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Study finds septic tanks don't keep poo out of our water
Newser via Fox News ^
| 08.04.2015
| Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
Posted on 08/04/2015 1:26:09 PM PDT by dware
In the largest watershed study of its kind, Michigan State University researchers have sampled 64 river systems in the state for E. coli and the human fecal bacteria B-theta and found that, in a nutshell, septic tanks aren't working.
At least not as well as experts thought. The researchers say that "sample after sample" shows bacterial concentrations are "highest where there were higher numbers of septic systems in the watershed area," water expert Joan Rose tells Phys.org.
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Health/Medicine; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: christopherrobin; dsj02; hysteria; ignorance; phobia; septictanks
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To: shotgun
The guy that put my septic system in said that a leaky faucet was hard on the system. Said that causes a lot of leach line failures.
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posted on
08/04/2015 3:59:35 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: rikkir
Not surprising, leftist state with powerful EPA
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posted on
08/04/2015 4:27:21 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(We lose our freedoms one surrender at a time)
To: Chickensoup
I honestly don’t know much of ME history, but it seems like you guys have a heck of a Governor now.
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posted on
08/04/2015 4:30:59 PM PDT
by
rikkir
(You can lead a horde to knowledge but you can't make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
To: lacrew
I chuckle to myself recalling the local municipality's septic system inspector being hired to inspect my property prior to buying it. Pointing out to him the brick shithouse that was built when the farmhouse was built, he said to me, "Yeah, we can get you a permit for that"
Permit? To shit through a wooden seat with a hole in it into an concrete pit? Permit? Yeah, right!
You got a better chance of seeing God, buddy, let alone stepping foot on my property ever again.
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posted on
08/04/2015 4:34:48 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: rikkir
LePage is great. The rest of the political and bureaucratic spectrum, not so much.
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posted on
08/04/2015 4:49:44 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(We lose our freedoms one surrender at a time)
To: shotgun
Most bugs by far are good bugs.
That is how it works, and it is way better “environmentally” than pouring our treated sewage into the rivers and bays.
This is the main reason why living in cities is destroying our oceans.
Septic systems totally recycle everything, naturally.
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posted on
08/04/2015 4:51:31 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: 4yearlurker
our septic waste goes to the local treatment plant
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posted on
08/04/2015 4:52:02 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(We lose our freedoms one surrender at a time)
To: shotgun
Neighbors years ago used a car as a septic tank.
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posted on
08/04/2015 4:53:28 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(We lose our freedoms one surrender at a time)
To: lacrew
System overload can be an issue. I pump mine once a year to be on the safe side.
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posted on
08/06/2015 12:14:20 PM PDT
by
MSF BU
(Support the troops: Join Them.)
To: dware
They probably want us all to hook up to a town sewer, at the home owner's expense.
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03/16/2016 6:12:37 PM PDT
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BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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