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Recycled wastewater is used for irrigating Petaluma golf courses, dousing fires and flushing some toilets. Now city leaders are hopeful that $6 million in federal money will soon be in the pipeline to further expand the city's water reuse efforts.

The House of Representatives this month passed a bill that would provide money for two Petaluma projects in addition to $38 million for seven other water recycling programs in the Bay Area.

two projects are designed and ready to go, said Mike Ban, the city's director of water resources. timing on this is really good for us. said the city's longterm goal is to reuse 400 million gallons of treated wastewater a year, which would free up that much potable water.

At the city's new Ellis Creek wastewater treatment facility, about 500,000 gallons of recycled water is used onsite each day for processing water, landscape irrigation including the building's roof fire protection and toilet flushing.

For a quarter of a century, the city has used secondarytreated recycled water to irrigate agricultural lands and golf courses. The new facility treats wastewater to the higher tertiary level, allowing the water to be used to irrigate parks and athletic fields.

The $6 million in the federal bill is planned for two expansion projects of current recycling efforts: a 2.2 million gallon reservoir in the hills off East Washington Street and 7,600 feet of pipe from the treatment plant to the reservoir.

Assuming the bill passes the Senate and becomes law, Mayor Pam Torliatt said the money will be put to good use.

absolutely thrilled that we've been able to obtain another $6 million to pump into our local economy and help with our recycled water project, she said. going to have multiple benefits, including offsetting our potable water supply and offsetting costs to the ratepayer. said the cashstrapped city is continuing to seek additional funding for the two projects. He said the total cost would be about $10 million and the projects could be operational in two to three years.

Tertiary treated wastewater would be piped to the reservoir, which is now an elevated open space. Using gravity to pressurize the water coming back down, it would then be piped back into distribution, Ban said.

7 best running shoes for marathons

Fall marathon season is almost underway and here is a selection of some of the most popular running shoes you'll see pounding the pavement in races around the globe.

When Adidas unveiled the Energy Boost earlier this year, the company claimed it would "change running forever." The material replaces the industrystandard EVA foam with thermoplastic beads fused together inside the sole, providing energy and bounce to keep a consistent spring in your step, all the way through a long course.

One of Nike's coolest new technologies in years, this featherweight shoe features a knitted upper and is made from a seamless, onepiece construction that molds to the contours of the feet like a sock.

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inspired by the natural expansion and compression seen in a cat's foot, which provides our feline friends with both cushioning and propulsion as they move. The sole of the shoe features "Expansion Pods" to provide cushioning and protection, as well as an elasticized band that runs in a figure eight around the sole, which adds extra spring.

Saucony recently gave its popular Kinvara a modest update, only tweaking a few details to make this lightweight, cushioned trainer a bit stronger.

New Balance Minimus Road MR10 ($150)

For fans of barefoot running, New Balance's simple, sleek shoe facilitates midfoot striking yet is sturdy enough to take runners the full marathon distance.

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Flowers can bloom in your cup of tea. These gray balls of tea unfold in hot water to reveal a flower rising from the leaves. Chrysanthemum and jasmine are most popular, but there are other varieties.