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Preparing for life after build-out, a combined water/wastewater utility maximizes supply by piggy-backing on airport expansion.
Chandler, Ariz.'s Municipal Utilities Department does an excellent job of outlining, in plain English and with easy-to-understand graphics, plans for accommodating future water, wastewater, and reclaimed water needs in a September 2008 update to its master plan.
http://www.chandleraz.gov/Content/WaterMasterPlanUpdate_ExecutiveSummary.pdf
Chandler, Ariz., wants to extend one of its two airport runways so the same size and type of aircraft that uses the airport in cooler months can use the airport all year round. The first master plan came in 1998, followed by updates in 2006 and 2007.
http://www.chandleraz.gov/Content/AirportMasterPlanUpdate%2020070111_PH2.pdf
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Don't fear the audit
A small town uses Washington's focus on sustainability to access almost half a million in stimulus funding.
With the help of AEC firm Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers Inc., Jackson, Wyo., identified more than 26 energy-saving measures to upgrade public facilities and streetlights. The town received $451,000 in Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grants to implement most of the measures:
Public Works – new shop
Replace two old gas furnaces serving offices
Add large low-speed ceiling fans to maintenance shop area
Replace old windows and reseal doors
Replace parking-lot lighting
Replace incandescent lighting in storage bays
Add lighting occupancy controls in offices
