Archive for the 'WPCP' Category

I’m proud

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

I’m proud of my wastewater treatment plant. I wouldn’t think of naming it after a lousy president. The people running it aren’t looking for a waiver to continue violating federal water treatment guidelines. And it hasn’t been discharging raw sewage on to the streets. I know it’s probably the definition of un-sexy, but San José [...]

CAG

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Today was my first meeting of the Community Advisory Group for the Water Pollution Control Plant. Another half of the group met this past Wednesday, and we’ll all be getting together on 1 November. Today we got a deluxe tour of the plant. Based on Pierluigi’s description of his tour, I was looking forward to [...]

Citizen Foss

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

I’ve just learned that I’ve been appointed one of the 16 members of the Community Advisory Group for the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant’s Master Plan. I “will participate in a three-year process to develop a Plant Master Plan, which has recently been launched to guide improvements to the Plant’s facilities, operations and [...]

Down by the bay

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Today I took the very wonderful tour that San José offers of the San Jose / Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant. Now, it’s true that you need to be interested in water and water treatment to enjoy it; I didn’t take my kids. But about 30 people were interested enough to join in the [...]

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