, taxiways, ramps, hangars, munitions storage, maintenance, power and heat plants, water and wastewater systems, lodging, dining facility, etc." BRAC members will be in Fairbanks June 15 to take testimony on the Eielson...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061005/sta_20050610016.shtml
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Commission halts plans for Lena Point

...doing in the subdivision business. The other Lena Point subdivision was approved to have 22 lots with on-site wastewater systems. Deputy Land Manager Cynthia Johnson told Commissioners Tuesday the city began working on plans to subdivide its...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061605/loc_20050616012.shtml
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Research center on building in cold climates wins funding

...facility will also be able to test mechanical systems such as heating and air-handling systems, as well as water and wastewater systems and energy-generation systems, Hebert said. "There is a lot of interest nationally and internationally in this...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/120402/sta_researchcenter.shtml
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