(Fwd) Story of Interest

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From: Tom Gibson / Progressive Engineer <progress@rev.net>
Newsgroups: alt.wastewater
Subject: Story of Interest
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:14:02 -0500

Dear Colleagues:

The January/February issue of Progressive Engineer, the online
magazine
covering engineering activities in the mid-Atlantic and northeast
regions of the U.S., focuses on construction and includes a story that
might be of interest.  It concerns the Philip Merrill Environmental
Center, the new headquarters for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation that
serves as a model of ecological design and construction.  The unique
building has a host of water-related features.  Composting toilets
reduce water usage and nutrients getting into the bay.  Runoff from
the
parking lot is treated in a bioretention filter -- actually a wetland.
And a rainwater collection system supplies water for uses that don't
require potable water.

You can see this at http://www.ProgressiveEngineer.com.

Regards,

Tom Gibson
Publisher