I got an Email tonight with news from around the county, and on that page was a link to the County's new Los Osos sewer web page.
This new LO sewer page has a TON of sewer tax info and there are a plethora of links to click find out all about your tax bill, what's on it, and how is it calculated, and MUCH more. So have a look and happy exploring. Even if the topic is taxes...you's rather know how stuff got there, right?
http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Department-News/Los-Osos-Tax-Bills-Now-Include-Wastewater-Costs.aspx
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Squatty Potty's Latest
I was scrolling through Facebook this AM and found in the ads on my feed—the latest offering from Squatty Potty! https://www.squattypotty.com Yeah, I also got ads for hair dye and a cat shadow illusion lamp. Clearly FB knows who I am. I did what I have never done before, I clicked on the SP link, but that is OK for a person with a sewer blog, I think.
Imagine how fun it must have been to work on this ad! Especially for the actor chomping down on the dragon poop! Be sure to visit the Fan Photos page! I have not personally used one of these things, I just appreciate their ads and completely understand why they do their advertising on FB and YouTube.
Imagine how fun it must have been to work on this ad! Especially for the actor chomping down on the dragon poop! Be sure to visit the Fan Photos page! I have not personally used one of these things, I just appreciate their ads and completely understand why they do their advertising on FB and YouTube.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Fatberg Video!
To follow-up on a former post, here is a "Fatberg" video (see link below). It purports to show its removal.....well, I didn't see that, but it is fun to see the actual entity, which is far more photogenic than other Fatbergs I have seen (online, alas, not in person).
Here is the Baltimore video (look at the bottom):
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/watch-20-foot-fatberg-removed-from-baltimore-sewer-1764957
While you are at it - check out a London Fatberg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH7IwiHFVMs
Baltimore looks better in my opinion.
Here is the Baltimore video (look at the bottom):
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/watch-20-foot-fatberg-removed-from-baltimore-sewer-1764957
While you are at it - check out a London Fatberg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH7IwiHFVMs
Baltimore looks better in my opinion.
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Septic Tank "Basement"
An interesting story turned up while on the Open Studios Tour yesterday. You know how it is, you are looking at art, sculpture, jewelry, and the topic of the sewer comes up. You could be at the grocery store or at Sweet Springs and the topic of the sewer comes up. Not always of course, but what other town besides one beset with sewer woes for lo, these 40 years, and paying through the nose for those delays, and the topic of the full-on sewer tax hitting us now that everything is in, would the sewer topic have come up?
Well, I guess these days, Morro Bay.......... But it is not quite the same comparison, as they have had a sewer for many, many, many years. In contrast, we are in the almost finished process of saying goodbye to our septic tanks, except for those areas in town where they are not forbidden.
The (presumed) owners of one house either: Thought there would never be a sewer; they loved their septic tank so much they didn't want to part with it, so hid it; OR, did not know where it was when they built their living room on top of it. Or maybe they did not care, or thought they could just not bother with a permit? (Our personal wild-wild-west example: We found a whole room built inside of the garage when we bought the house - drywall and everything.)
So....when it was time to hook up, in order to pump the tank, they had to cut a hole in the living room floor. Maybe I am a clean freak, but the thought of the pulsing, stinky, waste evacuation hose snaking over ruined carpet, or maybe shattered tile, or ecologically friendly splintered bamboo flooring seemed kind of gross! I don't know what the requirements were to fill in the tank, cement or gravel, but for sure, it would not be re-used for rainwater catchment!
Well, I guess these days, Morro Bay.......... But it is not quite the same comparison, as they have had a sewer for many, many, many years. In contrast, we are in the almost finished process of saying goodbye to our septic tanks, except for those areas in town where they are not forbidden.
The (presumed) owners of one house either: Thought there would never be a sewer; they loved their septic tank so much they didn't want to part with it, so hid it; OR, did not know where it was when they built their living room on top of it. Or maybe they did not care, or thought they could just not bother with a permit? (Our personal wild-wild-west example: We found a whole room built inside of the garage when we bought the house - drywall and everything.)
So....when it was time to hook up, in order to pump the tank, they had to cut a hole in the living room floor. Maybe I am a clean freak, but the thought of the pulsing, stinky, waste evacuation hose snaking over ruined carpet, or maybe shattered tile, or ecologically friendly splintered bamboo flooring seemed kind of gross! I don't know what the requirements were to fill in the tank, cement or gravel, but for sure, it would not be re-used for rainwater catchment!
Saturday, October 07, 2017
Fatbergs!
Well, it has been a while since I have posted anything on fatbergs, so it is time to get caught up. I found two articles recently in the New York Times.
Happy reading, just don't be eating breakfast or something whilst reading these; the description in the lower article describes a fatberg as having "...a smell that mixes rotting meat and smelly toilet."
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/09/26/us/ap-us-baltimore-fatberg.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/world/europe/uk-london-fatberg.html
Happy reading, just don't be eating breakfast or something whilst reading these; the description in the lower article describes a fatberg as having "...a smell that mixes rotting meat and smelly toilet."
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/09/26/us/ap-us-baltimore-fatberg.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/world/europe/uk-london-fatberg.html
(The lower link comes with a lovely color photo! The photo is from 2014 when another fat berg struck London. The current fatberg is called the "Whitechapel fatberg," and it is estimated to weigh 140 tons.)
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