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TexasTowelie

(112,445 posts)
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:29 PM Mar 2017

Silence reigns as sewage spews into Puget Sound. Here's why.

It’s the proverbial tree that fell in the forest without making a sound, or perhaps the raw sewage that spewed into Puget Sound without making a splash.

Since the region’s largest wastewater-treatment plant was disabled in a catastrophic flood last month, the Metropolitan King County Council and Regional Water Quality Committee between them have held multiple public hearings on the disaster.

Not a single person from an environmental group or the public turned out to testify or demand action on the crippled West Point Treatment Plant, or even take notice of one of the largest local public infrastructure failures in decades.

Tons of solids are pouring into Puget Sound every day because the plant is too broken to treat wastewater properly. Yet council members say they’ve barely heard a peep from environmental groups.

Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/silence-reigns-as-sewage-spews-into-puget-sound-heres-why/

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Silence reigns as sewage spews into Puget Sound. Here's why. (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
Not a single person from an environmental group or the public turned out to testify or demand action elleng Mar 2017 #1
Complacency. TexasTowelie Mar 2017 #2
Awful! elleng Mar 2017 #3
I think that people are tired for fighting various causes TexasTowelie Mar 2017 #4
I'm sure you're right. elleng Mar 2017 #5

elleng

(131,129 posts)
1. Not a single person from an environmental group or the public turned out to testify or demand action
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:34 PM
Mar 2017

Why not?

TexasTowelie

(112,445 posts)
2. Complacency.
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:39 PM
Mar 2017
To some, the lack of a bigger outcry is a continuation of a silent crisis plaguing Puget Sound, a large marine water body with environmental problems — from species threatened with extinction to pollutants hidden beneath the surface.

TexasTowelie

(112,445 posts)
4. I think that people are tired for fighting various causes
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 08:59 PM
Mar 2017

such as this one. For many liberals and environmentalists it does seem like a hopeless situation with the orange buffoon in office so I can understand the complacent attitudes. I reached one of those "throw our hands up in the air and quit" moods today due to a personal situation. It will take me another couple of days and get over it temporarily.

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