Posted on 02/28/2011 6:33:25 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
more unintended consequences..........
I’ve seen this photo of the Al Gore toilet before. Very impressive...
Future historians will look back at us here in the late 20th early 21st century period and wonder if there was a massive dose of LSD that somehow got spread thru the entire planetary water supply.............
Easy solution: ask everyone to flush their high efficiency, water saving, toilets thrice each time, thereby providing enough water to purge the sewer lines.
Al: Bud, sit down. Let me tell you the story of the Ferguson. Now these babies were made in Maine, you know, at the little Ferguson factory. It’s the Stradivarius of toilets. And my Dad could play it like a violin.
Yup, I’ll never forget the time my dad took me to Maine to visit the factory. I had to go to the bathroom. And I begged him to pull into a truck stop. He said no, wait until we get there! It’ll be worth it! It was!
Bud: Excuse me, Dad, but a toilet is a toilet.
Al: (grimacing) Bud... the toilets today aren’t worthy of the name! They come in designer colors... they’re too low! When you flush them, they make this weak, almost apologetic sound. But not the Ferguson. It only comes in white. And when you flush it... BaaaWOOOSH! That’s a man’s flush, Bud. A Ferguson says, “I’m a toilet. Sit down and give me your best shot.” Oh, if only a Ferguson could speak, the tales it would tell!
I design sewer lines....I’m not sure about ‘excess sludge buildup’, since there shouldn’t be any ‘build up’.
I think what they are trying to explain is that the concentration of waste and gases is higher, now that we are using less water. But, I’m not sure I’m gonna hitch my wagon to that theory just yet. Toilets contribute very little water to sewer...its the showers and washing machines and dishwashers which contribute most of the water.
We typically have these odor problems when sewer is ‘splashed’ around...perhaps where a pressurized line discharges into a manhole, to go to gravity flow. Or, we have these problems when a subdivision does not build out nearly as quickly as planned; and, sewer stays in the pumping station for several days, before the water level gets high enough to activiate the pumps.
I suspect the problems in SF are much more traditional...and, they are using a ‘green screen’ to hide mistakes, and justify extra expenditures.
Backed up sewer systems and stagnant fecal matter under the streets. I bet that is great for the environment.
More like.......you get what you pay for when you hire or elect green Nazis to decision-making positions at any level of government. They are inherently unable to see a big picture. In fact, a big picture doesn't exist in their thought process at any time.
Could be worse. About a quarter of the residents of San Francisco use the sidewalk as a toilet.
LOL. . .and yes, think we all have. . .
Quick, someone suggest to SF that they set up a parrellel plumbing system using bay saltwater, for use in toilets. Then they can use all of the water they want. They will spend at least a billion dollars doing that.
SF deserves every bad consequence they get.
Why can’t these morons just leave things alone that we know work perfectly fine?
Wonder how much water saved by 'slow toilets' is offset by illegals and their consumption. Better 'fast toilets' and more people using their OWN resources.
Wonder how much water saved by 'slow toilets' is offset by illegals and their consumption. Better 'fast toilets' and more people using their OWN resources.
Everyone knows the results of government toilets and they want to run health care?
You think it’s deep now, just wait!
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