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Part of the idea of wastewater treatment plants is to address things like chemicals in wastewater. If the pipes on the way leak the tainted water, it can't be t

by moate 5y ago

Part of the idea of wastewater treatment plants is to address things like chemicals in wastewater. If the pipes on the way leak the tainted water, it can't be treated. Of course there are also "forever chemicals" that we can't neutralize, but we have no hope of dealing with chemically tainted water that never gets to the locations capable of addressing it.

treeman79 5y ago
So we should all pee in bottles and ship them to waste water plant. Perhaps we could build some sort of hyper loop to send them in bulk to speed up the process. Diagram of the idea, reversed https://xkcd.com/1599/ https://xkcd.com/1599/
- jdavis703 5y ago
  No, we should pay the taxes or user fees needed to maintain our infrastructure in a state of good repair.
  - h_anna_h 5y ago
    Sadly it's not the taxpayer that decides where the money goes. Getting new military airplanes, putting them in their own pockets, and bribing the media with it seems to be preferable for politicians.
    - jdavis703 5y ago
      The federal government doesn’t maintain sewer lines anywhere in the US except maybe on military bases and the like. At least in California we have special tax districts that are managed by a voter-elected board. The voters literally get to decide on infrastructure spending, at least in California.
  - treeman79 5y ago
    Okay perhaps this joke was to subtle for the crowd here.
    - moate 5y ago
      No we got the joke. It's just not the place/a good joke. You're probably thinking of a site called reddit.com. That's a good place for "jokes".
- moate 5y ago
  No, we fix the leaky pipes. Where did your conclusion come from? Why would adding extra waste (the bottles) to the equation result in less contamination? What about my statement made you think "this man wants people to bottle their waste, rather than maintaining/improving existing infrastructure that addresses the issue"?

by moate 5y ago

treeman79 5y ago

So we should all pee in bottles and ship them to waste water plant. Perhaps we could build some sort of hyper loop to send them in bulk to speed up the process. Diagram of the idea, reversed https://xkcd.com/1599/ https://xkcd.com/1599/

jdavis703 5y ago
No, we should pay the taxes or user fees needed to maintain our infrastructure in a state of good repair.
- h_anna_h 5y ago
  Sadly it's not the taxpayer that decides where the money goes. Getting new military airplanes, putting them in their own pockets, and bribing the media with it seems to be preferable for politicians.
  - jdavis703 5y ago
    The federal government doesn’t maintain sewer lines anywhere in the US except maybe on military bases and the like. At least in California we have special tax districts that are managed by a voter-elected board. The voters literally get to decide on infrastructure spending, at least in California.
- treeman79 5y ago
  Okay perhaps this joke was to subtle for the crowd here.
  - moate 5y ago
    No we got the joke. It's just not the place/a good joke. You're probably thinking of a site called reddit.com. That's a good place for "jokes".
moate 5y ago
No, we fix the leaky pipes. Where did your conclusion come from? Why would adding extra waste (the bottles) to the equation result in less contamination? What about my statement made you think "this man wants people to bottle their waste, rather than maintaining/improving existing infrastructure that addresses the issue"?