so that’s what’s wrong with Detroit...
Or as Joycelyn Elders might say,
we just need safer sh!t.
If it weren’t for bacteria, none of us exist.
E Coli = farm poo poo
This study to be followed by an Executive Order banning or at least restricting bowel movements and placing all bowel movements under the control of the EPA!
Correlation does not equal causation.
There are also a lot of larger parcels such as farms with associated livestock, fowl and such in areas where there are a lot of septic systems.
A properly functioning septic tank and drainfield system does not discharge ANY water (directly to streams and ricers
Howard Hughes is very afraid.
Wait, he’s dead.
See how toxic a tiny amount of poop is?
Now, if it were Cecil the Zebra eating lion’s poop it would be healing and sacred.
Too many hunters afield ?
Too many ferals in the streets ?
Here’s how it works, poop in the toilet, flush said toilet, waste goes down the pipe to the septic tank, solids (poop and toilet paper)settle to the bottom of the septic tank and waste water flows out of upper tank pipe to drain field, wastewater in perforated drain pipe leaches into drain rock and is filtered by soil.
If you are have high groundwater then wastewater is not getting filtered before it hits natural groundwater. Presto-bingo, you have contaminated water.
The EPA and state ecology departments will step in sometime in the near future and outlaw all septic disposal systems because the groundwater is consider “waters of the state”. This is in direct violation of the new Clean Water Act rules.
The grass is greenest and thickest over the area of my septic tank leeching field. No, I do not have my vegetable garden there!
I used to work for a guy that was instrumental in the development of the aerobic septic tanks. As part of his sell, he dipped a glass in the field line and drank it.
He was killed riding a motorcycle by a hit and run in his ‘90’s.
First, I don’t know if this study accounts for the possibility of failed tanks and/or people who have chosen to hard pipe directly to the creek, rather than fix a clogged system. Other possibilities include overloaded systems because all the adult kids and the grandkids have moved back home and into the basement in Barry’s economy. So the study itself could just be a bunch of poo-poo.
Second, I see this as part of a large push against rural living. If septic tanks are declared ineffective, it will become virtually impossible to build a new house outside of where sanitary sewer pipes run (ie the city).
By happenstance, one of my additional duties at my job is reviewing the occasional septic system plan. Septic tanks do not work by magic or voo-doo. There are some basic principals at work. There is no reason it shouldn’t work just as well as the city’s treatment plant.
No, shiite, Sherlock! It's not like there's some magical poo force that keeps it all nice and tidy inside the hole. It's going to leach out into the soil and rains encourage more spreading.
This article is nonsense.
Bacteria are what a septic tank uses to break down sewage.
Of course there are bacteria!
That proves that they are working.
It's common sense though that so much land can only handle so many septic tanks in a given area. Developers are building large subdivisions in areas where a utility sewage system has not been put in place. Perhaps Mr Grant or Franklin helps assist in the perk test most states require?
Most septic tanks will work if properly maintained including using Yeast treatments sold for septic systems to keep the talk functioning properly by destroying it's own waste.
Look for epa to force people to make costly changes.