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Meeting addresses solutions to environmental problems
Speakers discuss waste management
By Katie Chipman
Kansan staff writer
The 41st Annual Environmental Engineering Conference met yesterday at the Kansas Union to discuss solutions to environmental problems.
Representatives of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Environmental Protection Agency and other organizations spoke to about 180 people who attended the conference.
The main topics of the conference were water, liquid waste and toxins. Other issues, such as composting material and disposing of hazardous household waste, were addressed in 45-minute sessions.
Lani Himegarner, program manager of the division of continuing education, said, "This is the first
Waldo said that next year the regulations of the 1989 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments would come into effect.
He said that the department had been monitoring water for contaminants since 1977 and that it consistently had found traces of pesticides.
Waldo said that 60 bodies of water were tested for atrazine and that some amount of the pesticide was found in each of them.
He said that some of the new amendments to the water act would require more monitoring, filtration and disinfection, a ban on lead products and stricter enforcement of the regulations.
The department also has tested every county in Kansas for indications of uranium and radon, and more than 10 counties tested positive.
"The Environmental Protection Agency is changing the monitoring to quarterly tests, which will begin in 1993." he said.
Craig Volland, president of Spectrum Technologists in Kansas City, Mo., spoke about mercury emissions from waste combustion.
He said that the main risk from mercury contamination was the increasing damage to the ecosystem and the buildup in the food chain.
David Waldo, representative of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, spoke about the new drinking water regulations and contaminants found in Kansas surface water supplies.
frequently found in rivers and streams, he said.
Volland cited such items as batteries, fluorescent lights and plastics as sources of mercury.
Atrazine, the most common pesticide used in Kansas, is also the most
year that the whole emphasis of the program has been on waste management."
TOPEKA — Supporters of a bill that would allow the Kansas College of Technology to merge with Kansas State University told legislators yesterday the merger would benefit both schools and their students.
The proposed merger would cost $12.1 million and would give KCT the new name Kansas State University - Salina, College of Technology. The Legislature has been asked to appropriate $2 million for the merger.
Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Board of Regents, said that if the merger was completed, K-State should be able to double KCT's student student enrollment of 400.
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