Local Utility Companies

LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS

REFUSE
	Paradise Waste 4811 W. Lower Buckeye Phoenix AZ (602) 237-2078 www.paradisewaste.com		AJ Waste 3046 N. Maple Mesa AZ (480) 982-1961

	Waste Management 1580 E. Elwood Phoenix AZ 85040 (602) 268-222 www.wastemanagement.com		ABC Disposal 6538 E. Main Mesa AZ (480) 373-0062 www.abcdisposal.com

SEWER		GAS
	Town of Queen Creek 22350 S. Ellsworth Rd Queen Creek AZ 85242 (480) 987-9887 www.queencreek.org		Southwest Gas www.southwestgas.com/saz/forms/

ELECTRICITY		PROPANE
	Salt River Project Residential Customer Service (602) 236-8888 www.srpnet.com		AmeriGas 5140 W. Bethany Home Rd Glendale, AZ 85301 (623) 937-9227 www.amerigas.com

CABLE / INTERNET / TELEPHONE
	Cox Communications (623) 594-1000 www.cox.com		QWEST 1-800-603-6000 www.qwest.com

If you were a swimming pool builder you would have to build a pool that was 267 feet long, 50 feet wide and 10 feet deep. Now that's a lot of water!

How much does a million gallons of water weigh?
At 8.34 pounds per gallon a million gallons weighs in at 8,300,000 pounds.

by the way:
1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 128 ounces = 231 cubic inches

1 liter = 0.2642 gallons = 1.0568 quart = 61.02 cubic inches

1 million gallons = 3.069 acre feet = 133,685.64 cubic feet

wow!

How much water does it take to grow/produce a "serving" of each item?
French Fries - 6 gallons (not super sized!)
Hamburger - 1,300 gallons
1 Egg - 120 gallons
Lettuce - 6 gallons
Watermelon - 100 gallons