But i know theyll have to fix the water and sewer infrastructure. Woman the city had chronic sewage overflows into the chattahoochee and its tributaries. Fecal coliform bacteria levels were in the millions of colonies per hundred milliliter, which was a significant Public Health threat. And this had been occurring for decades. But neither the federal epa nor the epd back in the 90s were willing to take action under the clean water act to make the city fix its plumbing. So in 1994, we started upper chattahoochee river keeper. We filed a clean water act lawsuit. In 1997, we won. And so for the past decade, the city has embarked on a program to clean up the river. Now, with 1,800 miles of sewer system, three sewage plants and combined sewer overflows, it took a number of years to figure out what would be the solution. We are facing a crisis in infrastructure. Bethea a huge change came about when mayor Shirley Franklin became the mayor of atlanta. Were having to choose how to spend our mon
Just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of San Franciscos our community to the meridian gallery has a 20year history of supporting visual arts. Experimental music concert, and also readings. Give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. And lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] meridians stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. It gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. It is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. You want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. I felt like at meridian, it could do some good. We did not even talk about price until the day before the show. Of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. But that was not t
For monday, november 18th, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning searches are under way across the midwest as a deadly storm system spawn dozens of tornadoes and severe weather. Severe weather warnings are in place along the midatlantic coastline. At least six people were killed in the midwest. The Storm Prediction Center says 81 tornados were reported. Most in illinois. And hundreds of thousands are without power. The storm eventually slammed into chicago where fans watching the bears ravens game at Soldier Field were told to evacuate. Go to the nearest covered concourse everyone. Everyone must leave their seats. The game resumed after a twohour delay. Now, the town of washington, illinois, just east of peoria may have been hardest hit. Hundreds of homes were destriend bigad shaban is in washington. Bigad, good morning. Reporter annemarie, group to be with you. Until this twister touched down this was an ought mottive repair
His work to make sure weve actually got the funds to pull this off, jose cisneros. applause ~ but its the passion of all of us. And i also want to give a big shout out to the entire city family for their role, Mohammed Nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. applause with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. Gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] director of capital planning, don. Our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible project. So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. Get out and play. We say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. This is a real serious issue. According to the center for disease control, Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in our chi
Fisher all the sensors in the field come into this location. These two operators behind me operate the entire water system, 24 7. So we can see all of our reservoirs, their elevations, whether theyre going up or down, how much water were getting from our two Treatment Plants. We try to move it very quickly through the system and serve it to our customers in the most economic and efficient manner. Narrator las vegas serves as an example for cities across the country, whether they have a limited supply or not. And many utilities can identify with the struggles that come with maintaining underground assets to support a growing population. One of the most common issues that municipalities share is water loss. Melosi because its not a catastrophic issue, we dont think much about it. But there is a 10 , 20 , 30 water loss or leakage in some systems. Allbee already treated water that youve invested money in, youre losing before you actually delivered it. Narrator so many utilities are employi