The city has spent tens of millions of dollars over the last 12 years on various disposal methods for its treated sewage.
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In rural Alaska, school districts deal with a legacy of unaddressed contamination
Typically, when a contaminated site is discovered it’s up to the landowner — or the person responsible for making the mess — to clean it up. But there are dozens of sites where this process has broken down.
Juneau Assembly adds ‘the road’ to federal wish list
The winners for the Juneau Assembly’s wish list include: Juneau Access Project; Rainforest Recovery Center and extending the West Douglas pioneer road. The losers include a new Juneau Arts and Cultural Center, refurbishing Centennial Hall and developing the former NOAA marine lab at Auke Bay.
Juneau considers options for dealing with its #2 problem
About 7,000 tons of the capital city’s human waste is barged to Oregon every year, costing the City and Borough of Juneau about $2 million. The Juneau Utility Advisory Board released new recommendations Monday on how CBJ should continue to deal with the sludge.
City engineer: No good news on sewage sludge disposal
“I don’t know that I have any good news for you in all this,” City Engineering Director Rorie Watt told the Assembly on Monday.
Juneau pushes fecal cliff out 3 more months
The City and Borough of Juneau has bought three more months to avert a fecal cliff.
10 weeks until Juneau goes over a fecal cliff
Juneau’s processed poop is going to start piling up come Jan. 1, unless a new disposal arrangement comes together soon.
Juneau police report a drop in overall crime, violent crime
The number of reported crimes in Juneau dropped nearly 20 percent from 2011 to 2012, and the number of violent crimes recorded over the same period was down about 13 percent. That’s according to the Juneau Police Department’s Annual Report, presented to the CBJ Assembly on Monday. Violent crimes include homicides, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries…
Sewage sludge disposal costs on the rise
Juneau’s poop is getting expensive. Bidding closed last week on a 5-year contract for municipal sewage sludge disposal with only one viable bid.