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Re: Fluid disposal

To: "Steve Laifman" <laifman@flash.net>
Subject: Re: Fluid disposal
From: "D. Leithauser" <dleit@mintcity.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 07:49:09 -0400
Gosh, your house sounds nicer than mine. Good point about the storm drains.
I did not mean to group all waste fluids together. My comment refered only
to antifreeze.

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> From: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Fluid disposal
> Date: Friday, June 27, 1997 4:27 PM
> 
> Regarding the capacity of "sewage" treatment facilities to handle
> automotive wastes, such as anti-freeze, brake fluids, oils, etc. The
> problem is that these materials are often dumped into the drains in the
> streets, not into the sinks or toilets. Here, in L.A., the street drains
> are meant to remove surface waters (like if it ever rains, man), and are
> NOT connected to the sewage waste treatment plants. They drain directly
> into the ocean.
> 
> So the next time you want to test out your municipal sewage plant's
> microbe tolerance, carry your gallons of used oil, old brake fluid,
> gear-box drippings, and all the stuff you got out with "Gunk" across
> your wife's new oak floors, across her new rugs, avoiding the antique
> embroidered chairs, over her sparkling bathroom tile, and dump it into
> the $600 power-flush porcelin commode or tub. This should really be a
> test of a number of tolerance levels.
> {8->
> 
> Steve
> 
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