News Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 A Michigan lawmaker introduced a bill to regulate Great Lakes ballast water and has won the support of environmentalists eager to see action taken.More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnow Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 What about a bill to penalize county`s that have large sewer leaks? That seems to happen once or twice a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority1 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 The ballast water, Sewer leaks, and intentional sewage discharges, do need to be addressed by the legislature. What gives municipalities the right to send there Sh-- downstream??? Sewage should run in their streets, if they can't process it, but NOT in our rivers lakes and streams. The big problem is the way most cities set their sewer systems up. If there were separate sewers for storm and sanitary there wouldn't be the problems we have now. Most municipalities have combination sewers. Separate sanitary sewers wouldn't need to be near as large as the storm sewers. It all boils down to $$$$. Over the long run not having to treat storm water along with household waste, probably would pay for the separate sewers. Even if the $$$ payback isn't quite there, certainly clean water is worth the investment. Many cities have opted to build retention basins, to hold storm water and sewage until it can be run through their sewage treatment plants. Retention basins help, but unfortunately they are not sized to handle the big storms. My 2 cents and then some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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