Monday, October 6, 1986/The Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
oncern over poor water quality
n Texas shown at conference
By Bob Grube
Staff Writer
expression of deep concern
Texas water quality flowed
lough every presentation at the fi-
session of the 21st Water for
xas Conference on Friday.
The conference was sponsored by
Texas Water Resources Institute
Texas A&M.
Dr. Rick T. Irvin, a professor in
: Department of Veterinary Anat-
|y at Texas A&M, said while
xas’ economy is getting a boost
iin the arrival of many high-tech-
logy firms to its version of Silicon
lley, the high-tech industry is a
jorContaminator of Texas waters.
Many people associate water con-
ninadon with the steel or petro-
mical industries because they*
Ive dirty manufacturing proc-
ies," Irvin said. “People tend to
tthink of the semiconductor in-
Istry as a contaminator because of
lultra-clean environment.”
ut Irvin said the semiconductor
Bustry uses several toxic chemicals
are common to another major
“We need to make Texas an attractive place for these
emerging industries to come. . . . The new industries
will not come to the state if our water is dirty. ”
— Rick T. Irvin, A&M veterinary anatomy professor.
contaminator of water, the petro
chemical industry.
Thousands of gallons of toxic
chemicals such as acid baths, glycol
ethers, dopants (gases of arsenic)
and the carcinogen trichloroethy
lene are produced by the semicon
ductor industry every week, Irvin
said.
Irvin said the problem is in the
way the industry disposes of these
toxic chemicals.
“The individual firms are very re
sponsive once the problems have
been identified,” Irvin said, “but the
major problem is that few govern
ment agencies have set up regula
tory agencies for this industry.”
Irvin said that in a study of 80
semiconductor manufacturing sites,
64 had contaminated subsurface and
ground water supplies and 71 had
contaminated drinking water sup
plies.
Irvin said he thinks the answer to
Texas’ economic recovery lies both
in attracting new industry to the
state and in cleaning up Texas’ wa
ter.
“We must undertake a pro-active
approach to controlling water prob
lems in Texas,” Irvin said. “We need
to make Texas an attractive place for
these emerging industries to come so
we can end the state’s dependence
on the oil and agriculture industries.
“The new industries will not come
to the state if our water is dirty.”
While economics is a major con
cern of the state these days, Kenneth
W. Kramer, a state Capitol represen
tative of the Lone Star chapter of the_
Sierra Club in Austin, said he be
lieves ecology also is important.
“I know clean water when I see it,”
Kramer said. “Unfortunately, what
is clean enough is a political decision
and not really a technical decision.”
Kramer said Texas waters do not
come close to meeting the cleanliness
standards set by the 1972 Federal
Clean Water Act.
He said Texas has failed to en
force existing water quality stan
dards, has water quality standards
that are too low, and has lowered
standards for some streams to meet
existing stream conditions.
“I find this particularly appal
ling,” Kramer said. “We have the
technology to clean the water to any
level we want, but what constrains
our ability to clean the water is our
willingness to commit resources to
do it.“
Kramer said besides agriculture,
the Texas tourism industry depends
on the state’s ecology. Tourism is the
state’s second largest industry.
t&M gets funds for dorm renovations
Barton announces $3.5 million federal loon
if
Rep. Joe Barton
By Mike Sullivan
Staff Writer
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton said Friday
that Texas A&M will receive a $3.5
million low-interest federal loan to
help pay its $28 million dormitory
renovation bill.
The money will go toward aiding
the renovation of die 16 Corps-style
dorms.
Twelve are located on the Quad
rangle and four are on the north
side of campus.
Barton said the $3.5 million loan,
which will be paid back over 20 years
with an interest rate of 3 percent,
was the largest made to any univer
sity this year under the Housing Act
of 1950.
Eddie Joe Davis, A&M vice presi
dent for fiscal affairs, said most of
the rest of the money for the renova
tion project will come from $20 mil
lion worth of housing revenue bonds
sold by A&M, and about $5 million
more will come from dormitory sys
tems revenues.
Barton said the money should be
available to A&M early this week.
Renovation of the 50-year-old -
Corps-style dorms will not begin un
til next May and should be com
pleted in about four years.
The dorms originally were built
with federal money during the New
Deal era. The dorms, which are
home to about 3,600 students, will
be closed and remodeled two at a
time, and the residents will be
moved into other campus housing
until the dorms are finished, Barton
said.
The project not only will modern
ize the dorms and make them more
efficient, but also will extend the
buildings’ lives by about 40 to 50
years, Barton said.
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Monday
CO-OP CAREER FAIR: Employers interested in hiring co
op students for the Spring 1987 semester will have booths
set up in the lobby of Zachry Engineering Center from
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Summer or permanent job possibili
ties also may be discussed.
CO-OP STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will sponsor a
workshop on interviewing techniques for internsnips, sum
mer jobs and co-op jobs at 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder. Rep
resentatives from IBM, LTV Aerospace and Defense and
Jet Propulsion Labs (NASA) will be present.
ALPHA ZETA: will have a faculty-student-staff cookout at 6
p.m. at Olsen Park.
POULTRY SCIENCE CLUB: will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 100
Kleberg. Pictures will be taken after the meeting in the Me
morial Student Center.
AGGIE ALLEMANDERS: will give square-dance lessons at 7
).m. and have a meeting at 8 p.m. in the lobby of Zachry
Engineering Center.
THE AGGIE PLAYERS: will meet in the hall outside Rudder
Forum at 5:30 p.m. to take yearbook pictures.
TAMU BICYCLING CLUB: will have a speaker on bike
maintenance at 7 p.m. in 501 Rudder.
ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCA
TORS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 109 Military
Sciences.
FRESHMEN LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS: will meet at 7
p.m. in 201 MSC.
CARIBBEAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7
p.m. in 308 Rudder.
CORPUS CHRISTI-AREA HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet
at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder. .
DEER PARK HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in
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AGGIE DEMOCRATS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
COLLEGIATE 4-H: will have an ice-cream social at 8 p.m. in
117 Kleberg.
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a.m. in 159 Read for swim meet, flickerball, horseshoe sin
gles, field goal kicking, preseason volleyball and volleyball.
Tuesday
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rence Sullivan Ross Statue.
ENGLISH CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
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