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The Donohue Firm’s First Public Presentation of 6.17.14

Post 34 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. In this post, I’ll consider the Donohue firm’s first public presentation to Whitewater on a wastewater upgrade. Donohue Firm’s…

WGTB: Sundry Points, September 2015

Post 33 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. I’ll offer a few updates in this post, one of a few posts in the WHEN FREEN TURNS BROWN…

A First Pass Over Technical Memo 4

Post 32 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. In the next several posts will consider a proposal for energy production though Whitewater’s digesters, including upgrades to those…

Technical Memo 4

Post 31 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. A review of this digester-energy project, one that involves waste-importation and an emphasis on supposed revenue-generation, is more than…

A Quick Word About Phosphorous

Post 30 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. In the course of presentations or public discussion about a wastewater upgrade, one has heard more than a few…

The Least Possible Information

Post 29 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. There is a story, an editorial, and an editorial reply at the Janesville Gazette about concentrated animal feeding operations…

A Technical Project

Post 28 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. In the clip above, Whitewater’s city manager mentions briefly the process through which Whitewater selected the engineering firm now advising…

The Upgrade That’s Not

Post 27 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. One hears from local officials that spending over twenty-million on Whitewater’s wastewater treatment plant is a necessary upgrade.…

Surprisingly-Convenient, Highly-Speculative Food-Processing Sources

Post 26 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. At the end of May, Whitewater’s municipal government conducted a presentation on wastewater plant upgrades, including a plan…

“Estimates of Future Flows and Loadings”

Post 25 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. In Donohue’s second of several technical memoranda, one sees the fundamental nature of a digester-energy project for a…

Policy Topics for the Fall

I last wrote in February about local policy topics that I thought were interesting. See, Policy Topics for the Spring and before that Four Public Topics for the Fall (2014). In February, these were my selections:  Whitewater School Budget Cuts, the Whitewater’s School Board Election, the UW-Whitewater’s Budget, UW-Whitewater’s Social Relations, and the City of…

Donohue’s Technical Memorandum 2 (Population)

Post 23 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. Engineering firm Donohue prepared several memoranda about their proposal for Whitewater’s wastewater facility. In posts 19 and 20…

Troubled Water

Post 22 in a series. When Green Turns Brown is an examination of a small town’s digester-energy project, in which Whitewater, Wisconsin would import other cities’ waste, claiming that the result would be both profitable and green. In the three previous posts, I considered the city-imposed focus of Donohue’s work, with its emphasis on selling water…