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Bush Plan Would Allow More Sewage in Nation's Fresh Water

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Posted by: 97silverlsc

Bush Plan Would Allow More Sewage in Nation's Fresh Water

A Bush Administration proposal to routinely allow partially
treated sewage into America's waterways could face a roadblock
in Congress next week, when the House of Representatives is
expected to vote next week on the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) budget. Included is the opportunity to support the
Save Our Water From Sewage Act.

The bipartisan amendment to stop increased sewage dumping would
block EPA from finalizing a proposal that allows an increase in
the use of "blending", a process where partially treated waste
is dumped into lakes, rivers and streams.

Currently under the Clean Water Act, partially treated sewage
may be released only in a dire emergency, such as a hurricane.
Otherwise the process known as blending is illegal, and waste
treatment must be carried out in three phases -- first screening
for solids in the waste, second phase removing most of the
viruses, parasites and other pollutants, and the third phase
treating sewage for bacteria.

If the EPA proposal is finalized, anytime it rains or during
snow melts, sewage treatment facilities would be allowed to
forgo the second phase of water treatment, which neutralizes
viruses and pathogens in the wastewater and aids in the
effectiveness of the third phase of treatment.

Supporters of the Bush Administration blending plan, including
sewage treatment plant operators, say that blending will fill
the gap in inconsistencies in sewage enforcement. But public
health advocates find this unacceptable. "Everyone lives
downstream of somebody's sewage treatment," says Nancy Stoner,
clean water director at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
"So we all face a threat to our health, economy and environment
if EPA lets wastewater plants routinely discharge largely
untreated sewage into our lakes, rivers and streams." [1]

The EPA proposal also helps treatment facilities skirt the cost
of upgrading, a costly affair, especially since funds for
modernization of sewage treatment plants received a substantial
cut in the 2005 EPA budget. [2]

The partially treated sewage would flow directly into lakes,
rivers and streams -- carrying with it deadly parasites, viruses
and bacteria, including dysentery, cholera, e coli, hepatitis,
and gastroenteritis.

The Center for Disease Control reports that each year the health
of 8 million people is adversely affected by water contaminated
with sewage waste, and 900 people die each year from illnesses
related to exposure. [3]

Under the proposed rules, exposure levels will increase if
blending becomes regular practice. Dr. Joan Rose, a Michigan
State University professor, explained that there is a 50% chance
of getting sick from swimming in an area adjacent to a sewage
output point where only the first and third stage of treatment
are used, whereas the risk is less than .1% from swimming in an
area where second stage treatment and disinfection is used. [4]

In the long run, blending has costly financial consequences as
well: loss of revenue from beach closings, increased costs for
treating drinking water, public health and medical expenses, and
harm to fish and wildlife.

Even EPA's own water chief, Ben Grumbles, voiced doubts about
blending: "The basic point, which is at the heart and soul of
the Clean Water Act, is that dilution is not the solution to
pollution. You need to treat the sewage. Blending isn't the
solution." [5]

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TAKE ACTION
Contact members of Congress and ask them to protect the Clean
Water Act.

And Shrub said" Enjoy your s ty water boys, it's good for business!"


Posted by: MonsterMark

All during the Clinton years Milwaukee dumped billions of gallons of untreated waste 'after' we spent a billion $$$ building a deep tunnel under to city to hold supposedly capture the water for treatment later. Here's proof. http://www.greatlakes.org/news/mmsd_appeal.asp

Let me get this right. Everybody knows that the EPA is nothing more than a bunch of left-wing tree huggers and they come up with a crappy (pardon the pun) recommendation to allieviate the problem. This proposal is going to be stopped by Republicans in both the House and the Senate (of course they throw in the bi-partisan crap) and somehow this is supposed to sit on Bush's lap.

Folks..Take a look at every Headline written in every paper. If you seek the truth, just juxtapose the words and remove the biased inferences to arrive at the real meaning of the headline.

Let's try an example here.
Bush Plan Would Allow More Sewage in Nation's Fresh Water
becomes...
EPA attempt to blend our poop to be blocked by Congressional Republicans


Posted by: 97silverlsc

Shrub has installed former industry lobbyists in key positions at the EPA and is attempting to rewrite rules to the benefit of his corporate cronies. Take those Shrub colored glasses off and smell the coffee, or in this case the fecal matter.


Posted by: JohnnyBz00LS



Quote:
Originally Posted by MonsterMark
All during the Clinton years Milwaukee dumped billions of gallons of untreated waste 'after' we spent a billion $$$ building a deep tunnel under to city to hold supposedly capture the water for treatment later. Here's proof. http://www.greatlakes.org/news/mmsd_appeal.asp

Let me get this right. Everybody knows that the EPA is nothing more than a bunch of left-wing tree huggers and they come up with a crappy (pardon the pun) recommendation to allieviate the problem. This proposal is going to be stopped by Republicans in both the House and the Senate (of course they throw in the bi-partisan crap) and somehow this is supposed to sit on Bush's lap.

Folks..Take a look at every Headline written in every paper. If you seek the truth, just juxtapose the words and remove the biased inferences to arrive at the real meaning of the headline.

Let's try an example here.
Bush Plan Would Allow More Sewage in Nation's Fresh Water
becomes...
EPA attempt to blend our poop to be blocked by Congressional Republicans
....... and you are the better man for mentioning "Clinton" at the start of your reply HOW?

I saw the story of the Milwaukee debacle on History Channel (Engineering Disasters), and IIRC, the resulting health problems were traced to outdated and overloaded facilities allowing super-small bacteria into the drinking water. Don't think you can blame that on the EPA, or Clinton, but squarely on the fiscal machine in the state of WI and the city of Milwaukee.

Once again, BuSh has infiltrated what is supposed to be an "independant" arm of the government w/ industry "foxes" to put profits ahead of people's health and safety. I guess the "P" in "EPA" now stands for "Profit", not "Protection".


Posted by: 97silverlsc

This site has a lot of good info on how Shrub is screwing the environment:http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/




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