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Thursday, November 26, 2009: Thanksgiving Day - No County-provided recycling or trash collections on November 26; Thursday and Friday collections that week shift by one day. Transfer Station closes at 5 p.m. on November 25; closed November 26.
Effective September 21, 2009, our recycling program expanded to accept additional blue bin and mixed paper items!
The weather station is located adjacent to the Yard Trim Composting Facility (YTCF) trailer. The station consists of a 30-foot (Standard Height) aluminum tower and a trailer. This equipment is installed on the top of the tower to collect weather data:
The trailer contains a data logger and other equipment for the maintenance of the weather station.
A tipping bucket rain gauge is installed on the ground near the trailer for collecting rainfall.
The collected weather data is stored in the data logger and is transmitted to the County computer via telephone lines. This data represents weather conditions in which the County’s Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) and the YTCF are operating.
The hourly wind and temperature data are periodically used for Air Quality Dispersion Modeling work for the RRF permit applications as well as ambient monitoring and health risk studies associated with the RRF. The air quality modeling results identify the locations of maximum impacts from the RRF stack emissions.
The 15-minute and hourly wind data help us investigate residents' reports of odors possibly coming from the YTCF or the RRF.