jimt wrote: >Home useage amounts of ethylene glycol are to be disposed of through the >sewage system. They are not permitted to be flushed through the storm sewer >system. Commercial garages need to obtain permits for disposal and may have >to install a pretreatment facility. > >The facilities for sewage treatment are able to handle the antifreeze but >the storm drain system usually just empties into the nearest flat land or >river. Not a good place. > > Or ocean, in this case. Rainfall in SoCal always brings about reports of heavily-contaminated water along the shore. A year's worth of road oil, huge amounts of dog poop, and occasional sewer overflows all contribute to nasty, nasty water. That notwithstanding, you'll find surfers bobbing around in the effluvia anyway. I'll check with my local municipality w/r/t dumping one engine load of coolant down the house drain. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)" KG6RCR
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