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do you boat in the chesapeake?
On 7/28/10 8:05 AM, W1TEF wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:03:53 -0400, wrote: i used to. never went swimming there....used to be at the 'chesapeake yachting center' on frog mortar creek, and locust point marina on elk river.... washington post has an interesting article on sewage in chesapeake http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=news-col-blog makes me glad i now boat in new jersey (YES that's supposed to be ironic! ROTFL!! Yeah - ironic is a good way to put it. Speaking of pollution, are those carolina lakes still reeking from pig farm runoff? |
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do you boat in the chesapeake?
On Jul 28, 8:09Â*am, Harry  wrote:
On 7/28/10 8:05 AM, W1TEF wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:03:53 -0400, Â*wrote: i used to. never went swimming there....used to be at the 'chesapeake yachting center' on frog mortar creek, and locust point marina on elk river.... washington post has an interesting article on sewage in chesapeake http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...10/07/26/AR201.... makes me glad i now boat in new jersey (YES that's supposed to be ironic! ROTFL!! Yeah - ironic is a good way to put it. Speaking of pollution, are those carolina lakes still reeking from pig farm runoff?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's all relative. There used to be a slaughter house on the potomac at dc way back when, they threw the carcases and guts in the river everyday. |
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do you boat in the chesapeake?
On Jul 28, 8:19Â*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Jul 28, 8:09Â*am, Harry  wrote: On 7/28/10 8:05 AM, W1TEF wrote: On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:03:53 -0400, Â*wrote: i used to. never went swimming there....used to be at the 'chesapeake yachting center' on frog mortar creek, and locust point marina on elk river.... washington post has an interesting article on sewage in chesapeake http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...10/07/26/AR201.... makes me glad i now boat in new jersey (YES that's supposed to be ironic! ROTFL!! Yeah - ironic is a good way to put it. Speaking of pollution, are those carolina lakes still reeking from pig farm runoff?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's all relative. Â*There used to be a slaughter house on the potomac at dc way back when, they threw the carcases and guts in the river everyday.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The bay is the end of a huge water shed. The point sources, sewage, manufacturing, etc. have been regulated pretty well. They are not a problem anymore. What is left is called "non-point". Pollutants that originate from a wide area. Part of the solution is to tell a whole lot of people that they can't fertilize their yards and farms as much. How's that going to go over? Another part is to better control the storm sewer runoff with more retention ponds and natural treatment wetlands. That means a developer has to set aside land to be used for that. That's land he can't make any money on. There is a lot of resistance to that as well. Its a lot harder politically to regulate that because people have a hard time accepting that someone is going to tell them how much fertilizer they can use on their lawn a year. And it's all pretty much unenforcable as well. |
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do you boat in the chesapeake?
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Jul 27, 9:03 pm, bpuharic wrote: i used to. never went swimming there....used to be at the 'chesapeake yachting center' on frog mortar creek, and locust point marina on elk river.... washington post has an interesting article on sewage in chesapeake http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...10/07/26/AR201... makes me glad i now boat in new jersey (YES that's supposed to be ironic! Gross, Bob. That's really gross! From what I understand, it's been that way for many, many years. Is EPA turning a blind eye to he bay? -------------- DC is on the Potomac and the Potomas runs into the Bay. Of course it's going to be full of crap....... |
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do you boat in the chesapeake?
