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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by eighteenwheeler
Uhh... Your sump pump system shouldnt be sending water into the sewer system... it should be sending it to either the storm water system or to the lowest point of your property (if this point is below your home and this is allowed in your municipality)...
Tip: Dont go swimming or fishing below the waste water plant!
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From: Pratt, KS
Originally Posted by PSS-Mag
Here strom drains and sewer goes to the waste water managment plant where it is all processed as dirty water to be made "clean" and then dumped back into a water way.
Tip: Dont go swimming or fishing below the waste water plant!
Tip: Dont go swimming or fishing below the waste water plant!
Seriously, that is a major load on the treatment plant. If this is the case, unless the plant is designed to handle a 50 or 100 year storm, that plant and the surrounding area is prone to flooding and thus sewage contamination when the plant can't handle all the additional influent Are you sure this is the case? Combining the two systems (sewer and storm) just seem to be asking for trouble. I'd be interested in some info on the wastewater treatment plant if you have it.
And by the way, where do you think the discharge from the treatment plant would eventually go if not a waterway?
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by KSUWildcat
No kidding? Where are you, California?
Seriously, that is a major load on the treatment plant. If this is the case, unless the plant is designed to handle a 50 or 100 year storm, that plant and the surrounding area is prone to flooding and thus sewage contamination when the plant can't handle all the additional influent Are you sure this is the case? Combining the two systems (sewer and storm) just seem to be asking for trouble. I'd be interested in some info on the wastewater treatment plant if you have it.
And by the way, where do you think the discharge from the treatment plant would eventually go if not a waterway?
Seriously, that is a major load on the treatment plant. If this is the case, unless the plant is designed to handle a 50 or 100 year storm, that plant and the surrounding area is prone to flooding and thus sewage contamination when the plant can't handle all the additional influent Are you sure this is the case? Combining the two systems (sewer and storm) just seem to be asking for trouble. I'd be interested in some info on the wastewater treatment plant if you have it.
And by the way, where do you think the discharge from the treatment plant would eventually go if not a waterway?
Not a 100% sure. I try to keep my distance from crap.
Plus I live in the country I don't have city sewer so never worried alot about where thier crap went. I have my own crap to worry about.
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From: Pratt, KS
Originally Posted by PSS-Mag
I know it's all going to end up in a waterway eventually, the puzzeling part for me is where do the solids go? 
Although don't take my word for it, I had a few Big Beers from Rusty's before taking the tour
edit: Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia about the leftover sludge after the bacteria and organisms have done their thing:
When a liquid sludge is produced, further treatment may be required to make it suitable for final disposal. Typically, sludges are thickened (dewatered) to reduce the volumes transported off-site for disposal. There is no process which completely eliminates the need to dispose of biosolids. There is, however, an additional step some cities are taking to superheat the wastewater sludge and convert it into small pelletized granules that are high in nitrogen and other organic materials. This product is then sold to local farmers and turf farms as a soil amendment or fertilizer, reducing the amount of space required to dispose of sludge in landfills
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From: Burleson/Athens/Brownsboro, TX
Originally Posted by KSUWildcat
It's a chemistry thing, good bacteria and organisms with the help of oxygen eat it up in settling ponds or basins. Your poo sits in a pond for days, perhaps weeks, getting eaten up before it ever has a chance to hit the river for a swim. On the plant tour I went on in college, the water passed under high intensity UV lamps which zapped any harmful bacteria. But I still wouldn't hold my drinking glass under it.
Although don't take my word for it, I had a few Big Beers from Rusty's before taking the tour
Although don't take my word for it, I had a few Big Beers from Rusty's before taking the tour
http://www.laundry-alternative.com/a...ic_systems.htm
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From: Hammer Lane
Originally Posted by bluejay432000
I normally would stay out of discussions such as this, I respect everyone's right to an opinion, but just returned from a weekend with my Son(41), his wife, my daughter(36), son-in-law, and my 4 grandchildren. It was the birthday of two of the girls. It was priceless. I have great kids and there is no explaining grandchildren to someone that does not have them.
I did say that I would have felt differently 50 years ago.
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From: Burleson/Athens/Brownsboro, TX
Originally Posted by Odin's Wrath
I did say that I would have felt differently 50 years ago.
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From: Buffalo NY
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lol thats great.
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From: Tulsa, O K L A H O M A!
Originally Posted by wittom
This is a hydronic heating system. Circulated hot water, not steam. This one is sometihng that you don't need to do anything with. Just call in a professional in every year just before the heating season starts to have them check it out. Often times your gas supplier will offer this service.
Natural gas is usually supplied through a pipe line. I believe there are certian situations where natural gas is stored in a tank. I don't believe I've ever seen this though.
It sounds like the heating system should be ok.
Natural gas is usually supplied through a pipe line. I believe there are certian situations where natural gas is stored in a tank. I don't believe I've ever seen this though.
It sounds like the heating system should be ok.
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From: NH
Back in New Hampshire THANK GOD I am out of Nebraska, some crazy HOT HUMID weather, no where to go, and everything of any use is hundreds of miles away, or seems like it...
Glad to be back in New Hampshire and as a present to myself bought a new 2007 F150 XLT Supercab loaded baby well below dealers invoice and a nice chunk under X-plan AND BEST OF ALL:
NO STATE TAXES on the purchase or my paycheck...
Glad to be back in New Hampshire and as a present to myself bought a new 2007 F150 XLT Supercab loaded baby well below dealers invoice and a nice chunk under X-plan AND BEST OF ALL:
NO STATE TAXES on the purchase or my paycheck...
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Originally Posted by 01 XLT Sport
Back in New Hampshire THANK GOD I am out of Nebraska, some crazy HOT HUMID weather, no where to go, and everything of any use is hundreds of miles away, or seems like it...
Glad to be back in New Hampshire and as a present to myself bought a new 2007 F150 XLT Supercab loaded baby well below dealers invoice and a nice chunk under X-plan AND BEST OF ALL:
NO STATE TAXES on the purchase or my paycheck...
Glad to be back in New Hampshire and as a present to myself bought a new 2007 F150 XLT Supercab loaded baby well below dealers invoice and a nice chunk under X-plan AND BEST OF ALL:
NO STATE TAXES on the purchase or my paycheck...
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Originally Posted by 01 XLT Sport
Doing good, and how about yourself?