| Subject: Isn't such waste what so-called "organic" farmers |
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Curmudgeon
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Date Posted: 17:29:16 05/17/07 Thu
In reply to:
sci guy
's message, "Crapping in your water still?" on 09:57:00 05/16/07 Wed
use for fertilizer, instesad of the sterile fertilizer form a chemical (dirty word to the Environmental Left) plant? Of course there's a difference -- farmers not part of the "organic" scam tailor their fertilizer to the precise needs of their soil and the crops they grow, unlike the more politically correct "organic" movement's scammers.
>I knew that you didn't have the sense to keep your
>water clean.
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>>Fecal Bacteria on Rise in Louisiana Bayous
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>>HOUMA, La. -- Fecal coliform bacteria, found in human
>>and animal waste, has grown to unsafe levels in some
>>Terrebonne and Lafourche parish area bayous.
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>>The bacteria get into local waterways because of
>>nearby cattle farms, the high number of nutria that
>>live in marshes and bayous, and from clogged septic
>>systems at private homes.
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>>The Department of Environmental Quality is
>>spearheading an effort to study bacteria levels in
>>Bayou Lafourche, which supplies much of Terrebonne and
>>Lafourche with drinking water. Health officials advise
>>against swimming in area bayous, particularly if you
>>have cuts, scrapes or open sores.
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>>The water coming into local homes is safe to drink
>>because chemicals used to treat water in municipal
>>plants eliminate any bacterial threat, said Department
>>of Environmental Quality spokesman Howard Fielding.
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>>Local officials are hoping to improve water quality
>>with efforts that include water testing and a mandated
>>inspection process.
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>>Fielding said he eventually hopes to ask the Lafourche
>>Parish Council to hire septic-system inspectors and
>>maybe even fine violators.
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>>"We're not there yet," he said. "We have some more
>>work to do before we get to that stage. Right now
>>we're trying to get our ducks in a row."
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>>Al Levron, Terrebonne Parish's public-works director,
>>agrees that inspectors are probably the only way to
>>curb contamination, adding he thinks federal money
>>will be needed to make that happen.
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>>"It's essentially a financial problem," Levron said.
>>"We either need federal grants for the construction of
>>a new public sewerage system or to pay for parishwide
>>inspectors. Both options will be expensive."
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>>In the meantime, chemicals will be used to make the
>>water safe for human consumption, an option that makes
>>water treatment increasingly expensive.
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