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U.S.C.G. Icebreaker Healy

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U.S.C.G. Icebreaker Healy in Juneau

U.S.C.G. Icebreaker Healy in Juneau

The United States largest icebreaker, the 420 ft. long U.S.C.G. Healy, is shown being moored in Juneau with the assistance of a tugboat. The ship stopped in Juneau for rest and recreation for the crew on its way to its homeport of Seattle, Washington. The ship left Seattle April 3rd for the Arctic West Summer 2007 Deployment which has now ended.

Picture by David Kent, 8:25 a.m. ADT, September 23, 2007, © 2007

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Maintaining a City Service

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Maintaining a City Service:
Cleaning the Sewer Line with the Jet-Cleaning Truck

Cleaning the Sewer Line with the Jet-Cleaning Truck.

Cleaning the Sewer Line with the Jet-Cleaning Truck.

From the City and Borough of Juneau Web Site at juneau.org:

The City and Borough of Juneau Wastewater Collection System is complex system of underground pipes and pumps designed to transport human waste, storm water, and industrial waste from its source to treatment facilities. This system consists of 125 miles of gravity sewer mainlines, ranging in size from 6 to 30 inches in diameter (seventy-five percent of the system consists of 8-inch mains). The system also has 2,304 manholes, 38 pump lift stations and serves approximately 8350 customers. In addition to the piping, there are numerous service laterals, tap connections, pipe joints, interceptors, cleanouts, vaults, pump lift stations, creek crossings, inverted siphons, bar racks, and vent pipes-all of which are integral parts of the wastewater collection system. Because the system is entirely interconnected, each of these components affects the whole system and therefore they must be rigorously monitored and maintained.

Both Pictures by David Kent, 3:09 p.m. ADT, August 7, 2007, © 2007