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The article offers information on the use of 400 CFS siphon system by civil construction company Rain for Rent for a dam deconstruction and river restoration project in Traverse City, Michigan.

Six south shore Boston, Massachusetts-based communities are getting a new $200-million sewage pumping and transport system to help reduce chronic surcharge and backup problems. The work involves utilizing three different tunneling techniques to cross a river, peninsula and bay. Work on the Braintree-Weymouth relief facilities project started in 1999 and will wrap up by year's end. The effort includes constructing a 45-million-gallon-per-day intermediate pump station; 2.7-mile-long, 42-in.-dia hard-rock tunnel under Boston Harbor; 60-in.-dia relief interceptor; and two 4,000-ft-long, 36-in.-dia siphons.

The article offers chemistry-related news stories as of January 23, 2012. Beverage company PepsiCo claimed in a lawsuit that the bones of a dead mouse allegedly found in a can of Mountain Dew soda would have been dissolved by the acidity of the chemicals in the soft drink. The coffee-making method of siphon brewing is explored.