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- Subject: Re: Emptying Water System in Unused House
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- From: michael@sunbeam.ksc.nasa.gov (Michael D. Myjak x7-3286)
- Date: 25 Jan 93 10:48:16
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- In article <1993Jan21.212408.12711@schbbs.mot.com> EMN002@email.mot.com (Mary Beth Northrup) writes:
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- Antifreeze (a glycol ether) is biodegradable and can be broken down by the
- local municipal water treatment plant (when reasonably well diluted).
- If you pour it down a storm sewer, it's going straight into the
- environment in a concentrated form which won't easily degrade. So,
- it's much better to get rid of it by pouring into the sanitary sewer than
- into a storm drain or septic tank.
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- I wonder how well that thought works for septic tank systems. Doe sit
- become diluted reasonably well enough to be considered a non-problem?
- does the position (or later addition) of local a in-ground well make a
- difference?
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- Gravity. It's not just a good idea. Its the LAW!
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