Word: cleanup
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...sewage overflow (CSO) refers to the contamination that enters the river through pipes containing both storm water and sewage spillover. The move, slated for completion by 2013, could “perhaps make the Charles River the cleanest river in the country,” Laskey said. This current cleanup effort is the result of a 1985 lawsuit for violation of the Clean Water Act of 1972, according to Ria Convery, the communications director for the MWRA. The MWRA was specifically created to undertake the court-order cleanup effort, Convery said. The goal is to raise the water quality...
...Midwest stores were selling out quickly of such essentials as water and basic foods, but also of generators, heating oil and chainsaws. A sales rep at a small farm shop at the edge of town said some 20 generators and 35 chain saws were sold Monday as the cleanup began. Hotels and motels were at capacity, as were Red Cross shelters as families sought refuge amid reports that power could be out to some 10,000 for as long as three days...
...relatively expedited cleanup did not come at the expense of quality, Hegarty said...
...much-needed wake-up call to Washington officials and the American people. The hurricane disasters on the Gulf Coast had a huge impact on the collective conscience of the nation when they occurred, but as we have become involved once again in our day-to-day tasks, the cleanup and sheer loss faced in Louisiana and elsewhere are old news. This busy holiday season, let's try to keep in our hearts all those who lost everything. Lindsey Fahey Frankfort, Illinois...
...adorning her suite with swastikas and ludicrously incoherent statements such as “I love Adolf because he is king.” Realizing their tasteless mistake, they attempted to paint over the graffiti the next morning, only to be caught by police before they could complete their cleanup...