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Money Saving Tips

A few great ways to save money at home

WATER WORKS TRASH TALK can collected weekly at the curb for
Want to save money on your water Do you make multi ple trips currently $17.77 per month, which
bill? Start small with a rain barrel! throughout the year self-hauling your can save as much as $58.23 monthly
It’s only 50 gallons, but every litt le garbage to a disposal facility? If you compared to self-hauling that one can
to the dump each week. Minimum fee
bit makes a diff erence. You will be regularly bring your weekly garbage to the dump each week. Minimum fee
surprised how quickly it fi lls up! You to one of our sites, there is a more at the Olympic View Transfer
can add a few more to create a system, convenient and dollar-saving way to Stati on is $19 for up to 539
or upscale to a cistern. Collect roof dispose of household garbage. Curbside lbs.; at the recycling and
water for your garden, or go big collecti on can save you ti me, money garbage faciliti es, it’s $8.91
and fl ush your toilets (htt p://bit.ly/ and gas when compared to weekly for the fi rst 32-gallon can of
rainworkshop) or bi-weekly trips to the “dump”. garbage. Save the extra cash
Residents in unincorporated Kitsap For unincorporated Kitsap County, and ti me! Call your hauler
County can get help with funding for one 32-gallon customer-provided now to sign up!
a cistern system. Contact the Kitsap
Conservati on District at 360.204.5529. PIPE UP
Avoid costly plumbing repairs! good idea to have your line inspected
Follow these simple steps to maintain occasionally by a professional to check
your sewer line. Locate and cap your for cracks, leaks and roots.
sewer clean-out to keep leaves, tree Not sure where your sewer line is
limbs and soil from entering and located? If your house or building is
clogging the sewer line. Disconnect connected to the Kitsap County Sewer
downspouts to keep excess rainwater Uti lity, we can provide informati on on
from entering the sewer system and the locati on at no charge. Call Kitsap1 at
overwhelming your sewer line. It is a 360.337.5777.

We’ve got the power!

Methane gas produced in treatment is now an energy source

itsap County’s Central Kitsap where the energy is produced – in the
Treatment Plant (CKTP) treats form of methane gas.
an average of 4 million gallons Methane is a readily occurring
Kof sewage every day. It takes byproduct of the treatment process at
a lot of energy to treat this much water all sewage treatment plants. At CKTP,
so it can be safely released back into the the methane was previously burned as
environment. Now, some of that energy waste, but it is now recycled into energy The system can save approximately
is produced from the sewage itself! with a Digester Gas Co-generati on $170,000 per year in energy costs
When sewage is treated, solids are System. This engine-generator uses and can reduce fuel-oil consumpti on
removed and organic matt er is broken methane gas as its fuel source to by as much as 90 percent. What was
down before the water is disinfected produce energy in two ways. First, it going to waste is now powering a
and released. Solids are sent to sludge generates electricity for use throughout closed-loop energy cycle allowing the
digesters for further treatment before the plant, and second, it produces heat plant to pollute less and operate more
leaving the plant. The digesters are that is used to operate the digesters. effi ciently.

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