Results 1 to 6 of 6
Thread: Sewage Again!
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks-
10-06-2021, 05:57 AM #1Senior Member
- Join Date
- Mar 2012
- Location
- Foley, Alabama
- Posts
- 1,679
- Thanks
- 707
- Thanked 3,539 Times in 573 Posts
Sewage Again!
Those of you that fish Mobile Bay may want to reconsider. Fairhope has again issued a pollution warning for recreational use of Mobile Bay by dumping 100,000 to 200,000 gallons of raw sewage into its tributaries. Ill never understand why this continues! So sad...
-
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to fshntime For This Useful Post:
-
10-06-2021, 09:09 AM #2Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2016
- Location
- Cullman AL
- Posts
- 163
- Thanks
- 1,293
- Thanked 88 Times in 37 Posts
I saw this on the news this AM. Spewing up out of the man-hole covers . Here, run off from the roads, etc. goes into a small creek that runs behind our house not into the sewer lines.
-
10-06-2021, 09:54 AM #3Senior Member
- Join Date
- Mar 2012
- Location
- Foley, Alabama
- Posts
- 1,679
- Thanks
- 707
- Thanked 3,539 Times in 573 Posts
Yes, big difference between storm sewers and sanitary sewers.
-
10-06-2021, 09:56 AM #4Senior Member
- Join Date
- Oct 2011
- Posts
- 200
- Thanks
- 67
- Thanked 283 Times in 88 Posts
I am also suspicious of their volume estimates. Who knows how much pours out of those manholes?!!
-
10-07-2021, 05:47 AM #5Senior Member
- Join Date
- Mar 2012
- Location
- Foley, Alabama
- Posts
- 1,679
- Thanks
- 707
- Thanked 3,539 Times in 573 Posts
Manholes are associated with storm sewers not sanitary sewers. Sanitary sewers are for raw sewage and that is what was dumped.
-
10-07-2021, 06:59 AM #6We are there! Let's go fishing!!
- Join Date
- Oct 2011
- Location
- Born, bred and someday dead in Midtown Mobile, AL
- Posts
- 10,245
- Thanks
- 8,032
- Thanked 13,703 Times in 4,035 Posts
- Blog Entries
- 6
Wet Weather Overflows (WWO) are the most common form of sanitary sewage spills nationwide (unfortunately).
Usually the result of floodwaters (often from storm sewer overflows) infiltrating into the sanitary system and overwhelming the capacity. It is a complex problem, but it is 'fixable'. In the meantime, we are stuck with a nasty mess...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitary_sewer_overflow
Reply With Quote
Come November, there's some really fun and productive fishing in store for the pier fisherman. One of my favorites is the whiting a hard-pulling, great eating fish and when the schools are in, you...
Winter Fish - How to catch them!