[Navy Patriot]

Humans had to design and improve sanitary systems for 6000 years to achieve a decent level of sanitary safety by transporting sewage safely to locations where trained professionals could properly treat that sewage for public health.

Now we will require every resident to treat his own sewage in his back yard (or front yard if he doesn't have a back yard), without using water.

What could possibly go wrong?

[EternalVigilance]

Now we will require every resident to treat his own sewage in his back yard (or front yard if he doesn't have a back yard)

Funny you should say that. Our town is in the process of installing septic tanks in every yard right now. All hooked into the system to take away liquid waste, yes, but nonetheless we will henceforth be treating our sewage in our back or front yards. All prompted by EPA regulations, and funded primarily with fedgov grants and loans, of course.

What's ironic is that when they were digging the hole to put in the new tank, they had to first dig up the perfectly good septic tank that was still in the ground, disconnected a couple of decades ago by government edict.