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Article: The inspiring fountains of poop.
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- The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2007
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Byline: Whitney Mitchell
May 28--It had been a while since his visit to the Christiansburg sewage treatment plant, but Tom Angleberger couldn't flush the picture of poop from his mind.
He became fascinated with an antiquated sewage-spewing fountain while covering a story for The Roanoke Times about changes being made at the waste management facility. The fountain was part of a secondary cleansing process, in which massive amounts of air are pumped through the wastewater to help break down the solids. Angleberger's story was about how the old system would be turned off and replaced by newer technology.
It was a simple news story, but Angleberger ...