Friday, November 16, 2012

USA, California:

Geothermal Wastewater Champion Retires (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Miles Ferris (Courtesy
Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Miles Ferris, director of the Santa Rosa city Utilities Department, steps down on Dec. 12. He is responsible for managing the ground-breaking project where the city's wastewater is disposed by pumping it through a $205 million pipeline to The Geysers where 13 billion gallons is injected into the geothermal fields annually to create renewable energy.

Ferris called The Geysers one of the “finest disposal projects imaginable” said praised Santa Rosa for doing the right thing.