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Friday, September 22, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Friday, September 22, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
1990 Kansas Relays
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Applications deadline — Oct 6,1989
Water experts to meet in KC
Seminar to address Midwest problems
By Chris Evans Kansan staff writer
Water experts from across the Midwest will meet this weekend at the Marriott Inn in the Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Mo., to address some of the area's main water concerns.
the conference, "Water Quality and Availability in the Midwest," is sponsored by the University of Kansas. The conference was planned to quell fears and bring to light possible solutions for the Midwest's water problems, said Ross McKinney, professor of civil engineering.
McKinney will speak at the seminar, which is scheduled for today and tomorrow. He said he and the other speakers would try to answer questions concerning water cleanliness and availability.
"The drought last year showed us that water was very important."
McKinney said. "We're looking at the Midwestern area because our problems are kind of the same."
According to a brochure distributed by KU's division of continuing education, speakers from Kansas, Virginia, Arkansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma and Colorado attended the conference. Topics will range from drought issues to legal implications of water ownership.
G. S. Congressman Jim Slatter will speak today. His Washington, D.C., press secretary, Ken Murphy, said Slattery would attend the meeting to express his own ideas and to draw knowledge from experts in the field of water pollution and conservation.
"It's not a time when we're going there with the answers," Murphy said. "It's a time when we're saying, 'Here are the problems. What are some of the solutions?'."
He said Slattery would discuss possible water policies as well.
"It's going to cover a need for a water policy for the 1990s and into 2000," Murphy said. "We need to
work toward water policy that will ensure purity for agricultural and industrial use.
"It's not limited to a policy. The water problem isn't that easy. It's not that concise."
In rural areas, this pollution could originate in the form of pesticides, McKinney said. In urban areas, it could originate as candy wrappers or cigarette butts.
McKinney said he would address problems of non-point source pollution. This is pollution that cannot be pinpointed, he said, as it often originates as runoff from fields or waste in city streets.
He said non-point pollution was not a big problem in Kansas. However, McKinney said, when a problem did exist, it was not easy to fix.
"The solutions are hard to come by," he said. "There are a lot of things we can do, but there's no perfect solution."
McKinney said he thought Kansas governmental agencies did a good job of keeping the state's water system clean.
Linen service has students waiting
By Lisa Moss
Kansan staff writer
When students moved into residence and scholarship halls for the 1988-89 school year, they were provided with two sheets and a pillow case that they could exchange weekv.
But students in the halls this semester have not been able to exchange their dirty linen yet.
of student housing for custodial services.
A linen exchange service has not begun at residence and scholarship halls because the contract that the KU housing department had with Scotch Textile Rental Services was not renewed after it expired Aug. 31, said Jeff Carmody, assistant director
The company that bid for and received a new contract was Faultless Linen and Uniform Rental in Kansas City. Mo.
"We are still in the process of the takeover," said Bob Benton, Faultless district manager.
He said the takeover would not occur for 10 to 14 days.
Carmody said the delay in starting the service had nothing to do with the housing department. There was a delay because the local linen vendor was bought out by two different companies.
"I have only gotten one or two inquiries about it. I haven't gotten any anrate calls." Carmody said.
available until after his meeting with a Faultless representative on Monday.
Sonja Kristiansen, Danbury,
Conn., sophomore, said she did not use the sheets provided by her residence hall.
Carmody said he could not say when the linen services would be
"I feel more comfortable with my own sheets," she said.
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Less than 25 percent of students in the residence halls use the linen service provided, said Ken Stoner, director of student housing.
The account is small, and only a few businesses in the area offer linen services, he said.
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