Alabama really is a cesspool

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#27
A little more on the situation and why certain things are/are not done:

This system of dealing with sewage is common in Lowndes County, and commonly called “straight-piping.” Many of the residents don’t bother to dig pits for the sewage, simply rigging pipes to transport their sewage a few yards from their homes.

The soil holds so much water that regulation, licensed septic tanks often malfunction. Even sewage systems run by the municipalities in the county suffer from similar problems. The poverty, the high cost of septic tank installation and the lack of sewage maintenance mean that wastewater and sewage often leak into the soil. The ground then becomes infected with parasites and disease, leading to environmental contamination that spreads to the people who live in the county.

Lowndes County, Ala.: The Place God Forgot
 
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AshG said:
This system of dealing with sewage is common in Lowndes County, and commonly called “straight-piping.” Many of the residents don’t bother to dig pits for the sewage, simply rigging pipes to transport their sewage a few yards from their homes.
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My point...
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
My point...
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"For years, authorities in Lowndes County imposed a draconian practice of arresting the mostly black citizens who skirted the county health regulations by straight-piping or creating their own solutions for the sewage problem. The county’s solution was to lock up the poor people who couldn’t afford to pay for sewage and fine them, causing an infinite circle of criminality."

Why put in the work when you're just going to get locked up anyway?
 
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AshG said:
"For years, authorities in Lowndes County imposed a draconian practice of arresting the mostly black citizens who skirted the county health regulations by straight-piping or creating their own solutions for the sewage problem. The county’s solution was to lock up the poor people who couldn’t afford to pay for sewage and fine them, causing an infinite circle of criminality."

Why put in the work when you're just going to get locked up anyway?
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Put in the work to dig a pit or outhouse wouldn't land you in jail. Go back and re-read what I highlighted earlier.
 
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There's a distinct difference in the two...

AshG said:
"For years, authorities in Lowndes County imposed a draconian practice of arresting the mostly black citizens who skirted the county health regulations by straight-piping or creating their own solutions for the sewage problem. The county’s solution was to lock up the poor people who couldn’t afford to pay for sewage and fine them, causing an infinite circle of criminality."
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AshG said:
This system of dealing with sewage is common in Lowndes County, and commonly called “straight-piping.” Many of the residents don’t bother to dig pits for the sewage, simply rigging pipes to transport their sewage a few yards from their homes.
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Wireless1 said:
Port-a-johns will be a much more economical solution, or RV toilets with the large waste tanks that they can run to the treatment plant to dump.
I'd bet if that solution was offered, they'd reject it and let sewage flow on the ground.
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showers, baths, hand washings, dish washing, clothes washing all produces waste water and is just as illegal to dump as the turd ridden crap
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
There's a distinct difference in the two...
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Or creating their own system. As in, including digging.

How about we discuss actual positive possibilities in a manner that's not denigrating instead of painting the citizens as lazy, ignorant government leeches?
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
showers, baths, hand washings, dish washing, clothes washing all produces waste water and is just as illegal to dump as the turd ridden crap
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It's not that some people don't get it, it's that they actively don't want to get it. They don't want to understand the situation. They don't want the knowledge of how this happens over time. They can't be burdened with the real difficulty of addressing the problem long term. So long as they can paint the citizens as fat, lazy, and entitled they can write off their brothers and sisters and give them only enough notice for a laugh or an eyeroll.

Edit: And some chuckle**** will quote this as evidence I want government intervention and other people's money to fix it. Yes. Through ministry, missions, and community programs. So, local and voluntary.
 
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AshG said:
Or creating their own system. As in, including digging.

How about we discuss actual positive possibilities in a manner that's not denigrating instead of painting the citizens as lazy, ignorant government leeches?
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Preppers and off grid folks have already figured these issues out in 2021.
 
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AshG said:
It's not that some people don't get it, it's that they actively don't want to get it. They don't want to understand the situation.
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I understand perfectly. Some of these people I'm sure were up in this same county with no running water years ago. So how did poor people back in those days solve the problem in Jim Crow Alabama but can't seem to figure it out in Joe Biden's America?
 
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A couple years back here in TN there was a proposal to have the rural electric co-ops handle on site sewer treatment systems (septic). The proposal was to have a surcharge on your electric bill and for that the co-op was to provide annual pump outs. They could probably do something similar down there that would cover the costs of installing a septic system.
 
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AshG said:
Good for them. Maybe they can send a team or two to teach the residents how to do it.
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There are folks alive right now down there that know that you don't s#!t where you eat... they grew up using outhouses and not having running water.
 
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hog88 said:
A couple years back here in TN there was a proposal to have the rural electric co-ops handle on site sewer treatment systems (septic). The proposal was to have a surcharge on your electric bill and for that the co-op was to provide annual pump outs. They could probably do something similar down there that would cover the costs of installing a septic system.
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That would be a great start.
 
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hog88 said:
A couple years back here in TN there was a proposal to have the rural electric co-ops handle on site sewer treatment systems (septic). The proposal was to have a surcharge on your electric bill and for that the co-op was to provide annual pump outs. They could probably do something similar down there that would cover the costs of installing a septic system.
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Again, I want to know what is going on at the local level before we start pointing blame anywhere else or having someone else pony up.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
showers, baths, hand washings, dish washing, clothes washing all produces waste water and is just as illegal to dump as the turd ridden crap
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True, but those don't have fecal bacteria.....unless you use your bare hand to wipe.....
 
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