Religious Beliefs V. Sewering Needs

I have a Google news alert for the word "sewer." I have used it for years to find interesting tidbits to post here when the news is slow in our little (but famous) corner of the sewer world. It is always amusing to find the postings for the word that are referencing a needle and thread or a sewing machine! Such is the oddball English language.

Anyway, I ran across an article that illuminated a unique reason for declining hooking up to a sewer. One would have thought with our deep and extensive decades-long sewer war that this might have come up here, but it did not.

Please do have a look and maybe you will find this story as fascinating and compelling as I did:

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/pennsylvania_court_orders_amish_family_to_use_electric_sewer_pump

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/01/amish_electricity_court_ruling.html

Unconnected/No Excuse Properties Shrink To 68!

The latest Basin Management Committee meeting packet was released Friday evening (January 12) for the meeting to be held at the South Bay Community Center on Wednesday, January 17, 1:30 P.M.. Item 6, the Executive Director's Report, contained this interesting tidbit:

• As of 1/1/18, 95% of the lateral connections have been completed, an increase of 23 connections since last meeting.   

• Of the 214 unconnected properties, 79 are waiting for the County/USDA/LOCSD low income grant program to pay for their connection leaving 135 properties that may require enforcement. Of the 135 properties, 46 are in the process of connecting (ie: obtained a building permit), and 21 have responded to the County’s survey giving reasons why they are not connected yet. Subtracting those categories leaves 68 properties (1.6% of 4200 total connections) that are the focus of the Code enforcement process.  

• The County had to cancel the Nov. 7 BOS meeting regarding enforcement. The County plans to go back to the Board with a County Code Amendment in a month or two. The intent is to strengthen our legal position regarding the enforcement process.

You might want to see what else is in the packet, which you can find off of this link:

https://slocountywater.org/site/Water%20Resources/LosOsos/

WOW! Russian BOTS In A Sewer Blog!

Those of you bots over in Russia who are bumping up my miniscule stats, WHY? 

I know you are not real, but any attention to a tiny sewer blog written from a tiny town to have so many hits, is....well....BIZARRE! 

What the HE-double-hockey-sticks are you doing sluicing around in American sewage? To what purpose? No one here is running for any office! 

PS - You know I can see you, right?