At the mouth of the river at Sebago in the Spring, it's East to West unless you want a beating from the rest!
Hopefully it flushes (pun intended) before the derby.
It seems like they should have a better "back up" plan then dumping it untreated into the river in cases such as this? Is this the norm for most communities waste? I wonder if this was a resident who lives along the river and was having sewer issues could they just dump it into the river and say we will get it fixed as soon as we can. I bet they would get hung from the tallest tree.
it happens more often than they tell you! esp..in spring , when there is too much water w/ the waste coming into the plant to treat, they divert it , untreated into the watersheds. had a friend that worked in st. agathas sewer treatment plant that told me this. surprised more people dont get sick! canada does it regularly on the st. john. can smell a pipe dumping in a mile before you see it! i cringe when i see kids swimming in the st. john.
Truth of the matter is I am far more pizzed off over the amount of crap the agricultural community dumps into our streams, rivers, and lakes each and every year (each and every t-storm for that matter) than I am an isolated instance of a sewage treatment plant malfunction
Ditto on that. I actually took photos of what I saw this morning on the way to work. The tough part with the treatment plants is that everybody wants them to perform flawlessly, but nobody wants to pay higher rates.
I totally agree and understand everything is about money, the thing that bothers me is all involved that they have interviewed on the news are so ho hum about it. I would be willing to bet that if it was a private citizen the attitude would have a little more urgency in it.
urine comes out sterile if the person is healthy. its been used as a fertilizer, mixed with wood ashes for thousands of years. I've been collecting mine for years now and dumping on my compost pile. helps it break down faster and ads moisture to the compost. many places in europe and asia have separate toilets so they can collect and use the urine. human urine is very rich in NPK. so much so that if its not diluted it will burn or kill plants.