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MARCH 2018
15 2018 PSAI Scholarship application period closes
21 - 24 2018 PSAI Convention and Trade Show
Portland, Oregon
APRIL 2018
13 Portable Sanitation and Worksites Training Course at the
Wastewater Nova Scotia Conference
Best Western – Glengarry, Truro, Nova Scotia
What Goes Up Must Come Down
Mounta in climbers at Mount Denali cannot leave any
waste behind on their journey
If you're training for a climb up Mount Denali, you'd
better add a bucket of poop to your weight sack.
Denali National Park Service is proposing a new
regulation that climber's lea ve no excrement behind.
Glacier geologist Michael Loso estimates that up to
215,000 pounds of poop, some in biodegradable
bags, has been dumped into crevasses on Kahiltna
Glacier since 1951, and it is not decomposing as was
expected. Because the waste does n't make it to the
bottom, where extreme pressures and temperatures
take over, it will likely come out downstream as the glacier melts faster than the annual snowfall. And
since climbers melt snow for drinking water, this level of contamination can lead to life - threatening
situations. As if there aren't enough of those already on an icy mountain - climb. Is Mount Denali ready
for portable toilets? This opportunity could bring your business to new heights!
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