After a decade of work on the project, a popular private ski resort near Big Sky, Montana, could soon be the first in the state to recycle wastewater and turn it into fresh snow for ski runs.
The Yellowstone Club says its snow, as soon as the 2022-2023 ski season, could be made from 25 million gallons of wastewater from the club’s treatment plant and the Big Sky County Sewer District.
Rich Chandler, the club’s environmental manager, told the Idaho Statesman during a video call that they’re just trying to recycle. “That’s all we’re doing. We’re recycling a phenomenal resource.”
Charlestown Citizens to See Relief in the Form of a Temporary Mobile Treatment Unit
Citizens in Charlestown, Indiana, have waited for years for an updated water treatment system, and according to the city’s mayor, the long-term problem is getting a solution.
Indiana American Water — which purchased the city’s water utility in 2019 — is working on building a new treatment facility. But in the meantime, a temporary mobile filtration unit will treat 650,000 gpd.
The new temporary treatment unit was recently unveiled at a ribbon-cutting event.
Conservation Groups Plan Lawsuit Over Piney Point Wastewater Leak
Environmental conservation groups are planning to sue the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, HRK Holdings and the Manatee County Port Authority over the recent Piney Point wastewater leak.
The groups say regulators ignored 10 years of warning signs, including recommendations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “If we don’t file this lawsuit, our concern is that the DEP, the county and HRK is going to choose a path of least resistance for getting rid of the waste that they’re left managing, and deep-well injection appears to be such a path,” Jaclyn Lopez of the Center for Biological Diversity told Public News Service.
