State board wants Sacramento to reduce sewage in river

[XemaSab]

Sacramento may not be able to rely on nature to wash away its sewage problems much longer.

Instead, residents might have to pay for treatment system upgrades that could add $40 to a monthly utility bill.

The metro area's 1.3 million people have long depended on persistent flows in the Sacramento River to dilute a lot of what they flush away. The regional sewage treatment plant performs an initial scrub, but its system is basic compared to many other urban areas.

Growing concern about the aquatic environment downstream has put a bull's-eye on this system. Now a new state discharge permit is likely to require expensive new upgrades.



Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/04/3005002/state-board-wants-sacramento-to.html#ixzz0yd57YEGZ

[Dead_Parrot]

1. It never to fails to amaze me...

...what some people will unrec. :s

[XemaSab]

2. Maybe someone's not down

with paying $60 every month to flush the john. x(

[Dead_Parrot]

3. Make the bugger swim downstream for an hour

Then see how they feel about it...