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Date Posted: 10:59:31 05/18/07 Fri
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Curmudgeon
's message, "Isn't such waste what so-called "organic" farmers" on 17:29:16 05/17/07 Thu
ignorance IS bliss.....
Properly composted, manure is sterile.
Also, organic farmers don't just use manure to fertilize their crops.
>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.
>>
>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Local officials are hoping to improve water quality
>>>with efforts that include water testing and a
>mandated
>>>inspection process.
>>>
>>>Fielding said he eventually hopes to ask the
>Lafourche
>>>Parish Council to hire septic-system inspectors and
>>>maybe even fine violators.
>>>
>>>"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."
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>"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."
>>>
>>>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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