Sewage pipe break closes San Diego beaches

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Twenty miles of beach along the San Diego, CA, coast was quarantined due to a break in the sewage pipe which normally carries partially treated sewage. The pipe channels 170 million gallons of sewage from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant. A storm had pushed the effluent coming from a break 0.6 mile offshore back towards the beach necessitating the closure of the beaches. The city plans to upgrade the sewage treatment facility after the repair of the pipe, expected to be complete by Apr 1, 1992.

Sewage disposal plants, California, Maintenance and repair, Beaches, San Diego, California, Waste disposal in the ocean, Ocean waste disposal, Quarantine

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Curbside recycling in its glory

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Curbside recycling has grown into a prominent method of gathering household materials even though it is a comparatively new thing in the US. One fourth of municipal programs were not there in 1992 and 63 percent were not implemented in 1990 as per the 'BioCycle' data. The growth of a curbside program takes about five years.

United States, Public opinion, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling

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Looking back at a landfill

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A major landfill reclamation project, scheduled to clear an 18-acre section of land by 1995, is underway in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The project involves clearing of soil materials from trash, hauling of refuse to an incinerator and filling of the cleared land with ash.

Planning, Land reclamation, Reclamation of land, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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