ROGER COLLAR,
WAY OUT THERE

You meet with the manager of the Way Out There clothing factory. "Welcome," Roger says. "Here, have a free t-shirt. They're our Pirate Tees, made from 100% Outback cotton."

"Cool!" says Jason. While he changes his shirt, Carolyn tells Roger your story.

"As you know, a lot of people were concerned when we proposed building our factory here," Roger says.

"The city put quite a few restrictions on us. We treat all the water we use

in factory processes, and all the wastewater goes into the city sewer system, not into the park. Here, let me show you."

You walk through the factory, past huge bundles of raw cotton and flax that Roger says come all the way from Australia, and out the back door. From here, you look out upon Slow Water Park. Roger points to a big pipe that leads down into the ground. "This is where the wastewater drain connects into the sewer."

Carolyn's eyes follow the pipe down, and keep going. "What's that there?" she asks, pointing at a grate half-hidden in the bushes.

"The sewer overflow."

"If anything overflowed out of that, it would go into Slow Water Park," Carolyn says. "Did the city put in a bigger sewer line, when you built the factory?"

"No, it didn't. But as far as I know that sewer has never overflowed."

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