a:32:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"215";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-08-08 05:59 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:41:"Hey Mr. Sandman: Recyling Flood Leftovers";s:9:"url_title";s:39:"hey_mr_sandman_recyling_flood_leftovers";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:11:"field_id_26";s:44:"Hey Mr. Sandman!  Recycling  Flood Leftovers";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:1:"4";s:11:"field_id_44";s:356:"During the recent flooding in the Midwest,  the  Army Corpos of Engineers said  that 13.2 million sandbags to support the flood fight. \'The sandbags, if laid end-to-end, would span from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.,\" the Corps reported. Now that the  floodwaters have receded, what is to be done with all that soggy (and in some cases contaminated)?";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:28:"sandbags, corps of Engineers";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_38";s:0:"";s:15:"field_offset_38";s:1:"y";s:11:"field_id_39";s:0:"";s:15:"field_offset_39";s:1:"y";s:11:"field_id_40";s:0:"";s:11:"field_ft_40";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1775:"<p>During the recent flooding in the Midwest,&nbsp; the&nbsp; Army Corpos of Engineers said&nbsp; that 13.2 million sandbags to support the flood fight. \'The sandbags, if laid
end-to-end, would span from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.,\" the Corps reported. Now that the&nbsp; floodwaters have receded, what is to be done with all that soggy (and in some cases contaminated)?</p>
<p><img alt=\"clarksville\" class=\"image-left\" height=\"163\" src=\"/images/uploads/Clarksville-6-14-08_2987.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"244\" />In many cases they\'re being recycled. Around 200,000 bags from around Illinois\' Sny Levee District were
recycled at Mark Twain Lake where they were used to protect hydroelectric
equipment at the Clarence Cannon Dam.</p>
<p>Similar sandbag levees are to be dismantled in Clarksville, Mo.,  where most sand removal will be contracted out According to Clarksville
Mayor Jo Anne Smiley&nbsp; the town will give the sand away for fill at
a local golf course, cement manufacturing or use by the county to dust
icy roads in winter.</p>
<p>\"It\'s economically
wise to reuse the leftover sand,\" says spokesman Robert Anderson of the
Corps\' Mississippi Valley Division, though environmental concerns
factor in. Sandbags may be tainted by sewage or chemicals, cautions the
Corps\' St. Louis District spokesman Alan Dooley. Bags become fragile
and may deteriorate in sunlight, Dooley says. Clarksville is separating dry from soaked sandbags. Wet bags are considered contaminated and will be placed in land fills.</p>
<p>lIn in Canton, Mo., 600 cubic yards of wet sand will be covered by 12 inches of clean
soil for a new park. Canton, population 2,557, estimates that that sandbag removal and levee repairs
in the area will cost $176,200.</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";}