Comments on: September 20th News http://littleshell.earthsourcemedia.org/2008/09/20/september-20th-news/ Local and Global Environmental News Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: admin http://littleshell.earthsourcemedia.org/2008/09/20/september-20th-news/#comment-3 admin Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:06:30 +0000 http://littleshell.earthsourcemedia.org/2008/09/20/september-20th-news/#comment-3 Right, Loretta! The fact that San Diego holds the very last waiver in California should be great cause for concern and action! ESM Right, Loretta! The fact that San Diego holds the very last waiver in California should be great cause for concern and action!

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]]> By: Loretta LaBianca http://littleshell.earthsourcemedia.org/2008/09/20/september-20th-news/#comment-2 Loretta LaBianca Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:30:09 +0000 http://littleshell.earthsourcemedia.org/2008/09/20/september-20th-news/#comment-2 You are so right about the San Diego area which has the last waiver in the state for secondary sewage treatment. They are trying to get their third 5 year waiver and they are still saying they don't have the money to upgraded the Point Loma facility. They had plenty of time to plan for this and in the meantime the ocean has a constant dumping of sewage that does not meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act of the 1970's! This City calls themselves "America's Finest City", right. How can we have marine protected areas here when we don't even meet the clean water act requirements? Major Sanders states that the retrofitting cost is unnecessary because the current plant doesn't harm the marine ecosystem. Amazing remark especially since there is no facility as large as the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment plant in the country without at least a plan to attain the secondary treatment threshold. When is this corrupt City going to wake up and start investing in infrastructure? The sewer and water pipes are falling apart and in the long run we pay more to fix them as the roads cave in and create sink holes. They had money for a new ball park but not to ensure our oceans and streams are clean. When the beaches are shut down due to unsafe waters the tourists will go home and never return eliminating one of our largest revenue sources in the county. You are so right about the San Diego area which has the last waiver in the state for secondary sewage treatment. They are trying to get their third 5 year waiver and they are still saying they don’t have the money to upgraded the Point Loma
facility. They had plenty of time to plan for this and in the meantime the ocean has a constant dumping of sewage that
does not meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act of the 1970’s! This City calls themselves “America’s Finest City”, right. How can we have marine protected areas here when
we don’t even meet the clean water act requirements? Major Sanders states that the retrofitting cost is unnecessary because the current plant doesn’t harm the marine ecosystem.
Amazing remark especially since there is no facility as large as the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment plant in the country without at least a plan to attain the secondary treatment threshold. When is this corrupt City going to wake up and start
investing in infrastructure? The sewer and water pipes are falling apart and in the long run we pay more to fix them as the roads cave in and create sink holes. They had money for a new ball park but not to ensure our oceans and streams are clean. When the beaches are shut down due to unsafe waters
the tourists will go home and never return eliminating one of our largest revenue sources in the county.

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