Sewage sludge

[ss55]

Hasn't bacteria contaminated lettuce been traced back to sewage water used to irrigate the lettuce fields?

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Add to your list all drugs people take may get flushed too.

 

[Mark-Mi]

Vicinalvictor, do you have any links to back up that statement you made about turning sewer water into bottled drinking water. I would like to read about that. Mark

 

[47fivewindow]

Only in the space station.

 

[Vicinalvictor]

Just one of many links.
Open here

 

[rustred]

that is true, i saw that right on tv a few years ago , them advertizing how good the water was purified.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

1) You are what you eat..

That's what I said about my neighbor's chickens following his cows around looking for a warm meal.

 

[dhermesc]

I thought it was traced back to pickers not having portapotties with hand washing available in the field.

 

[John T]

I knew farmers who were feeding cattle on corn that let their hogs run with/behind them so they also got fat eating corn hmmmmmmmmm Im sure everyone can figure that out lol

John T

 

[Mark-Mi]

Well,, I'll be....

 

[RBnSC]

We have used something similar as deer repellant.
Ron

 

[dhermesc]

Only a few older cities in the east coast (and a few on the west coast) use the same pipes for sewage as they do for rainwater. The water drainage from the streets does NOT flow through the sewage plants. This is done for basic sanitation reasons - raw sewage stinks - especially raw sewage from humans. Every open grate or storm drain in a street would be emitting sewage odor along with the flies and pests and the entire town/city would smell of raw sewage. But that isn't the case.

The only way most sewage treatment plants get overwhelmed is if the sediment basin and/or aeration basin get two much rainwater - that would take almost a foot of rain in most cases. Bypass mode doesn't happen in most states in the US - only in a few old cities where the system was originally set up that way and they refuse to spend the money to correct it. New York City is a prime example. What they do and what Tulsa do are two completely different methods of operation.


If you want a well known example - in Christmas Vacation Cousin Eddie drains his RV tank into the storm drain and Clark tells him that it's not a sewer drain - later the RV sewage creates methane and blows up. While a funny piece of fiction its actually somewhat accurate. Raw sewage does create methane - and it will accumulate if not properly ventilated or contained. Allowing an entire city to sit on top of a vast reservoir of methane isn't something I would want to consider.

 

[dhermesc]

Yes. More than you may think.

 

[ss55]

Only a few older cities in the east coast (and a few on the west coast) use the same pipes for sewage as they do for rainwater.

That may be true for new construction, but until the 1950s and 1960s it was common to just use one system for both sewage and storm water to save money. At least across the Midwest anything older than that is a single system, many are now in need of replacement.

 

[john in la]

The city of New Orleans gets its tap water out the Mississippi River. Now how much sewerage and industrial waste you figure is dumped in the river north of New Orleans.

 

[ss55]

Mississippi river water has a lot of pollutants by the time it reaches Minneapolis/St. Paul. Fish kills on smaller steams are still common despite efforts to clean up the streams and rivers. I can only imagine how it is 2000 miles further down stream.

Reverse osmosis water filtration is the new standard for water treatment for municipal and rural water systems. It is not cheap. I suppose it won't be too far into the future when even feedlots will need extensive water treatment for livestock drinking water to keep the amount of ag and industrial chemicals in our meat and dairy within acceptable limits.

 

[redtom]

My farmer neighbor has been having it injected into his fields for years. They do it every fall with big towed injectors. Idk if he pays or they pay him. I do know the semi trucks hauling it out have wrecked the roads in my neighborhood.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Out 4 H pigs like hot corn too.
I know I couldn't eat cow poo.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection caused by bat, chicken and bird poo in the soil.
I had it once. I would not take a chance of it being safe to use.
I thought I was going to kill me.
Made out my will.

 

[Vicinalvictor]

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