QUOTE FROM PREVIOUS THREAD: Where do you think the discharge from sewage treatment plants goes???
The key word there is "treatment".
The systems that municipal treatment plants use are just a little bit more sophisticated than the little bottle of green stuff that you are dumping into your holding tank before discharge (if people do that at all) AND, when the treatment plant releases the treated water back into waterways, they do so using pipes that distribute it miles off shore, away from the kiddies splashing around in their inflatable dragon.
C'mon people. I know it's easy to say that politicians are not the answer to the problem - I agree. But many of you are not even acknowledging that this is a problem. The bottom line is that the less waste in our waters (everywhere) is better for all of us right? So instead of griping that it is a huge inconvenience because of line ups, not deep enough at the pump out dock, may have to pay $5. Think about it! It has to start somewhere, sometime, soon! If and when it becomes law, there will be shiny, deep and cheap pump out stations popping up everywhere. Even where you tie up your boat at the end of a sail. Getting in the habit of pumping out before you need to will become second nature just like we don't wait until our cars run out of gas before we put more in.
Next time your kids or grandkids want to go for a swim off the transom or play at a local beach. Think about the water you are sending them into. As a boater you may be responsible and stay within the existing law that insists you dump as clean as you can. But not all do. Let's be honest, do you really think that the 4 oz. of magic green liquid that you pour into a nasty holding tank miraculously gets into every chunk of s#!t that you put into it. And do you really believe that the "treated" waste you pumped out is basically drinking water quality and that none of the bits of burrito from last nights dinner will float and travel? Did the boat that just sailed past while the kiddies were in the water follow the law? Even if they did, and the FECAL COUNT they just released around little Jimmy and Susie is deemed acceptable...
...once again, all I can say is C'mon people!
The key word there is "treatment".
The systems that municipal treatment plants use are just a little bit more sophisticated than the little bottle of green stuff that you are dumping into your holding tank before discharge (if people do that at all) AND, when the treatment plant releases the treated water back into waterways, they do so using pipes that distribute it miles off shore, away from the kiddies splashing around in their inflatable dragon.
C'mon people. I know it's easy to say that politicians are not the answer to the problem - I agree. But many of you are not even acknowledging that this is a problem. The bottom line is that the less waste in our waters (everywhere) is better for all of us right? So instead of griping that it is a huge inconvenience because of line ups, not deep enough at the pump out dock, may have to pay $5. Think about it! It has to start somewhere, sometime, soon! If and when it becomes law, there will be shiny, deep and cheap pump out stations popping up everywhere. Even where you tie up your boat at the end of a sail. Getting in the habit of pumping out before you need to will become second nature just like we don't wait until our cars run out of gas before we put more in.
Next time your kids or grandkids want to go for a swim off the transom or play at a local beach. Think about the water you are sending them into. As a boater you may be responsible and stay within the existing law that insists you dump as clean as you can. But not all do. Let's be honest, do you really think that the 4 oz. of magic green liquid that you pour into a nasty holding tank miraculously gets into every chunk of s#!t that you put into it. And do you really believe that the "treated" waste you pumped out is basically drinking water quality and that none of the bits of burrito from last nights dinner will float and travel? Did the boat that just sailed past while the kiddies were in the water follow the law? Even if they did, and the FECAL COUNT they just released around little Jimmy and Susie is deemed acceptable...
...once again, all I can say is C'mon people!
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