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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (3438)	1/27/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Cheryl--Damn straight that congressional staff should be/is concerned with "unplanned public reaction." If and when the public finds out from the mainstream media that of those water utilities responding to the awwa preparedness survey only 30% of those providers with service connections in excess of 1 million (major metro areas in other words) has contingency plans for unforseen internal or external failures it will be, "Fill up the pool, Babe. I don't care that it's December!" See survey results for questions 7 and 8. awwa.org Speaking of public health, the Denver area sewer provider deserves an award. They are purchasing an $800,000 biogas generator so then tshtf it actually produces power to keep the sewage system operating. (Currently they sell off the gas to the local public utility.) They are also stockpiling treatment chemicals and have good remediation and contingency plan in place. The Denver Post carried the story a few weeks ago. I'll post url when I can find it. Truely the only piece of good news I've come across on the sewage front. Given the fragile state of sewage treatment and public health biz.yahoo.com we could use more innovative approaches like the one Denver is planning. "flatsville"

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (3438)	1/29/1999 7:41:00 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

And speaking of problems with water systems in major metro areas see chicagotribune.com Notice the second paragraph re: city and suburban water purification systems. Keep reading further in the article to the section on "Water, gas and power." Notice that "water" is the single biggest issue that concerns Chicago's y2k boss. Now notice that the City of Chicago just brought in consultants to inventory and asses the water system this past December. Further notice that they won't finish the job until March of this year and only THEN they will know how big the problem might be. I suspect that the City of Chicago falls into that 70% of providers with service connections in excess of 1 million that does NOT have contingency plans for internal or external failures...since it doesn't seem to have much of a remediation plan at all to begin with. "flatsville"