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CONSERVATION NOTES NEW LEAF COLLECTION PROGRAM WATER NEWS In an effort to reduce landfill waste, the City has started The Environmental Protection Agency has set up a new leaf collection program. The new program will several web pages with information about quality include curbside pick up of bagged leaves for interested guidelines and regulations governing your drinking residents. At this time,we anticipate the program to begin water. Much of this information has been gathered in mid October and continue until mid November. over many years allowing you to get a history of the Interested residents will be asked to collect leaves in quality of the drinking water in your community. sturdy bags and set them out by the street curb for If you are looking for general information visit pickup. (Please be sure to not mix www.epa.gov/OGWDW. This site gives you several y any other materials with the leaves. information options to choose from. It also has a Bags with grass clippings, trash, section to answer the most commonly asked - sticks, etc. will not be accepted.) The questions about drinking water. The site offers many .: ►ivy City will collect the bags and the links to help you explore for further information. leaves will be mixed with the City's If you would like information regarding biosolids and composted at the Louisville's watershed,visit www.epa.gov/watrhome. Wastewater Treatment Facility. Once At the bottom of this page there is a spot for you to composting is complete,the end product will be made surf your watershed. From here you can see how the available to the public for reuse in gardens, flowerbeds, or Louisville watershed compares to others in the nation other landscaped areas. or across world. Volunteers are needed to break open and discard the For information on water quality violations,visit bags once all the leaves are collected. This will be mountain.epa.gov/enviro/html/sdwis/sdwis_ scheduled for a Saturday morning in late November. If you query.html. Be sure to read the entire page for all of are interested in helping or would like more information, the explanations of the various codes used by the please call Peggy Flaherty at (303) 666-6565 ext. 453. EPA to explain drinking water violations and Further information will be posted on government compliance. access Channel 16 this fall. Please contact Water Treatment Superintendent Sid Copeland at the Water Treatment Plant at (303) BIOSOLIDS FOR YOUR YARD 665-3199 with any questions on water quality. The Public Works Department has Fall is an excellent time to prepare the soils in your teamed up with the Boulder Energy yard for the growing season. The City offers biosolids as an Conservation Center (BECC) and the excellent soil amendment that can US Bureau of Reclamation to help you safely add beneficial nutrients to , your soil. The City has been ;;4, conserve water and save money. A y MVP do-it-your- conducting this program over the rr•:u • self, residential audit past few years as a resource for �'" i the community. In addition,it helps has been developed to reduce wastewater treatment costs. to help you examine /( V Interested residents are encouraged to visit the the ways you use and "'AA 7 Wastewater Plant to pickup biosolids. You must be able to can save water. To obta transport it yourself, but you are welcome to as much as copy, please contact BE( you can use. The Wastewater Plant is located at 1601 441-3278. Empire Road, just east of downtown, and is open seven days a week, 7:00 AM—3:30 PM. If you have questions about the program or would like to set up a tour of the plant,please call (303) 665-7452. Autumn 1999 1. 2