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Energy Sources
The energy market puts a premium on meeting schedules and keeping costs down for providers and consumers, while protecting the environment as much as possible. 

Equus Bed Recharge: Restoring A Natural Resource
Since the 1940s, Wichita, Kan., relied on the Equus Beds aquifer, a 1,400 square-mile underground cache of near-drinking-quality water straight from the ground. 

Implementing Revisions to the Clean Air Act
While the recent deadline associated with 1996 Clean Air Act amendments could leave a sour taste in the mouths of municipal landfill operators facing compliance costs, there are ways to sweeten the pill. 

Lakeview Village: Northpointe Complex
Lakeview Village Retirement Community in Lenexa, Kan., found offering seniors options for active, independent lifestyles to be a winning formula. 

Mixing Water and Electricity
You’ve found just the right fishing hole. You cast your line in hopes of pulling out a few striped bass. You lean back to get a glimpse of the expansive blue sky overhead, and you see… Power lines. 

New Year, New Tanks
National Starch and Chemical Company rang in the new year by saying “out with the old, in with the new” to two of its 75,000-gallon storage tanks. 

Power Surge
Gas turbines had what might be considered their best year yet in 1999. According to Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide, utilities throughout the world ordered 875 gas-turbine units between June 1, 1998, and May 31, 1999, representing 64,254 MW. 


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