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<br /> . <br /> \j , ii,' /' C! I i ( " 11 \\"'1 'Ie' <lllii"'! l:I')jlllil ".'JlL <br /> . <br /> oill paint thinner and other solvents, can be <br /> refined and used again. Automobile service sta- <br /> tions may take used motor oil. Some counties <br /> have designated sites for ha:ardous waste, while <br /> others have collection da~'s for residents; please <br /> call your county for more information. <br /> Each of us can also protect our environ~ <br /> ment by conserving water at home and work. <br /> These suggestions can S3\'e water and money. <br /> . Turn off the tap while brushing teeth or <br /> shaving. <br /> . Fix leaky toilets and faucets, <br /> Our goal is clean water, and you can help us achieve it. . Install a low-flow shower head. It can <br /> .WHAT cut by half the 35 gallons of water used <br /> You CAN Do The Metropolitan during a five~minute shower. <br /> WaSte Comrol Com- . Place a filled, plastic container in the <br /> mission has an essential role to play in keeping tank of your toilet. It can reduce the five <br /> our water clean and protecting the environ~ to seven gallons of \\,ater used with each <br /> memo So do the people we serve. flush. <br /> The average household contains between . Wash your car with a sponge and bucket. <br /> three and 10 gallons of materials hazardous to This method use' JUSt 15 gallons of <br /> human health or the environment. If not water; washing with a hose can use up to <br /> stored carefully and disposed of properl)!, these 150 gallons. <br /> materials-such as motor oil, brake fluid, paint, You can also helr by learning more abom <br /> nail polish or fertilizers-can poison our water. wastewater treatment and sharing the informa~ <br /> Unfortunately, this aheady happens too often, tion with others. MWCC,> Office of Commu- <br /> as households are responsible for a subsmlltial nic<ltions has brochures, pamphlets and other <br /> ponion of the toxic pnllurants entering the information to get you started, We also have a <br /> w;1stewmer system. spe.lkers hureau for arc,t schools and civic <br /> For more information about the proper dis~ groups: please call1l~ ,l[ 2~9~2129, <br /> . rosal of household ha:<lrdolls liquid waste, call <br /> MWCC ,l[ 772-7008. Recycling may al~J be an <br /> t..Jfecri\'~ ans\\'~r; sOIll.e mmerials, such as motor <br /> __I 16 <br />