Posted by sgaber@…> (sgaber@…>)
In this country, municipal sewage and stormwater runoff are combined and end up
in the same treatment plants.
And in each major storm event, the municipal sewage treatment plants of most
towns become overwhelmed with the volume of water. Millions of gallons of
untreated sewage are dumped into rivers, bays and oceans each time. More sewage
in one iof these events than all the pleasure boats in the entire country have
out out for a year.
The outout of small boat marine heads and ensuing ennvironmental impact are
small potatoes compared to the damage cause by one such occurance.
But, we and our boats are easier targets for legislators to deal with, rather
than solving the real problems, which would require municiple govenments to
modernize their treatment plants.
Bu solutions are available. I’m not suggesting that boatesr should be allowed to
pump the contents of their toilets into local waters. They should use
composting toilets like the Airhead.
Composting toilets have been used in Euopre for decades. If they were used in
large numbers for residential applications, the problems of municipal sewage
treatment and water shortages would be solved. If composting toilets were used
in Thrd World countries would vastly improve local water quality and would save
millions of lives annually.
OK, I’m off the soapbox now.
Steve Gaber
Sanderling, 1967 C-31 #77
Oldsmar, FL
---- Herman and Gail Schiller <hschiller2@…> wrote:
Because Bureaucrats cannot handle nuance, details, and even science.
Some guys will emphasize the nitrogen present in urine being BAD for
our pristine waters, never mind all the lawn fertilizer that washes
into the water with each rainstorm. Herm
At 12:32 PM 10/24/2008, you wrote:
In light of this discussion on disposal of urine, it is worth noting
that in normal people urine is sterile and not toxic. The
exceptions are in people with urinary track disease, generally
cystitis, and few of these persons would want to be on a boat.
I fail to see why regulations include discharge of urine,
especially if discharge is done substantially off-shore.
On Oct 21, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Peter Bennett wrote:
The problem is in Rhode Island and in the Florida Keys it is illegal
to discharge anything so you are out of luck without a holding tank
there.
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“daniel.oshaughnessy”
<daniel.oshaughnessy@…> wrote:
I finished installing a Nature’s Head composting toilet in my F33
(Hull
45) about a week ago. The toilet is of a robust construction. I
looked
at the alternative AirHead, whilst at the Annapolis boat show, but
thought it looked somewhat flimsy.
Now the important bits!!!
Does it smell? Not so far.
My head is now a delightful place to stand and shave!!!
I ventured up on the foredeck yesterday, where the air vent is
sited. I
couldn’t resist sniffing around the area and was unable to perceive
any “sewage” smell. The vent is permanently hooked up to the
toilets
small extractor fan.
As the installation appeared to be a success, I took great pleasure
in
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