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Tell Congress to Keep Sewage Out of Our Drinking Water!
Target: The U.S. CongressSponsored by: League of Conservation Voters
Two phrases you never want to see in the same sentence: drinking water and "sewage blending." And yet, that's the Bush Administration's new plan for your water supply!
Incredibly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to relax restrictions on dumping sewage into our waterways. Their plan would allow water treatment facilities to release sewage filled with human wastes, toxins, bacteria, viruses, parasites and other pollutants into our drinking water.
"Sewage blending" poses a serious threat to our health and our communities. Sewage that has not been fully treated carries diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, respiratory infections, and others which can be life threatening for those with weakened immune systems.
In addition to the health hazards, sewage dumping will have adverse, long-term environmental and economic consequences. Sewage in our waterways forces beach closings, increases the cost of drinking water filtration, damages coral reefs, shuts down shellfish beds, and robs the water of oxygen that fish need to breathe.
This proposal is so outrageous, we've got to get EVERYONE to take action to defeat it. Urge Congress to support the Save Our Waters from Sewage Act (H.R. 1126) to protect our families, children and communities from unsafe drinking water!
A vote on this bill could come as soon as May 19th, so please act today! Your help is critical to LCV as it works to protect our families from unsafe drinking water and to shape a pro-environment Congress and White House.
Incredibly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to relax restrictions on dumping sewage into our waterways. Their plan would allow water treatment facilities to release sewage filled with human wastes, toxins, bacteria, viruses, parasites and other pollutants into our drinking water.
"Sewage blending" poses a serious threat to our health and our communities. Sewage that has not been fully treated carries diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, respiratory infections, and others which can be life threatening for those with weakened immune systems.
In addition to the health hazards, sewage dumping will have adverse, long-term environmental and economic consequences. Sewage in our waterways forces beach closings, increases the cost of drinking water filtration, damages coral reefs, shuts down shellfish beds, and robs the water of oxygen that fish need to breathe.
This proposal is so outrageous, we've got to get EVERYONE to take action to defeat it. Urge Congress to support the Save Our Waters from Sewage Act (H.R. 1126) to protect our families, children and communities from unsafe drinking water!
A vote on this bill could come as soon as May 19th, so please act today! Your help is critical to LCV as it works to protect our families from unsafe drinking water and to shape a pro-environment Congress and White House.
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# 100:
11:30 am PDT, May 17,
Mary Lou Norman, New York
This is just the stupidest thing I have ever heard of.
This is just the stupidest thing I have ever heard of.
# 98:
11:30 am PDT, May 17,
Barre Simmons, Virginia
Gag us all out - literally
Gag us all out - literally
# 97:
11:30 am PDT, May 17,
Karen Ringen, New York
# 96:
11:30 am PDT, May 17,
Kit Walker, California
# 95:
11:30 am PDT, May 17,
Sherry Lane, California
# 94:
11:29 am PDT, May 17,
Name not displayed, California
How horrible to allow sewage into drinking water. I beg you to do something about this - and something can be done. Protect yourselves and others!
How horrible to allow sewage into drinking water. I beg you to do something about this - and something can be done. Protect yourselves and others!
# 93:
11:29 am PDT, May 17,
Robert Hairman, California
Sewage in water is a great cause of disease. We thought it had been eliminated. Don't let your lobbyist's greed destroy our health
Sewage in water is a great cause of disease. We thought it had been eliminated. Don't let your lobbyist's greed destroy our health
# 92:
11:29 am PDT, May 17,
Name not displayed, California
# 91:
11:29 am PDT, May 17,
Name not displayed, Indiana
Because it is ridiculous and a form of retrogressive metamorphosis for a developed country to be slowly getting lax on all its environmental rules
Because it is ridiculous and a form of retrogressive metamorphosis for a developed country to be slowly getting lax on all its environmental rules
# 90:
11:29 am PDT, May 17,
Kim Wilkie, Michigan
This is completely crazy!
This is completely crazy!
# 89:
11:28 am PDT, May 17,
Kathleen Collins, Florida
It's it sad that the people must write to ask congress to keep sewage out of the water we drink from. Why should the people have to do this? Are they (Congress) Not of the human race and drink water? But here we are a group of people trying to save what our leaders don't care about.
It's it sad that the people must write to ask congress to keep sewage out of the water we drink from. Why should the people have to do this? Are they (Congress) Not of the human race and drink water? But here we are a group of people trying to save what our leaders don't care about.
# 88:
11:28 am PDT, May 17,
Wendy Whitten, Virginia
# 87:
11:27 am PDT, May 17,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 86:
11:27 am PDT, May 17,
Loretta Arvizu, Washington
# 85:
11:27 am PDT, May 17,
Scott Nass, Ohio
# 84:
11:27 am PDT, May 17,
Ashley Neece, Iowa
# 83:
11:26 am PDT, May 17,
Barbara Van Dusen, Kansas
# 82:
11:26 am PDT, May 17,
Jane Lamb, Massachusetts
Let's get with the program..this is a step backward, a complete retrogression. If everybody faces tighter environmental controls, that creates more jobs!!!
