There are 8 Utah cities that list projects here: Brigham City, Herriman, Holladay, Murray, Orem, Provo, Salem, and Salt Lake City.
I didn't realize we had a Salem; seems to be down in Utah County. (They want a sewage treatment plant.)
The reasoning behind the stimulus package is to get jobs created. Construction is a good candidate for this sort of package, because the technology is fairly simple, and we can put people to work quickly.
Salt Lake City makes the biggest request among Utah cities, with almost $800 million in projects. The big dollars are for trains --- Sugarhouse trolley, Trax, other stuff.
The strangest SLC request? $350,000 for an Iron Sponge at the Water Reclamation Plant. What the heck is that? I thought sponges were made of, well, ... I have no idea what sponges are made of.
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Sponges in the kitchen are made from cellulose or plastic polymers.
I guess the Iron Sponge is a bed of iron oxide used to remove hydrogen sulfide from gas. See
http://www.connellygpm.com/ironsponge.html
Let's see if you can use it at FUN tonight.
Santa frightens me, so I might not show.
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