[GreenYes] Food outside the pipe.

[RicAnthony@no.address]

In a message dated 8/9/2006 9:11:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
hspie@no.address writes:Alan's concerns (which I share) relate to the likelihood  that 
conventional sewer systems will sometimes fail.


 
 
Here is the problem;
1.  early sewer connections did not require a lot  of pre treatment 
(industrial chemicals)..
2.  Original clay  sewer pipers put in  during the 60 ies are leaking (this 
is called infiltration).  No  problem  in dry or average weather but in the big 
storm the water seeps  into the pipes and they flow at full capacity which a 
treatment plant or wet  well can not take for very long (capacity issues).  
When that  happens the wastewater is diverted, usually to a holding basin and if 
 necessary to a live stream. 
 
During the big storms in SO CAL last year   million of gallons of raw sewage 
was discharged into the ocean from San  Diego to Santa Barbara.  
 
Alan is right,  taking the organics a and  sorting  them for composting is 
best practice and more consistently  environmentally sound.
 
 
 
Ricanthony@no.address
RichardAnthonyAssociates.com
San  Diego, California



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