Seems there are at least several towns doing just fine just outside of New OrleansAttention Wal-Mart shopper, that 'parish' outside New Orleans probably, just more than likely, on the order of a 99 percent probability, have their OWN sanitary sewerage system; what New Orleans DOESN'T need right now are any more people DISCHARGING more SEWARAGE into an inop (literally: INOPEATIVE) New Orleans sewerage system where the uncut, raw, untreated effluent simply BUBBLES out of a sewer manhole somewhere DOWNSTREAM (since the LIFT systems are inop too) into the 'bowl' called New Orleans ...
This REALLY isn't rocket science, but, apparently it is; sewerage, LIKE WATER, runs downhill and seeks the lowest point available.
Haven't run across anything saying they're worried about the mosquitos yet.Drudge JUST posted an article today; they mention mosquitoes as 'disease vectors' in that dispatch as well.
Did you need a link to that story?
Here's a clue chief. Septic and storm sewer are different. The only way to get a visual of a septic sewer is to dig it up and break the pipes open, or screw caps off at a cleanout. Their are no exposed "manholes" in the septic sewer system.
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State health officials said Friday they will begin a spraying program to curb the hatching and spread of mosquitos and flies in the stagnant flood waters left behind in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.The program's main goal is to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses, which include West Nile virus. Aerial spraying is set to begin Sunday in New Orleans and surrounding areas and will take place in the last two hours of daylight, state health officials said.