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Great day on the Potomac
On 6/1/12 12:43 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:15:53 -0400, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:35:09 -0400, John
wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:18:38 -0400, wrote:
They are talking about nitrogen and phosphorus, (nutrients).
Those are tough on DO but it is not what closes beaches and makes
people sick. When they look at swimmer safety they look at coliforms.
Blue Plains shoots enough chlorine into the effluent that it would be
safe to drink if you could get over the yuck factor. When I was there
they did have a plant manager take a big drink on TV.
This is still down river of DC. It would not affect people up there.
I would worry more about street runoff if I fell in the water at the
14th street bridge. The Anacostia has it's own unique problems with
industrial pollution that you don't see on the west side.
Careful!!
Any mention of pollution in the Anacostia *can* be used as 'proof' of racism!
I've taken friends up the Anacostia to see the sights and been embarrassed by the crap floating on
the water and lining the banks. It's a mess. If, as some say, it's caused by blacks living in the
area, then they should start using trash cans instead of the river for their trash.
It is probably a little more complicated than that. The higher level
of industrial pollution is coming from North East DC and near in
Maryland, simply because they don't have that kind of development in
North West.
They also say most of the trash is coming down the storm drain system.
It could be an indication that people in NE/SE are more likely to sit
on the corner and drink. They don't have the nice patios that the
people in North West have ;-)
That explains it. And the DC government folks pocket so much of the city's income that the city can'
put trash cans on the corners and empty them.
There's no public trash can on your street corner, Herring.
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