Let's get with the program..this is a step backward, a complete retrogression. If everybody faces tighter environmental controls, that creates more jobs!!!
# 81:
11:26 am PDT, May 17,
Patti Packer, New York
It is just common sense.
It is just common sense.
# 80:
11:26 am PDT, May 17,
Jessica Gottlieb, Illinois
People around the world are now healthier because of clean water and better waste disposal. Sewage blending is not only unsavory to think about, it will also lead to a decline in human health, as well as increased pollution in our wildlife and recreation areas. Please don't allow our standards for clean water to drop.
People around the world are now healthier because of clean water and better waste disposal. Sewage blending is not only unsavory to think about, it will also lead to a decline in human health, as well as increased pollution in our wildlife and recreation areas. Please don't allow our standards for clean water to drop.
# 79:
11:26 am PDT, May 17,
Joel Houser, Pennsylvania
# 78:
11:25 am PDT, May 17,
Celeste Wells, Connecticut
# 77:
11:24 am PDT, May 17,
Minelle Paloff, Texas
UNBELIEVABLE......who wants sewage blending? Only a crazy person....
UNBELIEVABLE......who wants sewage blending? Only a crazy person....
# 76:
11:24 am PDT, May 17,
Anne Johnson, Texas
# 75:
11:23 am PDT, May 17,
Katy Mullin, Virginia
# 74:
11:23 am PDT, May 17,
Carol Kolinger, New York
Is this what you want for your children and grandchildren? We've come a long way in the fight against diseases and this would be a giant step backward.
Is this what you want for your children and grandchildren? We've come a long way in the fight against diseases and this would be a giant step backward.
# 73:
11:23 am PDT, May 17,
Tammie Stoops, Alaska
# 72:
11:22 am PDT, May 17,
Susan Clark, California
Pure drinking water is essential. We must notturn our back on this basic right so that Bush's coporate buddies can make more money.
Pure drinking water is essential. We must notturn our back on this basic right so that Bush's coporate buddies can make more money.
# 71:
11:22 am PDT, May 17,
Lynn Coffey-edelman, New York
# 70:
11:22 am PDT, May 17,
Robert Ebell, Illinois
# 69:
11:21 am PDT, May 17,
Karen Luerssen, Indiana
# 68:
11:21 am PDT, May 17,
Vickie Bozowski, Virginia
# 67:
11:21 am PDT, May 17,
Kim Rich, Ohio
# 66:
11:21 am PDT, May 17,
Colleen Gray, Colorado
# 65:
11:20 am PDT, May 17,
Lanette Hendren, California
# 64:
11:20 am PDT, May 17,
Lawrence Crowley, Colorado
# 63:
11:20 am PDT, May 17,
Todd O'buckley, North Carolina
# 62:
11:20 am PDT, May 17,
Merry Loscalzo-Stumpf, Iowa
# 61:
11:19 am PDT, May 17,
Alan Myerson, California
# 60:
11:19 am PDT, May 17,
Name not displayed, Michigan
What a stupid thing to do. Fancy polluting the drinking water, what on earth are these people thinking? Are they also going to be drinking this water?
What a stupid thing to do. Fancy polluting the drinking water, what on earth are these people thinking? Are they also going to be drinking this water?
# 59:
11:19 am PDT, May 17,
Pam Mikula, Pennsylvania
# 58:
11:18 am PDT, May 17,
Julie Stiller, California
This new plan proposed by the EPA for "sewage blending" is not very well-thought out at all. It is an atrocious idea and will put our water systems at terrible risk. Water is Life. Please oppose this new EPA plan.
This new plan proposed by the EPA for "sewage blending" is not very well-thought out at all. It is an atrocious idea and will put our water systems at terrible risk. Water is Life. Please oppose this new EPA plan.
# 57:
11:18 am PDT, May 17,
Jonathan Lyons, California
Do NOT tell Americans to eat feces! We are NOT some Third World backwater!
Do NOT tell Americans to eat feces! We are NOT some Third World backwater!
# 56:
11:18 am PDT, May 17,
Scott Walters, Arizona
# 55:
11:18 am PDT, May 17,
Kelly Beitman, California
# 54:
11:17 am PDT, May 17,
Diane Decoma, New York
# 53:
11:17 am PDT, May 17,
John Kevin Laffey, California
# 52:
11:17 am PDT, May 17,
Megan Wulff, Rhode Island
# 51:
11:16 am PDT, May 17,
Mike Zabelin, Illinois