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Grand opening event
Parachute I-70 Rest Area
Solar Flowers

Friday, Aug. 27, 10:00 a.m.

Parachute Rest Area Solar Flowers Grand Opening

Grand opening event
Silt Town Hall, Senior Housing and Wastewater Plant
Solar Arrays

Thursday, Sept. 2, 10:00 a.m.
Silt Town Hall, 731 N. 2nd St.

Silt Senior Housing


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Ralph Bryant
Succus Stories

Carbondale’s wastewater treatment plant operators are building on their success in saving energy with a new set of tools: tracking the plant’s electric usage on a daily basis, and acting on recommendations in a technical energy audit.

The wastewater treatment plant, the single largest energy consumer in the town government’s portfolio, had already cut its energy use by about 30 percent thanks to changes implemented about five years ago.

Now Carbondale Utility Director Mark O’Meara and Utility Supervisor Ralph Bryant (shown at left) are tightening the energy use screws in hopes of cutting energy use by at least another 10 percent.
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