Prop O Stormwater treatmentplant
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Howdy folks. My name is Tom, & I'm from Muscatine, Iowa, it's on the border of Illinois, where the Mississippi River runs East and West. I worked at the Muscatine Water Pollution Control Plant (Wastewater Plant), for 30 years, retiring in 06. Our sewer system is well over 100 years old, and is a "combined" sewer system (wastewater AND stormwater). Because of the age of the sewer systems, during "dry" weather, we treat approximately 5 million gallons of water a day. During a rain event, the total can easily be upward toward 20 million a day. I don't know how it is in your area, but, our "stormwater" will someday, be diverted from the treatment plant, and go directly into the Mississippi River. Since the river is just a much slower version of the treatment plant, and, the Mississippi River flows at something like X billion gallons a minute past Muscatine, stormwater would have no effect on the water quality of the river. In a lot of Communities, the idea is to build a giganic holding pond to store the rainwater and then as (I believe) was discussed before, treat it, and then put it back into your system, whether that system is used for irrigation, or it is further processed to be used for drinking water. Since I am not familiar with your location in California, I don't have a clue as to what your needs are. I DO know (in our case), that when you have 4 times the "normal" flow, equipment wears out more quickly, and wastewater doesn't get treated to the standard that it should be and is, at 5 million gallons per day (mgd). I wish you folks luck, and, if you're wondering on how to vote on your proposition, call an "Operator" at one of your treatment plants some evening (when the front office has left), maybe they'll tell you the good and/or bad about the prop. That way, you can make an educated decision on how to vote. Again, best of luck to you. If you would like further conversation, I can be emailed at: roh2o@machlink.com Feel free to contact me anytime. Thanks for letting me join your forum. Tom.
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This is not a race issue, this is an environmental issue.
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