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JimH
 
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"John H" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:07:39 GMT, "Jim," wrote:




Flush tax: In 2004, Maryland began charging homeowners and businesses
for producing wastewater. The funds will be used to help protect
Chesapeake Bay waters.

Maryland will add $2.50 a month to the sewer bills of residents hooked
up to treatment systems. It will also assess an annual charge of $30 to
homeowners with their own septic systems, even though many believe these
residents add little to the stream of pollutants that have damaged the
Chesapeake.


Good!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary
to

resolve it."
Rene Descartes


If they do not think their septic systems add to the problem, they are
either blind, or stupid. Clear Lake, Calif. finally installed a sewer
system around the lake and outlawed the septic systems. Lake does not
turn
green with alge and smell bad as it used to. When you got near some of
those old septics systems, you hoped to be unable to smell for an hour or
so.
Bill



Exactly Bill. Over 1,400 folks visiting Put-In-Bay (
http://www.putinbay.com/ ) last summer got sick from drinking well water
contaminated from septic systems on the island.

http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews...6_20050222.htm