Montana
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fredaevans
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Problem with this sort of 'stuff' is they all sound great on paper .. until there's a system breakdown. And that's not a question of 'if,' but of 'when.'
Seattle (and surrounding communites) just had one of those but when the treatment plant was built an major 'Ah Shxt' was built into the system from day one. 400 some yard pipe into 250 foot deep sea floor. Millions of gallons of un-treated waste and rain water (heavy rains!) were discharged.
Didn't take long to 'fix the problem' as 'Metro' was ready. The only 'good part' is the discharge is into tide change water so four times/day this stuff was getting mixed with fresh 'salt.'
Here you don't have that 'luxury.'
fae
Seattle (and surrounding communites) just had one of those but when the treatment plant was built an major 'Ah Shxt' was built into the system from day one. 400 some yard pipe into 250 foot deep sea floor. Millions of gallons of un-treated waste and rain water (heavy rains!) were discharged.
Didn't take long to 'fix the problem' as 'Metro' was ready. The only 'good part' is the discharge is into tide change water so four times/day this stuff was getting mixed with fresh 'salt.'
Here you don't have that 'luxury.'
fae
brownbass
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Not trying to redirect attention away from Montana and the Gallatin river but sewage has become a problem everywhere. My hometown St.Louis is blasting huge tunnels to capture waste water runoff and sewage after rains to keep it out of the Mississippi. St. Louis was forced to spend billions to handle this problem. I don't see any way for Big Sky to deal with this other that to stop development. Good luck with that with the current administration willing to undo any sane EPA rulings.
corn fed fins
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Policy based science.....the real enemy.
fredaevans
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True, but when you have a few million 'Peep's' living here that rather narrows down your options. You flush 'The Loo' .. do you give a thought as to what happens next?
fae