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- From: ahelmers@umiami.ir.miami.edu
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Emptying Water System in Unused House
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.224917.14387@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 03:49:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan4.150614.6635@kodak.kodak.com><1993Jan11.205609.7424@fid.morgan.com><1 <MICHAEL.93Jan25104816@sunbeam.ksc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <MICHAEL.93Jan25104816@sunbeam.ksc.nasa.gov>, michael@sunbeam.ksc.nasa.gov (Michael D. Myjak x7-3286) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan21.212408.12711@schbbs.mot.com> EMN002@email.mot.com (Mary Beth Northrup) writes:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > 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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- Just wondering--what does this have to do with kids? Are they going to be left
- home alone with frozen water pipes?
-
- Ann Helmers
-