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jak
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Thoughts on sewage treatment
Any remarks on the removal/treatment facilities available in Mexico beyond the septic tank?
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Woooosh
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our city sewage just runs down the street into the ocean every time it rains. We call it the "chocolate water" coming up from the "bubbler". Don't
give it a second thought, Mexico doesn't.
[Edited on 3-24-2010 by Woooosh]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jak
Any remarks on the removal/treatment facilities available in Mexico beyond the septic tank? |
Like for private use or ....waddya mean?
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Honey wagons, I guess.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Honey wagons, I guess. |
Ohhh yeah...it could double as a Pipa for carrying potable water. 
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I have this vision of a honey wagon pumping out somebody' septic tank and then driving a mile up-river and unloading it into the only source of
potable water in the area.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
I have this vision of a honey wagon pumping out somebody' septic tank and then driving a mile up-river and unloading it into the only source of
potable water in the area. |
I watched one unload into an irrigation pond here just last summer. Made ya want to race right down to the produce store.
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Martyman
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Jak;
Do you have any specific questions? i know a bunch of turd herders
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Perhaps his question was answered.
However, it was a somewhat vague question. Just to throw in a follow up to Woooosh, some years ago, on regular visits to Ensenada, we decided that
staying along Lopez Mateo in the tourist district was just too plain noisy and rowdy (remember when?). So, we decided to try Palmas al Paraiso on
Sangines. Nice place. However, by the second time we stayed there, we bolted because there is a sewage plant just behind it, opposite the Navy base,
and it appears that Ensenada's infrastructure has fallen way behind its growth. The stench was nauseating.
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Woooosh
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I do see plenty of the Pepi "honey wagons" when driving around town and def give them distance in case they spring a leak.
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jak
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Thanks for input - output
Hmm, it seems I can toss out my NOB concepts of waste treatment. The concept and picture of one cities use of rain as part of the infrastructure was
quite illuminating.
 
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The secret is to maintain 1/4" of fall for every 12" of waste pipe length........remember, it should all flow downhill.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jak
Hmm, it seems I can toss out my NOB concepts of waste treatment. The concept and picture of one cities use of rain as part of the infrastructure was
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Infrastructure? There are no fire hydrants either- so build with cement blocks. Mexico is doing great for a third world country. Even San Diego
pipes its waste 3 miles out into the ocean.
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Martyman
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Even San Diego pipes its waste 3 miles out into the ocean.
Whatever happened to their great program and slogan "toilet to tap"
[Edited on 3-25-2010 by Martyman]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by jak
Hmm, it seems I can toss out my NOB concepts of waste treatment. The concept and picture of one cities use of rain as part of the infrastructure was
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Infrastructure? There are no fire hydrants either- so build with cement blocks. Mexico is doing great for a third world country. Even San Diego
pipes its waste 3 miles out into the ocean. |
There is a fire hydrant about a block away from my house in TJ. I've seen fire trucks use it. Perhaps your Rosarito experience doesn't apply to the
whole country.
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The Cerritos Beach Club's sewage flows into a plastic tank in an open pit, a lot of the time the sewage overflows the tank and fills the pit before
they bring the truck to pump it. This is located right next to the main road into Los Cerritos and smells to high heaven. It is one of the most
disgusting things I've seen here. I would like to send a photo to PROFEPA and ask: how much is a permit for a system like this?
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Martyman
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It hardly fecal matters
[Edited on 3-25-2010 by Martyman]
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http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/26032...
The beach at El Dorado Ranch, San Felipe is among the 12 most contaminated beaches in Mexico. It has 364 enterococcus bateria per 100 milliliters.
There are only four beaches in all of Mexico with higher contamination. The US federal standard limit is 35 per 100 ml.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
Even San Diego pipes its waste 3 miles out into the ocean.
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Well...not all of it:
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350,000-gallon sewage spill forces beach closures
By The Associated Press
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 10:12 p.m.
DANA POINT, Calif. — Orange County health officials say three miles of beaches between Dana Point and San Clemente could remain closed through the
weekend after a ruptured pipe sent more than 350,000 gallons of raw sewage pouring into the ocean.
Santa Margarita Water District spokeswoman Michele Miller says a 24-inch iron wastewater pipe ruptured Tuesday afternoon. She says workers found the
source of the spill on Thursday and began fixing the pipe. They are expected to work through the night and the pipe is expected to be operational
again on Friday.
A spokesman for the county's environmental health unit says the beach closures will be lifted once testing shows bacterial levels have fallen within
state standards for two days in a row.
The Associated Press
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
| Quote: | Originally posted by jak
Hmm, it seems I can toss out my NOB concepts of waste treatment. The concept and picture of one cities use of rain as part of the infrastructure was
quite illuminating.
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Infrastructure? There are no fire hydrants either- so build with cement blocks. Mexico is doing great for a third world country. Even San Diego
pipes its waste 3 miles out into the ocean. |
There is a fire hydrant about a block away from my house in TJ. I've seen fire trucks use it. Perhaps your Rosarito experience doesn't apply to the
whole country. |
That's funny. You think they have a block-long fire hose to get that water to your burning house? The house around the corner burned down here last
month- no hydrants and it took too long to fill the pumper to save it. I still stick to "Build with block".
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