wrote:
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:43:38 -0500, John H.
wrote:

I don't doubt Don's word on the issue, but I'm still surprised that recreational
boaters are permitted to dump black water into Halifax Harbor.

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Is it city dumping that you are concerned about or boater dumping?

Most cities still have their storm drain system piped into their black
water sanitary sewage systems. Every time it rains, the storm water
overwhelms the treatment facility and black water goes into
recreational waters. This happens all over the US. That's why the
boater laws are mostly a joke. You can see the evidence when public
beaches get closed for high levels of e-coli bacteria. It happens all
the time.


That is mostly an east coast thing. I think San Francisco is the only city
on the west coast that combines the storm sewer and sanitary sewer systems.
They build huge holding system under the Great Highway years ago, and o
help alleviate the problems.