"Harry ?" wrote in message
m... On 7/28/10 11:12 AM, wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:41:15 -0400, Harry wrote: On 7/27/10 10:03 PM, bpuharic wrote: i used to. never went swimming there....used to be at the 'chesapeake yachting center' on frog mortar creek, and locust point marina on elk river.... washington post has an interesting article on sewage in chesapeake http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=news-col-blog makes me glad i now boat in new jersey (YES that's supposed to be ironic! Sad, but the Bay isn't alone in this. If you google "beach pollution" and variants, you'll find a seemingly endless list of reports about polluted waters, beaches, rivers, lakes, et cetera, in the United States. Some of the beaches on the Gulf Coast of Florida have pollution at toxic levels. The St. Johns River in Jacksonville has enormous algae blooms, large fish kills, and acres of foam. That's the same river the Navy polluted with PCBs. Yesterday, there was an oil spill of a million gallons in Michigan and that oil is headed to the Great Lakes. We Americans are not very good shepherds of our natural resources. The Florida Department of Health tests beaches once a week. If you are curious you can see how your beach is doing take a look. This is Lee County but you can change the last part of this URL to any county. http://esetappsdoh.doh.state.fl.us/i...spx?county=Lee I also do a sample once a month in the Estero River. The trend is, high numbers in the winter, low numbers in the summer. I blame it on bad sewer plants in a couple trailer parks that have a significant snow bird population. We busted one of them several years ago triggered by my sample. A good part of the problem around he agricultural run-off, decimation of stands of forest, and storm sewer overflow. Do you poop in the storm drain too? How gross. -- Me |
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says... On 7/28/10 11:12 AM, wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:41:15 -0400, Harry wrote: On 7/27/10 10:03 PM, bpuharic wrote: i used to. never went swimming there....used to be at the 'chesapeake yachting center' on frog mortar creek, and locust point marina on elk river.... washington post has an interesting article on sewage in chesapeake http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=news-col-blog makes me glad i now boat in new jersey (YES that's supposed to be ironic! Sad, but the Bay isn't alone in this. If you google "beach pollution" and variants, you'll find a seemingly endless list of reports about polluted waters, beaches, rivers, lakes, et cetera, in the United States. Some of the beaches on the Gulf Coast of Florida have pollution at toxic levels. The St. Johns River in Jacksonville has enormous algae blooms, large fish kills, and acres of foam. That's the same river the Navy polluted with PCBs. Yesterday, there was an oil spill of a million gallons in Michigan and that oil is headed to the Great Lakes. We Americans are not very good shepherds of our natural resources. The Florida Department of Health tests beaches once a week. If you are curious you can see how your beach is doing take a look. This is Lee County but you can change the last part of this URL to any county. http://esetappsdoh.doh.state.fl.us/i...spx?county=Lee I also do a sample once a month in the Estero River. The trend is, high numbers in the winter, low numbers in the summer. I blame it on bad sewer plants in a couple trailer parks that have a significant snow bird population. We busted one of them several years ago triggered by my sample. A good part of the problem around he agricultural run-off, decimation of stands of forest, and storm sewer overflow. Yet you populate the area and make it worse, spoofer? |
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In article ,
says... "Harry ?" wrote in message m... On 7/28/10 11:12 AM, wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:41:15 -0400, Harry wrote: On 7/27/10 10:03 PM, bpuharic wrote: i used to. never went swimming there....used to be at the 'chesapeake yachting center' on frog mortar creek, and locust point marina on elk river.... washington post has an interesting article on sewage in chesapeake http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=news-col-blog makes me glad i now boat in new jersey (YES that's supposed to be ironic! Sad, but the Bay isn't alone in this. If you google "beach pollution" and variants, you'll find a seemingly endless list of reports about polluted waters, beaches, rivers, lakes, et cetera, in the United States. Some of the beaches on the Gulf Coast of Florida have pollution at toxic levels. The St. Johns River in Jacksonville has enormous algae blooms, large fish kills, and acres of foam. That's the same river the Navy polluted with PCBs. Yesterday, there was an oil spill of a million gallons in Michigan and that oil is headed to the Great Lakes. We Americans are not very good shepherds of our natural resources. The Florida Department of Health tests beaches once a week. If you are curious you can see how your beach is doing take a look. This is Lee County but you can change the last part of this URL to any county. http://esetappsdoh.doh.state.fl.us/i...spx?county=Lee I also do a sample once a month in the Estero River. The trend is, high numbers in the winter, low numbers in the summer. I blame it on bad sewer plants in a couple trailer parks that have a significant snow bird population. We busted one of them several years ago triggered by my sample. A good part of the problem around he agricultural run-off, decimation of stands of forest, and storm sewer overflow. Do you poop in the storm drain too? How gross. Yes, it's the only thing large enough to hold my fat ass. |
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