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Mr. Sandman · 08-10-2006, 10:22 AM

I hate litter of anykind.

There is just NO excuse to litter, trash can or not IMO. Take it with you. Yes there should be more cans and the cans need to be emptied on a regular basis but you need to not litter ever.
Trash in the water is an outright sin. I hate seeing a plastic bag in the water.

As for run off, and nitrite build up has a big impact on marine life, it is time to mandate (regardless of cost) that water front homes be on a sewer systems. If you want to play you have to pay. It is navie to think that the dump you just took is not going to find its way into the water when your septic system leaching field is feet from the waters edge. Moreover, towns should never allow street run off to go directly into the water, there needs to be some filtering system between the runoff and the sea. In a heavy rain the sh*t that comes out of those pipes is foul.

The reason that most of the east coast bay scallop population has declinded and disappeard in some areas, is directly related to water quality. One bad rainstorm and you can be screwed for years. (Bay scallops are very water quality sensitve)

Lets talk eel grass. While you may not like it on your prop it is the key element to a healthy bay, if you treat the water poorly and wipe out eel grass, the entire microcosim of creatures up the food chanin suffer.

Also, even if you don't flush your head, but take or clean a shower on board, and you are in a sensitive place(s) (like Katama Bay) a single cup of clorox bleach in the water is actually worse then a lot of people flushing poop into the water. All large boats should have "gray-water" tanks discharge them way offshore or in designated sites.

IMO the keys are:

1) don't litter at all
2) put sewer systems in on all waterfront homes
3) Stop backfilling our marshlands
4) no direct street runoff
5) re-establish eel grass in bays

If we did this I thin we would be a hell of a lot better off. But it will not be cheap.

08-10-2006, 10:22 AM	#32
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	I hate litter of anykind. There is just NO excuse to litter, trash can or not IMO. Take it with you. Yes there should be more cans and the cans need to be emptied on a regular basis but you need to not litter ever. Trash in the water is an outright sin. I hate seeing a plastic bag in the water. As for run off, and nitrite build up has a big impact on marine life, it is time to mandate (regardless of cost) that water front homes be on a sewer systems. If you want to play you have to pay. It is navie to think that the dump you just took is not going to find its way into the water when your septic system leaching field is feet from the waters edge. Moreover, towns should never allow street run off to go directly into the water, there needs to be some filtering system between the runoff and the sea. In a heavy rain the sh*t that comes out of those pipes is foul. The reason that most of the east coast bay scallop population has declinded and disappeard in some areas, is directly related to water quality. One bad rainstorm and you can be screwed for years. (Bay scallops are very water quality sensitve) Lets talk eel grass. While you may not like it on your prop it is the key element to a healthy bay, if you treat the water poorly and wipe out eel grass, the entire microcosim of creatures up the food chanin suffer. Also, even if you don't flush your head, but take or clean a shower on board, and you are in a sensitive place(s) (like Katama Bay) a single cup of clorox bleach in the water is actually worse then a lot of people flushing poop into the water. All large boats should have "gray-water" tanks discharge them way offshore or in designated sites. IMO the keys are: 1) don't litter at all 2) put sewer systems in on all waterfront homes 3) Stop backfilling our marshlands 4) no direct street runoff 5) re-establish eel grass in bays If we did this I thin we would be a hell of a lot better off. But it will not be cheap.