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Doesn't any oil on the road etc end up in the sewers next time it rains anyway?
by michaelt 3y ago
Doesn't any oil on the road etc end up in the sewers next time it rains anyway?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- throwup238 3y agoYes but they still degrade relatively quickly when managed correctly so a burst of pollutants whenever it rains is better than a constant low level exposure from people washing their cars all the time. Regions where it rains frequently like the PNW have rain gardens, vegetated swales, catch basins/filters, and other mitigation strategies all over the place whereas e.g. California might just have them throughout the drainage system like at the end of the LA river.