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Daily Dose: Santee Lakes Gone Green
Did you know there are 14,000+ solar panels at the Santee Lakes? Learn more green facts, the day's events and need to know.
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Santee Lakes Green Facts
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A by a local advocate of sustainability practices (especially ), , takes a close look at what the lakes park is doing to create a more sustainable environment at the park.
Here are a few interesting factoids from the blog, :
- The recycling of water at Santee Lakes stops 730 million gallons of partially treated sewage from flowing straight into the Pacific Ocean.
- includes 14,000 PV panels, generate a combined one million kilowatt hours every year, covering half of the parks energy needs, the system will save 1,485,519 pounds of carbon from ending up in the atmosphere every year.
- The on-site recycling program diverts ten tons of materials from entering the local landfill. Green waste is also separated, diverting an additional fifty tons of materials a year.
- The park has 1,850 that are removing 88,800 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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