Toledo city Water
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Sorry for the stupid question . I've been in south Louisiana the last week . Stuck in traffic in Birmingham right now en route home
I have no clue. They blame an antiquated system but we get algae blooms every year. Now they are sending samples all over because they don't understand the data. This could all be for nothing but a false positive. This shows how vulnerable people who aren't prepared really are.
Milo
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Yeah, they were looking for water haulers all over the state to help them out. I had to call Columbus today to report my resources.
Expand. They've been blaming farm runoff for the recent blooms. I'm pretty ignorant about it.
Milo
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Pretty much it is what it is. There is a 100 year supply of in ground phosphorus right now and all they do is keep piling it on year after year. Everybody is scared to piss off the farmers so they dance around the issue like pussies. It's that ugly pink elephant in the room. You, the users, are going to pay dearly for the fix I promise.
Milo
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And pound the governors phone lines and push every button imaginable to make them force the farmers to clean up their act.
bthompson1004
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What a mad scramble today...I would hate to see what people in my area turn into IF we have REAL emergency.
Most Farmers don't use city water do they? Hmmm.
Most Farmers don't use city water do they? Hmmm.
Huckleberry Finn
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Johnch
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Yes some of it is the farmers
But yard run off , your nice green lawns
Also waste treatment plants , dumping raw sewage when there is a lot of rain
My dad and my brother are both farmers
They have had it pounded into them about run off
So they have to watch the fields
But many home owners and some lawn services put on way to much fertilizer
So it ends up running off
Where dose the run off end up ? Lake Erie
And I bet a large percent of the excess food for the algae comes from up stream
John
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while those are contributors, they are a very, very small percentage of the actual load. Most runoff from homes are captured in ponds where is settles out before making it to the river.
bthompson1004
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We couldn't find any water in waterville or whitehouse, ended up using a water shed in grand rapids...there are 7 in our area...lucked out and knew somebody in tiffin that got 10gals and 10cases for us...
Heating some bottled water now to clean the kids sippy cups...not sure if i'm going to shower today or not.
Does anyone know where the city of oregon gets their water from? How were they able to avoid this?
Heating some bottled water now to clean the kids sippy cups...not sure if i'm going to shower today or not.
Does anyone know where the city of oregon gets their water from? How were they able to avoid this?